| Topic: |
Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"Franz Bestuchev" |
| Date: |
05 May 2005 07:58:03 PM |
| Object: |
New car |
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles on it. It's in
pretty amazing shape for a car that old - the best part is that I'm getting
it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather is poor and I
can't ride my bike.
--
After all, why be a god if there's no one to worship you?
.
|
|
| User: "Used2be" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 08:01:26 PM |
|
|
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3dvtopFg889U1@individual.net...
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles on it. It's in
pretty amazing shape for a car that old - the best part is that I'm getting
it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather is poor and I
can't ride my bike.
kewl!!!!!!!!
.
|
|
|
| User: "patience5" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 08:42:00 PM |
|
|
Score.
C.
.
|
|
|
| User: "Used2be" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 08:51:12 PM |
|
|
"patience5" <christopher@ak.net> wrote in message
news:1115343720.365844.60180@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Score.
hee hee...i kept wanting to shout that today at the game.
:)
.
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 09:03:49 PM |
|
|
Thanks
"Used2be" <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Glzee.40647$h6.12845@tornado.texas.rr.com...
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3dvtopFg889U1@individual.net...
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles on it. It's in
pretty amazing shape for a car that old - the best part is that I'm
getting it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather is poor and I
can't ride my bike.
kewl!!!!!!!!
.
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "lisa in mass." |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 08:00:05 PM |
|
|
Franz Bestuchev wrote...
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles
on it. It's in pretty amazing shape for a car that old -
the best part is that I'm getting it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather
is poor and I can't ride my bike.
wow! sounds like quite the deal!
-lisa
.
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 09:03:23 PM |
|
|
I had a Jetta years ago, it was a really easy car to work on a drove great.
I'm not going to be able to give the car a spin until tomorrow but the
little rabbits were known for fun. An original GTI is quite the collector's
vehicle in good shape. This is just the, uh, grandma version.
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns964DD599B92AFmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
Franz Bestuchev wrote...
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles
on it. It's in pretty amazing shape for a car that old -
the best part is that I'm getting it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather
is poor and I can't ride my bike.
wow! sounds like quite the deal!
-lisa
.
|
|
|
| User: "%. surfs@uniserve" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 09:14:57 PM |
|
|
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3e01j9Fdp67U1@individual.net...
: I had a Jetta years ago, it was a really easy car to work on a drove great.
: I'm not going to be able to give the car a spin until tomorrow but the
: little rabbits were known for fun. An original GTI is quite the collector's
: vehicle in good shape. This is just the, uh, grandma version.
:
: "lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
: news:Xns964DD599B92AFmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
: > Franz Bestuchev wrote...
: >
: >> A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles
: >> on it. It's in pretty amazing shape for a car that old -
: >> the best part is that I'm getting it for $100.
: >>
: >> Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather
: >> is poor and I can't ride my bike.
: >>
: >
: > wow! sounds like quite the deal!
: >
: > -lisa
:
:
so will you be visiting now ?
.
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
05 May 2005 10:58:32 PM |
|
|
"%." <surfs@uniserve> wrote in message
news:117lko2586gps38@corp.supernews.com...
"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e01j9Fdp67U1@individual.net...
: I had a Jetta years ago, it was a really easy car to work on a drove
great.
: I'm not going to be able to give the car a spin until tomorrow but the
: little rabbits were known for fun. An original GTI is quite the
collector's
: vehicle in good shape. This is just the, uh, grandma version.
:
: "lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
: news:Xns964DD599B92AFmccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
: > Franz Bestuchev wrote...
: >
: >> A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles
: >> on it. It's in pretty amazing shape for a car that old -
: >> the best part is that I'm getting it for $100.
: >>
: >> Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather
: >> is poor and I can't ride my bike.
: >>
: >
: > wow! sounds like quite the deal!
: >
: > -lisa
:
:
so will you be visiting now ?
No, you'll beat me up
I stay here and it's a win
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "Whiskers" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 07:08:31 AM |
|
|
On 2005-05-06, Franz Bestuchev <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote:
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles on it. It's in
pretty amazing shape for a car that old - the best part is that I'm getting
it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather is poor and I
can't ride my bike.
