<OT> Swedish Cars (was Re: suse 8.2 networking)

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Thu, 15 May 2003 14:00:58 -0500
"Jack Berger" <JBerger at midwestiso.org> wrote:

> Yeah, that's the one. Don't know where you live, but in snow the FWD is
> much better than RWD. Of course one of the things w/FWD is that you can
> dig yourself deeper into situations that a RWD wouldn't get you into in
> the first place.
> 
> My history w/volvos only goes back to 98 when I bought a 96 850. Of
> course they're now owned by ford, so they will probably evolve into a
> piece of high priced junk over the next few years.

I know that in the case of GM, they let the company run as it did before.
They just provide better support. Both SAAB and Volvo were quite
profitable when sold and have remained that way. It may be a matter of not
fixing something not broken. Of course, this is seldom a feature of large
corps. But, SAAB and Volvo are not so small themselves. Volvo and SAAB
trucks (still 'Swedish' - not sold to Ford/GM) are the biggest sellers in
the world. You may be surprised which truck brands are owned by either
Volvo or SAAB/Scania. And SAAB aircraft is big. Both commercial and
military.

> 
> -jhb-
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert E. Raymond [mailto:rraymond at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:54 PM
> > To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> > Subject: Re: <OT> Swedish Cars (was Re: suse 8.2 networking)
> > 
> > 
> > On Wednesday 14 May 2003 11:42 pm, Jack Berger wrote:
> > > volvo 850s rule...
> > >
> > > saabs are "that other" swedish car!  :)
> > 
> > 850's? Those front wheel drive contraptions that try to pass 
> > themselves off as 
> > Volvos?
> > 
> > Yuck! ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > 			Bob Raymond
> 
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Roger Oberholtzer
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