Inside a Ford Taurus, on I-140.
Me: "Geez, that's ugly."
Gunsmith Bob: "What is?"
Me: "The gear selector there. I know some guy armed with a twenty-pound brain, a degree, and a pocket protector plugged the average measurements of the human hand and arm into a supercomputer, and had whole focus groups grab clay sticks to get measurements to boot, but the end result looks exactly like a bent dog turd sticking out of the steering column."
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And to think it's almost as unreliable as a "fine german automobile" at 1/3 the price. :)
Tam,
It being a Ford, all you said is true...and then 17 accouting weasels said " how nice, you've dessigned a 15 dollar part. The budget for the part is 45 cents, now do we remove all the fun, any sensory feeding, and make it FEEL like a cheap ass 15 cent part.
Which about sums up how I feel about american cars. They aren't bad designs, but they feel like they should be 5 to 10K cheaper.
"Inside a Ford Taurus"
There's the first sign the wheels have come off the bus... ;)
"...on I-140."
Beer budget, champagne taste.
When Bayerische tried to build for that market segment, the result was the Isetta. Try that on I-40.
You want to see a dog turd? Park a Z4 next to a 507.
Have you seen the dash of the Z4? Gone is the classic "twin cockpit" look of the Z3, replaced by a ruler-straight sweep straight out of an '84 Buick.
Ugly, non-ergonomic shifters?
That's what old Hogue grips are for...
The Z4 is da turd.
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