That could turn into a 'collector classic'.
I wonder why it's called a 'Rabbit' in north America? In Europe it's known
as the 'Golf'. (The name 'Rabbit' seems rather silly for any vehicle, let
alone a good one - not that 'Golf' is exactly brilliant).
--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~
.
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 12:37:12 PM |
|
|
Yea, sort of silly. I think naming the cars after weather patterns is
better
.
|
|
|
| User: "Whiskers" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 03:40:13 PM |
|
|
On 2005-05-06, Franz Bestuchev <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote:
Yea, sort of silly. I think naming the cars after weather patterns is
better
hmm ... depression, anti-cyclone, shower, occluded front, inversion, ...,
might not work too well ;))
--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 07:49:38 AM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles on it. It's in
pretty amazing shape for a car that old - the best part is that I'm getting
it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather is poor and I
can't ride my bike.
I had no idea what a VW "Rabbit" was, so had to google for it. They
were/are known as VW Golf here in Europe.
Don't know about other countries, but a car named rabbit wouldn't have
made it in Spain (hint: Spanish "conejo" ("rabbit") == "*****" (female
pudenda)).
.
|
|
|
| User: "lisa in mass." |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 07:57:06 AM |
|
|
neoholistic wrote...
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
A neighbor is selling an 82 VW Rabbit with only 60k miles
on it. It's in pretty amazing shape for a car that old -
the best part is that I'm getting it for $100.
Should make a great commuter vehicle for when the weather
is poor and I can't ride my bike.
I had no idea what a VW "Rabbit" was, so had to google for
it. They were/are known as VW Golf here in Europe.
Don't know about other countries, but a car named rabbit
wouldn't have made it in Spain (hint: Spanish "conejo"
("rabbit") == "*****" (female pudenda)).
we had 'golfs', too. i think they came out a little after the
rabbit did. not the same car, at least in the us.
-lisa
.
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 08:53:14 AM |
|
|
The rabbit is VW's A1 platform car, the first golf was the replacement
built on the A2 platform initially. My Jetta was an 86 on the A2
.
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 08:54:33 AM |
|
|
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
.
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 02:39:54 PM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
.
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 05:14:14 PM |
|
|
I believe it was mostly central/south america.
.
|
|
|
|
| User: "Alan Harding" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 02:16:21 AM |
|
|
In message <d5ggn4$ivh$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
It would have been Opel, I think, unless you have a different brand name
for them in Spain. Here they're Vauxhalls. The current models are Corsas
in the UK.
What is Spanish for the astronomical Latin 'nova'?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
.
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 10:33:24 AM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <d5ggn4$ivh$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
It would have been Opel, I think, unless you have a different brand name
for them in Spain. Here they're Vauxhalls. The current models are Corsas
in the UK.
What is Spanish for the astronomical Latin 'nova'?
"Nova". Not very imaginative, I'm afraid...
.
|
|
|
| User: "Alan Harding" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 02:23:48 PM |
|
|
In message <d5imkt$p6f$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <d5ggn4$ivh$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
It would have been Opel, I think, unless you have a different brand
name for them in Spain. Here they're Vauxhalls. The current models
are Corsas in the UK.
What is Spanish for the astronomical Latin 'nova'?
"Nova". Not very imaginative, I'm afraid...
That's the idea of using Latin, isn't it?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 05:14:52 PM |
|
|
Oh yea, and people thought it was "no va"
.
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
06 May 2005 05:29:26 PM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
Oh yea, and people thought it was "no va"
Yeah, I got the joke already ("no va" == "it doesn't run"). I was a bit
slow on this one, because "nova" suggests to me a "nova", a new star -
or just the female word for "new" ("nueva" in Castilian, but "nova" in
pretty much any other language spoken here except Basque).
However, these things DO happen in reality: the Mitsubishi Pajero had to
undergo a name change before being introduced in the Spanish market,
because "pajero/a" (or "pajillero/a") == "wanker" (I don't remember what
that vehicle was finally called over here, but I swear it's true).
