Years ago I read in Punch, the classic satirical British magazine, that London's upper-classes lives in, then were filled with the new fad, Range Rovers! Since then every damned car manufacturer of note makes one, but then only a few did, including Rover, Jeep, Toyota and Suzuki. Now almost all makes them, even if some, like Saab's, which was a rebadged Japanese car! Some time back a study of where Volvo XC90s sold the most, and it became evident that the further away from the wilderness you got the thicker the crowds of that gas-guzzler became - in posh areas in our capital they shared space with Jaguars, Porsches, BMWs, and other similar-priced vehicles. In the far north there was at that time nil Volvo XC90s, but a lot of pickups, from the US, and Japan! The XC70, much less glamorous sibling, is, to Volvo's surprise, found almost everywhere, but almost all see heavy use, often pulling horse trailers, or boats! Very few XC90s are put to similar uses, but some are used in my town as taxis!!! Another fad that puzzles me are all these camoflage-printed trousers, jackets, hats and whatnots you see nowadays - have everyone become a commandos, hunters or what?! Or are they leftovers from some foreign war, like the US army garb we used as kids during the Viet Nam War years - the more bulletholes the cooler you were!!! We use our tiny Yaris for our transports, often with an equally tiny trailer behind - which has room for our Klepper XXL, tents, folding chairs, while sleeping bags, and clothes goes inside the car's boot! Not at all as classy as, for example, a Porsche SUV, but who cares :-)! -- Be Yourself _at_ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 06 2009 - 15:32:58 PDT
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