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Rick, those old Schwinns are built to last; I think after civilization falls there will still be plenty of serviceable ones out there.
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Does Driving an LBC Make You a Better Driver?
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Pretty much! Well designed bikes are like well designed cars...easy to work on, and if you take care of them, they will last a very long, long time. Reconditioning the old Schwinns was a fairly easy process. Whoever designed them knew they had to be maintained and were designed with that in mind. I've worked on some cheap bikes for friends, and those bikes were just nightmares to work on. You could tell those were designed to be ridden a few times a year and then eventually discarded.
(P.S. -- I'm David, not Rick)
(P.S. -- I'm David, not Rick)
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David,
I was actually directing that to Rick regarding his comment about still having the bike but not the Bugeye. You are absolutely right about good design accounting for ease of maintenance and longevity though.
I was actually directing that to Rick regarding his comment about still having the bike but not the Bugeye. You are absolutely right about good design accounting for ease of maintenance and longevity though.
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The commercial: "They lived," showing smashed up Volvos IMHO is promoting the thought that if you wrap your S.O. and brood in a Volvo, they can be as incompetent as a cucumber at driving and it won't matter. Just get a replacement.
EDIT: My bad. That's a Subaru ad.
EDIT: My bad. That's a Subaru ad.
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Oops. My bad. Sorry!
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David, No worries man.
Doc, all car commercials are beginning to have that same format. You (the consumer) are a terrible driver, if you buy our product (POS new car with hoopla to keep Darwinism from working and removing your faulty genes from the pool) you can drive with your head up your rear and survive no matter how little regard you have for yourself or others while driving.
Doc, all car commercials are beginning to have that same format. You (the consumer) are a terrible driver, if you buy our product (POS new car with hoopla to keep Darwinism from working and removing your faulty genes from the pool) you can drive with your head up your rear and survive no matter how little regard you have for yourself or others while driving.
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And what is all this speed crap? How fast will it go, how many times it can slide in a circle, how much dust can it boil up! And the new Mercedes commercial where the guy appears to be driving 150 mph just to get home before the ice cream cones melt! It just proves how stupid these promoters are to believe were dumb enough to be impressed by them. Will my new $40,000 truck run the Baha 500 and survive? I won't buy it if it won't! 
Stupidity by a nose!!
Stupidity by a nose!!
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Ice cream cones and goldfish. Warm-n-fuzzy appeal.
I'd like to see an auto ad with all the possible side-effects of driving listed the way all those dopey drug ads do. A disclaimer alluding to the dreaded "four hour" condition as a result of driving the high performance version... and an: "Ask your doctor" phrase worked in, too.
Gotta be a great parody ad in there somewhere.
I'd like to see an auto ad with all the possible side-effects of driving listed the way all those dopey drug ads do. A disclaimer alluding to the dreaded "four hour" condition as a result of driving the high performance version... and an: "Ask your doctor" phrase worked in, too.
Gotta be a great parody ad in there somewhere.