Re: to Sonny - those italians

[Luca <nodoubt@domain.elided>]

At Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:15:27 +0100 (CET) alfetta82@domain.elided wrote:
>Anyway, in Italy you can't do works on your car in the
>public streets. 

I believe this is a bit different... it's that you
cannot work on your car if it break downs along the street.
You gotta call some workshop towing it away. It's a matter
of safety for the other street users

>But a thing is the law, another is
>what everyone does. I usually do my works (of course
>in a private park or in my garage) and I wash my car
>in the private car (it's also forbidden to wash the
>car in the public street). 

That's just a matter of environment. If everybody starts 
to wash cars, dishes, cloths, and whatever needs to
be washed... down the street, we would live in a washmachine
rather than in a beautiful town/city

>And yes, reflecting this,
>many Alfa (but also Fiat and Lancia) parts' dealers
>are not happy when you go to buy a part. 

Why ??? They sell stuff, I buy and pay. Where's the difference
between MY money and workshop mechanic's money?
I think that this thing you say is just wrong.

>Sometimes ago
>it was quite frequent anyone did little works on cars,
>especially the Alfa owners, but now seems the State
>wants we all drive a new Punto (replacing it every 4
>years) and we go (and spend) to the workshops to do
>everything. 

This is normal. It was so even at the times of your 75 or Alfetta.
IT's business.  But nobody stops me from working by myself on
a brand new Punto.  It's mine, I bought it, I can do what I wanna...
I live in a free country.

>Surely not I, but let me say it's a very
>sad situation in our country, 

I ain't sad at all....

>especially because we
>were home of some the most important cars' factories.

IF you say that some cars are no more, ok, but this is something
about money and globalization. It's something affecting all
business sectors, not just car market.  At least this will
give much more value to "REAL" cars like mine.



nodoubt, 
crashed 937 landpilot
"I like anything that don't talk." King Benny - Sleepers
937RS2, 75 Turbo, RM250


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