ORIGINAL: shortbus

i think the yugo frame came from a chinese handcart, but the engineering costs to add windshield wipers drove the cost above $100,therefore the high retail cost. kia is based on the same thing, but from a non-communist infrastructure, and rubber isn't subsidized so that made them even more expensive. hey, let 'em rag about my "tahoe", i earned it so i'll drive whatever i want. if they don't like it, they shouldn't have chained themselves to the sapling i ran over . . . the thing is, GM took truck parts that they already had, maximized their utility, and came up with something we all seem to enjoy. nothing we can do to change people's minds about our vehicles, it seems to be a love/hate issue these days. frankly, i'm a tad proud that i can sit at the gas pump while 3 other cars fill up and go, i earned that priviledge from bustin' my hump all these years (ok, i don't really have a hump, but it seemed to fit the clean atmosphere we keep on this forum).

ok, off my soapbox now, back to normal.[8D] gotta find that picture of me with the helmet on . .. . .