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Detroit, 1:43 AM
Wed Dec 2
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A very reasonably-priced little weekend funmobile. They oughta work on cleaning up that interior while it just sits there, though - what'd the lot boy call in sick.... all month?
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I also like the way it spawned several million me-too DIY abberations, built with varying degrees of competence by weekend wrench-wielders.
Thing with the Puma, and all the above, is the Beetle which lies beneath. No matter how overbored your flat four, or how thorough your Subaru or Alfa engine swap has been, unless something fundamental is done with that suspension there is always the spectre of sudden snap-oversteer in that familiar swing-axle way.
Those (presumably enlightened) souls I know with big-power Beetles will protest that that's all part of the charm, the fun. The risk of sudden and absolute violence. For me, I prefer my Rioja to be served without razorblades at the bottom of the glass.
Crack-pipe for me, 'cos I don't got no cojones.
I'll change to nice price when I grow a pair.
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The car is much better looking. It looks pretty clean. I'd say tentatively nice price.
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The French may have invented the bikini, but I believe that the Brazilians perfected its filling. Think I'll chip away the ice today and head down to the beach.
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The Puma crosses so many lines. It's an automatic in with German sports car fans - Porsche/VW, remember? So you have an uncommon car and something in common to talk about with metrosexual Boxster boy. And it's from Brazil, so you have a talking point with hippie hemp skirt fair trade girl. And it's a VW at heart, so you can commiserate with bloody knuckles weekend mechanic guy. For its social icebreaking abilities alone, the Puma is a far-reaching nice price.
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It's desirable and rare, but for $8500, it's got a lot of desirable and rare competition for your dollars.
It is with a heavy heart that I vote a marginal crack pipe, and hope that it comes down a couple of grand to the $6500 range.
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I voted nice price.
Like many a creature you meet in life, the outside is attractive, the inside is simple.
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the french may have invented it, but brasilians perfected it, when living in brasil my wife was asked by our cleaner "lady, why do you wear such big ugly underwear? you are young and pretty you should wear things that show what you have"
Halleluiah to that!!!
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Very, very good.
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Inventor: Louis Reard, France
Year: 1946
How Invented: Designer Reard first presented his revealing creation at a Paris fashion show on July 5, 1946, four days after the American atomic detonation on Bikini Atoll. Both events caused international repercussions, and Reard coined bikini to reflect his concept of "the ultimate." The first bikini was cotton, printed with a newspaper design, and was worn by dancer Micheline Bernardi. Her photo was printed around the world. She received some 50,000 fan letters.
So you could say, they were both "the bomb!" -- also the French had a prior skimpy bit of clothing called the "atome" -- must have been damn near microscopic!
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Get our priorities right.
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