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Re: Compass problems [clarkkent]
by steve_ HOST
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Sep 08, 2006 (7:04 am)
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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 6:20 am)
Are you thus suggesting that camels are the Yugos of the ungulate world? 
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Re: Compass problems [steve_]
by clarkkent
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Sep 08, 2006 (7:34 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Sep 08, 2006 7:04 am)
Actually the camel is one of the best designed animals in the world. I bet even a MIT grad would not want to try to redesign that animal. It may be as ugly as the Yugo, but it's performance figures are fantastic. It's performance figures are actually better than a Jeep or Land Rover in the desert.
I would actually say the Camel (also used right here in Montana) is the Lexus of the desert!
You have to fit the vehicle to the task. Maybe if fzr1000 had figured out the Compasss was not designed just for him, but rather for the general masses (women included) he would have thought twice about redesigning it.
If you applied all his suggestions to the YUGO, he might be driving one of those.
CK
You probably don't remember the Camel Trucking company.
They had 1000,s of truck on the highways in the 50's and 60,s. Their slogan (painted on the side of each truck)
"HUMPING TO PLEASE" 
A little humor goes a long way in this fast pace world.
CK
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Re: Compass problems [clarkkent]
by steve_ HOST
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Sep 08, 2006 (8:30 am)
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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 7:34 am)
That company is still around but there's nothing about their slogan on their web site. And yeah, I'm old enough to remember them, but barely. 
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Re: Compass problems [steve_]
by clarkkent
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Sep 08, 2006 (1:34 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Sep 08, 2006 8:30 am)
I guess they have outlived the slogan. Too tame for the new younger generation!
CK
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Re: Compass problems [clarkkent]
by fzr1000
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Sep 11, 2006 (8:25 am)
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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 08, 2006 7:34 am)
You know what, CK, you are right. They should also replace the steering wheel with an electronic mouse, just like computers. We all know that steering wheels are old technology, heck they have been around since automobiles were invented, might as well change it.
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Re: Compass problems [fzr1000]
by chuck1959
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Sep 11, 2006 (5:49 pm)
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Replying to: fzr1000 (Aug 28, 2006 7:13 pm)
If all the above changes would happen.....wouldn't it just become a mini Wrangler? That's NOT what Jeep wanted.
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Re: Compass problems [chuck1959]
by fzr1000
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Sep 12, 2006 (1:37 pm)
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Sep 11, 2006 5:49 pm)
You mean that's not what DAIMLER-CHRYSLER i.e. Dodge wanted.
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Re: Compass problems [fzr1000]
by chuck1959
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Sep 14, 2006 (6:16 pm)
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Replying to: fzr1000 (Sep 12, 2006 1:37 pm)
I stand corrected....sorry I am still from the "old" school.
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Re: Compass problems [fzr1000]
by clarkkent
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Sep 17, 2006 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: fzr1000 (Sep 11, 2006 8:25 am)
Actually your getting warm. In 40 or 50 years there will be no more steering wheels. Most of the research is being done with control sticks rather than steering wheels, gas and break pedals. Much like the aviation industry is already doing. Most new commercial jets of today no longer have control yokes. They are all coming out with side sticks about 5" long. (fly by wire) so your mouse idea is right on!
So see, anyone can be right once in a while. Even if they don't know they are.
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Re: Compass problems [clarkkent]
by fzr1000
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Sep 18, 2006 (7:41 pm)
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Replying to: clarkkent (Sep 17, 2006 1:04 pm)
Oh, and by the way, Clarkkent, Jeep should also put their badge on the Stratus, 300c, and Charger. That way they can really expand their line. I mean, the Compass is a Caliber with no Jeep roots, so why not put Jeep badges on the whole Dodge model line? Isn't that what Dodge wants to do anyways, whore out the Jeep name to anything and everything so they can sell stuff, right? How about if Daimler-Chrysler puts Mercedes badges on the Wrangler? That would be great, then people who wouldn't normally buy a Mercedes would buy Mercedes Wranglers, they could call it the W class. I'm telling you, there's a whole world of suckers out there that will buy anything based on the name. I guess Dodge already figured that one out by putting Jeep badges on the Compass/Caliber.
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