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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (60704)	8/25/2006 11:39:22 PM
From: Live2Sail	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

My guess is that you don't see a lot of those fancy German cars in Detroit because (a) they're real-wheel drive (b) because it's the home of the American car. Count the number of Saabs vs. other Eurocars. I bet it's a proportionately high number. They have winter in Sweden and Germany. Audi's are plentiful in the Northeast as are Saabs (which are terrible) and Volvo's. VW's are popular as well.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (60704)	8/26/2006 6:00:47 AM
From: MoneyPenny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Count the cars at Il Posto, or Franklin Racquet or downtown Birmingham on any weekend. You will see a lot of BMWs and Mercedes, etc, etc. We always had a Lincoln for "state" occasions when I lived there, as did everyone else. A friend who has always kept a Cadillac around finally abandoned the pretense about 5 years ago. Our BMW's did just fine in the winter. My MBG was another story. Crappy Smith electricals, etc. Monthly Guaranteed Breakdown. I've never owned a Mercedes but it seems it is more "Detroit" now than the others. Land Rover/ Jaguar are a mess. Have a friend who has owned a fun Range for two months now. 7 weeks in the shop. Two replacements of the headliners later, she had about a gallon of water pour down on her when she came to a stop during a driving rain. Ford would do well to dump this marque. MP