On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:34:05 -0500, db wrote something wonderfully
witty:
<snip>
>
>Ok so I don't own either car but even if what you say is true, frankly
>I'll take a Honda Accord for a daily driver and a Corvette for fun
>driving any day over your choices. I dare you to tell me your family
>car is more reliable than the Honda or more popular than a Corvette?
>Where I live, I don't see too many Passats compared to Corvettes so I
>guess per your rant, no matter how fast they are, people prefer
>Corvettes.
>
>And I don't recall recently seeing anyone here claim the Corvette was
>the fastest car around. What I have seen is that it's a fun car to
>drive with good performance.
>
Well maybe that is because there is no "new" W8's, they just didn't
sell at 90k+. Now you might see a run of the mill Pissant running
around, but they are rather pedestrian.

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal <jackwhite200@yahoo.com> wrote
something wonderfully witty:

>Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>least 10 to 1 in the US.
>They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
Yeah, but they aren't the best selling midsize, nor best selling
Sports Car either now are they?

I knew an old gal who claimed to have the best tasting ***** as well.
Ya just need to get a taste of something else to know she was full of
****. That or turn'er around. Beat you'd like that now wouldn't ya
boy. Come on now squeal like a pig.

Sorry folks got carried away in a Deliverance Moment. Ta-da-ta-dum

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illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal <jackwhite200@yahoo.com> wrote
something wonderfully witty:

>Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>least 10 to 1 in the US.
>They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
Yeah, but they aren't the best selling midsize, nor best selling
Sports Car either now are they?

I knew an old gal who claimed to have the best tasting ***** as well.
Ya just need to get a taste of something else to know she was full of
****. That or turn'er around. Beat you'd like that now wouldn't ya
boy. Come on now squeal like a pig.

Sorry folks got carried away in a Deliverance Moment. Ta-da-ta-dum

--

"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal <jackwhite200@yahoo.com> wrote
something wonderfully witty:

>Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
>getting more popular.
>The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
>The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
>Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
BFD dumbass. Saying anything sold somewhere else, ain't sayin a whole
helluva lot when your talkin bout the USofA.
>
>On Jul 14, 9:44 am, db wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>> >least 10 to 1 in the US.
>> >They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>> >the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>>
>> Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
>> more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
>> survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
>> about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.
>>
>> Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
>> car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
>> claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
>> selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
>> camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
>> to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.
>>
>> But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
>> faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
>> about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
>> its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
>> very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
>> to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
>> me.
>


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illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal <jackwhite200@yahoo.com> wrote
something wonderfully witty:

>Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
>getting more popular.
>The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
>The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
>Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
BFD dumbass. Saying anything sold somewhere else, ain't sayin a whole
helluva lot when your talkin bout the USofA.
>
>On Jul 14, 9:44 am, db wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>> >least 10 to 1 in the US.
>> >They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>> >the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>>
>> Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
>> more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
>> survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
>> about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.
>>
>> Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
>> car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
>> claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
>> selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
>> camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
>> to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.
>>
>> But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
>> faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
>> about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
>> its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
>> very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
>> to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
>> me.
>


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"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Jul 14, 9:22 pm, db wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
> >getting more popular.
> >The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
> >The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
> >Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
> There are a lot of reasons why Corvettes will not sell well in other
> countries. Europe is NOT the world either so tell me what the Passat
> sold elsewhere such as in the US, Japan or China ? With such small
> numbers to start with, percentage increases will look large.

NAME One other MIDSIZE car besides Accord, Camry and Passat that that
sold more than 300,000 units on any continent in 2006? 331,414 are
DAMN good yearly sales for most cars world wide, but that's just what
the PASSAT does in Europe alone and it's very popular in the Middle
East, Australia, and other places too and the most popular European
Midsize Car in America. Corvette sales worldwide are nothing compared
to Passat Sales.

On Jul 14, 9:22 pm, db wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
> >getting more popular.
> >The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
> >The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
> >Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
> There are a lot of reasons why Corvettes will not sell well in other
> countries. Europe is NOT the world either so tell me what the Passat
> sold elsewhere such as in the US, Japan or China ? With such small
> numbers to start with, percentage increases will look large.

NAME One other MIDSIZE car besides Accord, Camry and Passat that that
sold more than 300,000 units on any continent in 2006? 331,414 are
DAMN good yearly sales for most cars world wide, but that's just what
the PASSAT does in Europe alone and it's very popular in the Middle
East, Australia, and other places too and the most popular European
Midsize Car in America. Corvette sales worldwide are nothing compared
to Passat Sales.

On Jul 14, 9:28 pm, The Wolf With the Red Roses <after-dark-
a...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:31:24 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com> wrote
> something wonderfully witty:
>
> >It's a BRAND new car, up till a few weeks ago it was a prototype, it's
> >just gone into production.
>
> WTF, the W8 has been around since `04.

If you'd actually read the thread, you'd realize that the GTI W12 Twin
Turbo was being discussed there.

>
> --
>
> "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
> which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Jul 14, 9:28 pm, The Wolf With the Red Roses <after-dark-
a...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:31:24 -0700, Sal <jackwhite...@yahoo.com> wrote
> something wonderfully witty:
>
> >It's a BRAND new car, up till a few weeks ago it was a prototype, it's
> >just gone into production.
>
> WTF, the W8 has been around since `04.

If you'd actually read the thread, you'd realize that the GTI W12 Twin
Turbo was being discussed there.

>
> --
>
> "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
> which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

On Jul 14, 9:35 pm, The Wolf With the Red Roses <after-dark-
a...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:34:05 -0500, db wrote something wonderfully
> witty:
> <snip>
>
> >Ok so I don't own either car but even if what you say is true, frankly
> >I'll take a Honda Accord for a daily driver and a Corvette for fun
> >driving any day over your choices. I dare you to tell me your family
> >car is more reliable than the Honda or more popular than a Corvette?
> >Where I live, I don't see too many Passats compared to Corvettes so I
> >guess per your rant, no matter how fast they are, people prefer
> >Corvettes.
>
> >And I don't recall recently seeing anyone here claim the Corvette was
> >the fastest car around. What I have seen is that it's a fun car to
> >drive with good performance.
>
> Well maybe that is because there is no "new" W8's, they just didn't
> sell at 90k+. Now you might see a run of the mill Pissant running
> around, but they are rather pedestrian.
>
> --
>
> "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
> which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Passat W8s cost about 40k in the US when it was still being produced
not 90K. The GTI W12 Twin Turbo may be 90K if it ever goes into
production that is.