Me and getting a Milano

["Sam Shartzer" <shartzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>It REALLY does annoy me immensely when people who have never owned an
Italian car
>make blanket negative statements about their reliability... or lack of it!
It's one
>thing to have to listen to that from people who can't find Italy on a map
if they had
>two days to do it.
>
>Sam, you complain about people making fun of Volvos - and you are right,
Volvo has
>absolutely nothing to be ashamed of or apologize for, they have certainly
defended
>themselves well in BTCC and elsewhere.  Then you turn around and say
Milanos are
>"most likely less reliable."  What do you base that on?  Could it be
because all
>Alpha Romeros suck?  Or perhaps it is the whole of Italy that can't figure
out which
>end to put in the toilet.  I once overheard a supposedly knowledgeable
gentleman
>opine that all Porsches are unreliable garbage.  And I am quite sure he
never owned a
>Porsche or knew anyone who did.  Excuse me for attacking you openely about
your
>statement, I would ignore it if it came from some punter in the street -
which I get
>a lot of, but not when it is from someone on this list.
>
>Piece of advice, stick to your Volvo or try a Honda, it will mean more
Milanos for
>the rest of us
>
>- -Frank (feeling very opinionated & generally pissed off this morning)
>

Frank,

    Notice my words "most likely".  I was careful to state this.  I will
admit it is based on hear-say but that is all you can go by when purcasing a
car.  Of course I am not saying Alfas suck.  Why in the world would I be
thinking of buying one?  You are obviously not in the right frame of mind
when you wrote this letter much like I was when I originaly went into attack
mode deffending Volvos.  That really hurts when you recomend I buy a Honda.

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