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DT:Friday,August 24th.,2007 @1212hrs EST
Hello Bob, and Warren, and everyone...well everyone
reading our posts.
<< Quoting VK6BE to CARS @WW >>
>We see very few American cars here. I can't remember when
>I last saw one except for a local stretch Cadillac hired
>out for weddings, and a Chev Belair that someone restored.
Whatever happened to all those military cars the US brought
to Australia during the war? They couldn't have taken them
all home?
>Toyota sells more cars than any other firm in Australia.
Toyota is now building a major factory to make cars just
east of the Detroit-Windsor area. The pictures are very
impressive, and the local people are just loving it.
>They are built here in Victoria. They are third in the big
>car market behind Holden and Ford but they make up the
>numbers by the sheer number of models they sell from four
>wheel drives, Coaster buses to very small cars.
>The Camry is very popular in the mid range..
Never seen a "Holden". What is a "Coaster Bus"?
As fr the Camry. I didn't buy one, because they changed
the construction of that model, so that if I had an accident
like my deceased mother had, I would have died. Her Camry
survived the t-bone due to construction.
>BTW Warren, you said you had not seen Australian Holdens
>in the USA. The Holden Monaro is sold in the USA but under
>an American badge. I can't remember which but I fancy it
>is under Pontiac. I can't remember.It is a high performance
>V8.
I haven't seen anything like the Pontiac Firebird replacement
so perhaps they haven't released it yet???
>No Pete, cars will not disappear in our lifetime. There is
>nothing to replace them. Cities with their complex rail
>and bus systems might survive but when you nearest
>supermarket is 100 miles and more away from your dwelling
>a train or bus are not of much use to you.
>Cheers,
>Bob VK6BE.
>
>[End of Message #262957 from VK6BE]
Bob. There are plenty of people here in Ontario, not having
cars, that do just as you say ... without the car. They are
either going via bus or rail. Our problem here, is that
many towns lost their raillink, and nowadays they regret that
decision. My friends and even myself use buses, to go to
Toronto 86km away. If it came down to it, with a supermarket
so far away, I would not hesitate to do as many do in Northern
Ontario...and that is Bob...order what I need for a month and
have it shipped via whatever the transportation.
We live near a railline that has many freight trains doing just
that...going north with all sorts of supplys...even food.
I guess thats why I love to sail so much, and dreaded the
powerboats days, where an eye was kept on the engine, and
the fuel guage, and where to get refueled.
Mmmmm today....I am feeling to take a look at a Toyota van.
ttfn
Peter VE3WBZ
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