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From: fly on the wall on 9 Jul 2010 23:49 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:12:17 +1000, jonz <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote: >n fact, i was born and bred in NZ Ah, everything makes sense now ....
From: D Walford on 10 Jul 2010 00:13 On 10/07/2010 8:19 AM, Jason James wrote: > "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c326448$0$28640$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> On 6/07/2010 7:57 AM, PHATRS wrote: >> >> I learned to drive in my old mans EJ Premier and I've disliked Holdens >> ever since:-) > > The EJ Premier, for its day, was a pretty jazzed-up piece of kit. They had > metallic gold as one of its paints. The red motor should have been > introduced at the same time. > A red motor with a traumatic would have been a big improvement on a grey motor and hydromatic but that didn't happen till EH. The EJ Premier did have a nice interior and some good "kit" for its day but its biggest problem was it handled like a bus with flat tyres. > >> My wife was offered the option of an auto on her last couple of new cars >> but just gave me a dirty look and said no way. >> For her next car in a couple of years she wants a WRX or a Liberty GT:-) > > Good for her ! :-) Most ladies would simply go auto,..like 99 outa 100! Her 3 closest female friends all drive manual cars but their husbands have auto cars for daily drivers so go figure:-) Daryl
From: Toby on 10 Jul 2010 00:36 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:13:33 +1000, D Walford wrote: > A red motor with a traumatic would have been a big improvement on a grey > motor and hydromatic but that didn't happen till EH. > The EJ Premier did have a nice interior and some good "kit" for its day > but its biggest problem was it handled like a bus with flat tyres. GM Marketing masterpiece.. The trick? The EH was regarded as an inestimably good car by many. OK, it was just fair... But, why? Easy - it was inestimably better than the dog that was EJ. They pulled the same stunt with HD/HR, by the way. And still not a disk brake or heater/demister on the base model in sight, too. -- Toby.
From: jonz on 10 Jul 2010 01:01 On 7/10/2010 1:49 PM, fly on the wall wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:12:17 +1000, jonz<fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote: > >> n fact, i was born and bred in NZ > > Ah, everything makes sense now .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you the left or right sock?........whatever, needs a wash. -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: jonz on 10 Jul 2010 01:10
On 7/10/2010 2:36 PM, Toby wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:13:33 +1000, D Walford wrote: > >> A red motor with a traumatic would have been a big improvement on a grey >> motor and hydromatic but that didn't happen till EH. >> The EJ Premier did have a nice interior and some good "kit" for its day >> but its biggest problem was it handled like a bus with flat tyres. > > GM Marketing masterpiece.. > The trick? > The EH was regarded as an inestimably good car by many. > OK, it was just fair... > But, why? > Easy - it was inestimably better than the dog that was EJ. > > They pulled the same stunt with HD/HR, by the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yeah, HD hastily devised....HR hastily revised...........no more kidney scoops. > > And still not a disk brake or heater/demister on the base model in sight, > too. > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 |