Aw, the Germans make good cars, sure, but they ain't
that good, that they justify their too-high prices. Germany's revenge for losing WW II. America's stupidity for believing Madison Avenue's hype in the car ads.
After all, if it's expensive it's wonderful, right?
"Any fool can design a water pump for a Rolls Royce. Ya gotta be pretty danged smart to design a water pump that's $13, exchange, over the counter." -- Chevy Test Lab engineer, 1962.
About the only thing worth having out of Yurrop was the AC Bristol, after Shelby Cobra-ized it, and the Austin-Healey, after Art Eatman stuck a 'Vette motor in it and named it "Mongoose".
And VW buses ca 1970-1974...Maybe the BMW 1600...
Aw, some of the 1960s Ferraris, but I couldn't afford one of them back then, either.
They're great on making clunky or complicated guns, too. The Luger is fragile, the P-38 is clunky, and the grip on a Browning Hi-Power makes me think I'm giving sexual gratification to a banana. And whoever dreamed up that stoopid magazine disconnect oughta get a job with HCI.
Not that I'm opinionated or anything...
, Art