.
|
|
|
| User: "Alan Harding" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 02:18:47 AM |
|
|
In message <d5gqkv$v8c$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
Oh yea, and people thought it was "no va"
Yeah, I got the joke already ("no va" == "it doesn't run"). I was a bit
slow on this one, because "nova" suggests to me a "nova", a new star -
or just the female word for "new" ("nueva" in Castilian, but "nova" in
pretty much any other language spoken here except Basque).
However, these things DO happen in reality: the Mitsubishi Pajero had to
undergo a name change before being introduced in the Spanish market,
because "pajero/a" (or "pajillero/a") == "wanker" (I don't remember what
that vehicle was finally called over here, but I swear it's true).
It's hard to believe that car companies can spend millions on finding
neutral names, and still do things like that. It's not as if Spanish
wasn't one of the major languages.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
.
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 10:49:08 AM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <d5gqkv$v8c$1@news.ya.com>, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es>
writes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
Oh yea, and people thought it was "no va"
Yeah, I got the joke already ("no va" == "it doesn't run"). I was a bit
slow on this one, because "nova" suggests to me a "nova", a new star -
or just the female word for "new" ("nueva" in Castilian, but "nova" in
pretty much any other language spoken here except Basque).
However, these things DO happen in reality: the Mitsubishi Pajero had to
undergo a name change before being introduced in the Spanish market,
because "pajero/a" (or "pajillero/a") == "wanker" (I don't remember what
that vehicle was finally called over here, but I swear it's true).
It's hard to believe that car companies can spend millions on finding
neutral names, and still do things like that. It's not as if Spanish
wasn't one of the major languages.
Makes one think. This sort of mistake is easier to justify when branding
products for the Asian market. I'm thinking of Coca-Cola here. It might
be a urban myth, but I once read that the original adaptation of the
brand for the Chinese market actually made sense in Mandarin, but what
it meant didn't make the product to appear very appealing, let alone
appetising (something to do with dead people?). So they had it changed
to something that resembled less the original "Coca-Cola" name, but
which translated to something like "sweetness in your mouth, happiness
in your life" (more or less, I'm writing from (dim) memory).
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| User: "Whiskers" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 07:11:49 AM |
|
|
On 2005-05-06, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es> wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
I think 'Chevrolet' is a General Motors brand, in which case it would be
'Vauxhall' or 'Opel' in Europe. There was certainly a 'Vauxhall Nova' sold
in the UK.
--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~
.
|
|
|
| User: "neoholistic" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 10:35:16 AM |
|
|
x-no-archive: yes
Whiskers wrote:
On 2005-05-06, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es> wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
I think 'Chevrolet' is a General Motors brand, in which case it would be
'Vauxhall' or 'Opel' in Europe. There was certainly a 'Vauxhall Nova' sold
in the UK.
Opel, yes. Funny, I always though all Opels (and Vauxhalls) came from
Germany... you learn something new every day.
.
|
|
|
| User: "Whiskers" |
|
| Title: Re: New car |
07 May 2005 12:54:37 PM |
|
|
X-No-Archive: Yes
On 2005-05-07, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es> wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
Whiskers wrote:
On 2005-05-06, neoholistic <ekqbwpo@terra.es> wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
Franz Bestuchev wrote:
well the chevy nova has a pretty poor name for a car in spanish
speaking countries too
Huh? Never heard of that one. Chevrolets are very, very rare over here
(you see Fords, but it's mostly Euro - and some Korean - cars over
here). Why was it a poor name?
I think 'Chevrolet' is a General Motors brand, in which case it would be
'Vauxhall' or 'Opel' in Europe. There was certainly a 'Vauxhall Nova' sold
in the UK.
Opel, yes. Funny, I always though all Opels (and Vauxhalls) came from
Germany... you learn something new every day.
The motor manufacturing industry is multi-national these days; many
"Japanese" cars sold in Europe are built in Europe, and manufacturers even
build engines and parts for each other. Ultimate ownership of brand names,
and trading arrangements, mean that there are probably few major car brands
that can be considered wholly 'of' any one country.
--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
