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Re: US Genesis November Sales [jimbres] by skylab
Dec 04, 2008 (1:39 pm)
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Replying to: jimbres (Dec 04, 2008 1:17 pm)

Sorry for the interruption, but as a BMW owner, I must point out that "Beemer" denotes a BMW motorcycle. If you're referring to a BMW automobile, the correct term is "Bimmer".
 
Sorry. I've never quite got used to that convention, which seems to be largely restricted to your side of the pond. And I have nothing against either BMWs or their owners -- the dripping condescension of the post I responded to just sent me frothing over the top.
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [jimbres] by captain2
Dec 04, 2008 (1:42 pm)
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Replying to: jimbres (Dec 04, 2008 1:17 pm)

I happen to believe that the benefits of AWD are exaggerated
Amen! but it is something that sells regardless of what real value it has. It has certainly become fashionable to have those 3 letters on your trunk lid.
Many AWD vehicles started life FWD and are really FWD about 100% of the time - only reverting to RWD in slippery conditions AND below certain speeds. In many parts of the country where really bad road condtions are infrequent (or non existent), I believe that we are better served saving the gas and some of that added mechanical complexity as well. If Hyundai, in this case, decides to come out with an AWD Genesis, it's only because they are wanting to keep up with the Joneses.
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [skylab] by jimbres
Dec 04, 2008 (1:58 pm)
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Replying to: skylab (Dec 04, 2008 1:39 pm)

I've never quite got used to that convention, which seems to be largely restricted to your side of the pond.
 
My side of the pond? I'm a New Yorker. Are you a Brit?
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [louiswei] by captain2
Dec 04, 2008 (1:59 pm)
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Replying to: louiswei (Dec 04, 2008 11:53 am)

sure I agree - and also don't understand why there are folks out there that read my posts as some sort of attack on the Korean car or anything like that. Can't we simply look at a manufacturer that has suddenly decided to spread its wings, has come out with several commendably competitve products recently ann then discuss why those products don't do as well as perhaps they should in the market place?
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [jimbres] by louiswei
Dec 04, 2008 (2:19 pm)
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Replying to: jimbres (Dec 04, 2008 1:58 pm)

My side of the pond? I'm a New Yorker. Are you a Brit?
 
I am in Cali and here we also use Beemer for BMW bikes and Bimmer for BMW cars.
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [captain2] by allmet33
Dec 04, 2008 (2:23 pm)
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Replying to: captain2 (Dec 04, 2008 1:59 pm)

...don't understand why there are folks out there that read my posts as some sort of attack on the Korean car or anything like that.
 
Gosh Captain...I can only wonder why that would be? Maybe you don't intend for your posts to seem as such, but I have to point out (as others have seen as well), there are plenty of times you actually do come across like you're dumping on anything Hyundai This is not intended to start an argument or debate, just pointing out an observation to your pondering.
 
Can't we simply look at a manufacturer that has suddenly decided to spread its wings, has come out with several commendably competitve products recently ann then discuss why those products don't do as well as perhaps they should in the market place?
 
Did you're fingers cramp up while typing that? It actually would seem you threw a compliment in there. Seriously...if we are talking the Genesis, numbers have been shown that indicate that it is doing just as well as other vehicles of the same type. What's the problem?
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [allmet33] by captain2
Dec 04, 2008 (2:40 pm)
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Replying to: allmet33 (Dec 04, 2008 2:23 pm)

I think you'll find that the only thing I 'dump' on is the name - NOT the product. Quite a bit of difference there?
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [jimbres] by skylab
Dec 04, 2008 (3:18 pm)
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Replying to: jimbres (Dec 04, 2008 1:58 pm)

Yes. Transplanted, for my sins.
 
And frankly, Captain, the tenor of your posts reminds me of nothing so much as the snobbery and complacency that fatally undermined the British car industry in the face of patient, iterative design and engineering innovation by a far earlier wave of foreign (and hence, of course, inherently inferior) competition.
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Re: US Genesis November Sales [skylab] by houdini1
Dec 04, 2008 (7:23 pm)
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Replying to: skylab (Dec 04, 2008 3:18 pm)

Hmmm...now that has a familiar ring to it..just substitute U.S. for British..
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topic by pat HOST
Dec 04, 2008 (7:45 pm)
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Genesis, anyone?

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