Sports and American Cars
As I drove to work today in my rental Chrysler Sebring, it is no surprise Daimler is trying to get rid of them. While the car is a vast improvement on American cars I have driven in the past, the focus is in all the wrong places. Listening to Wagner’s Flight of the Valkeralkyries on Sirius Satellite Radio through Boston Accoustic speakers and singing, “Kill the Wabbit,” they still have a car that drives like ass and looks like ass. While cars of the future may be about entertaining and less about the driving, we are nowhere near that. Get a clue and make a car that doesn’t suck.
Well we’re down to the Final Four. Really, that is all you can ask for in a college basketball program. March Madness used to be a complete crapshoot. Anyone could take it in the tournament, but now with the NBA rule, kids can’t go pro right out of high school. This means that kids that are good enough to play pro ball are forced to go to college for a year, and they end up at schools with big basketball programs. There will be fewer Cinderella stories and fewer upsets.
That being said, it is really anyone’s tournament right now, except for Georgetown. I just don’t believe in the team. People are already talking about the UCLA/Florida rematch, but it is not the same. Although the player of the game last year for UCLA is now with the Lakers, UCLA is a far superior team without him. Josh Shipp is back this year and combined with Michael Roll they are a pair of great shooters, something UCLA will be able to employ against Florida’s big men. This year, Aaron Afflalo can do soemthing he could not do a year ago. He can create his own shot. These factors combined will make UCLA more of a team to reckon with in this year’s tournament. Plus, we have Mata. We can totally scare them with his ugly face.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:44 am
The NY Times agrees with you. That means you’re smart. Hooray.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/26/sports/ncaabasketball/26ncaa.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
March 27th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Don’t judge american cars on crappy low end chryslers or fords. There are a lot of crappy american cars out there, but there are nice ones, too! Check out the sky, the GTO, the cts/cts-v, the new charger/300, the c6 vette, etc. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but that doesn’t make it a crappy car. Don’t forget jaguar, aston martin, volvo, mazda, opel, vauxhall, are all owned and run by crappy american car companies too. ;)
March 27th, 2007 at 7:11 am
I totally agree there are good cars out there too, but not my cup of tea when it comes to daily driving, and the majority of cars produced today are still the low end, crappy ones. I’d drive the cars you mentioned, but not on a daily commute.
Owned by American car companies is different from being an American car still. At least Saturn won it’s award for the most washable car.