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Old 07-26-2008, 03:00 AM
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Globally, such horrors as the rapidly rusting Alfa Romeo Alfasud, the flimsy Lada Samara, and the plain ugly Subaru SVX all claim their place on the world’s worst cars list.
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Old 07-26-2008, 03:21 AM
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Old 07-26-2008, 07:39 AM
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Re: Ban this book

Eh... dont sweat it...
He probably doesnt like my pinto either...


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Old 07-26-2008, 08:28 AM
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Re: Ban this book

Another one to add to the list of authors who do not like the SVX.
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Old 07-26-2008, 02:13 PM
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Re: Ban this book

Let's start writing some Amazon reviews.
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Old 07-27-2008, 12:17 PM
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Re: Ban this book

I want to read it just to see how harsh it gets...and to see their tech & spec page of the SVX
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Old 07-28-2008, 01:20 AM
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Re: Ban this book

Another crappy BOOK? ban it!!
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Old 07-28-2008, 02:16 AM
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Re: Ban this book

We need to look up the email address of the author and... teach him a little bit about... CARS!!

I think he is criticizing the looks of the SVX more than anything else... I pity him, I really do...
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:08 AM
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in the weekend when i was driving around the place i had some guy in this matt black sr toyota coupe pull up beside me and tell me my svx was ugly. i couldnt be bothered with him but i said they the kinda car some people love and others hate.
but the svx is an beautifully engineered car that mite have some probs with but i still take one over most cars on the road
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:22 AM
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in the weekend when i was driving around the place i had some guy in this matt black sr toyota coupe pull up beside me and tell me my svx was ugly. i couldnt be bothered with him but i said they the kinda car some people love and others hate.
but the svx is an beautifully engineered car that mite have some probs with but i still take one over most cars on the road
A complete stranger took the time to come up and tell you your car was ugly? That's extraordinary.
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:22 AM
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in the weekend when i was driving around the place i had some guy in this matt black sr toyota coupe pull up beside me and tell me my svx was ugly. i couldnt be bothered with him but i said they the kinda car some people love and others hate.
but the svx is an beautifully engineered car that mite have some probs with but i still take one over most cars on the road
Funny thing about Toyotas... close your eyes for a sec and try to imagine a Toyota in your head, would you get a clearly defined shape same as if you think about a Honda or Mercedes or BMW or a Subaru?

Even tho it is the largest Japanese manufacturer of automobiles, they seem to be stuck with ugly cars without a clearly defined trend in shapes...

I haven't seen consistency in their designs either through their different models or same different version of one model...
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:33 AM
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I had two guys staring at my car this weekend asking if my window had a huge rainguard. I told them it was a real window and rolled it up in front of them and drove on. Then we met up again at the next light and talked. They were in complete awe because they weren't sure what kind of car it was. They said it looked japanese but it didn't sound like a japanese car. Then I smirked and said the svx.
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Old 07-29-2008, 03:53 AM
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Re: Ban this book

on got you on this one i posted a review on barnes and nobles website about the book. Just waiting for them to approve it .
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Old 07-29-2008, 01:21 PM
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Re: Ban this book

Now, of course, looks are subjective, but I don't understand how people think the SVX is ugly.

If they think that, what else do they think? GL Wagons and Brats were great looking?

It's like they look at the low sales numbers, they see the funny windows, and they rationalize that hey, everyone must have thought it was ugly and that must be why it never sold.

Hey you "experts" different is the word you want. It's certainly not ugly.

People don't think it's ugly. I've gotten many compliments in the past 4 years.
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Old 07-29-2008, 09:18 PM
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Re: Ban this book

I got the book a few years ago. What a mistake. Lets get a petion going. Better yet rip the svx, xt and dmc pages out. Find his adress, brake open a fresh carton of eggs and lets get to work.
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