Comments on: Driving the Lambofierorghini

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:33:59 +0000

Oh, and I can skip the Oreos even though they are good. Much more of a Fudge Stripe man.

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:20:00 +0000

Fieros were/are the sign of everything wrong with GM in the 1980′s. A good/great concept so mildly and poorly executed that it was destined for failure. Imagine if the Fiero had made 200 hp as a base configuration, had four-wheel discs and a stiff chassis? (Oh, and it would to avoid catching fire at the drop of a hat and go more than four-five months between visits to the dealership.) It would have been a hit of monumental proportions! As it was, it was a hit with kids and divorced women that owned every Michael Bolton album on cassette.

And, the plastic body panels faded so quickly and unevenly that here in the South every Fiero over about two years old looked as if the owner had ordered replacement panels in the wrong color.

Again, great concept, poor execution. And it wasn’t a bad-looking car at all.

By: Jacobus

Jacobus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:29:30 +0000

You say “The Wheel Arches were “hideously high” so you modified them to fit the baby wheels? Huh?? The point of those openings was to put aftermarket wheels on so it looks and handles ever-so-slightly more like a Lambo instead of a toy.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:25:16 +0000

Oreos are my drug. I used to to do real drugs, and then I stopped because that’s stupid, and now I just eat Oreos with milk pretty much constantly, and I’m a thin little guy.

I don’t like the Fat America stereotype…We have a lot more fat people, but we aren’t all fat.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:02:02 +0000

i love those White Fudge Dipped oreos
yum.

By: 1985 Gripen

1985 Gripen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:50:48 +0000

There’s a stereotype of Americans I think you’ve probably all heard and I think that Oreos may have contributed to that.

Oreos are very good. It probably has to do with all the trans-fat they have in there (or the high fructose corn syrup exclusive to Oreos made in the U.S. and Canada. Everywhere else they’re made sugar is used). I’m guessing the Canadian Oreos Swade had are much better quality than Indonesian or Chinese-made ones in Oz. Maybe that’s why they’ve never taken-off in Australia. If they were as good as they are in N.A. everyone down under would look like Americans!

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:47:03 +0000

As Saabseller states, we have the oreos but they are not very popular here as other companies also make similar, and better tasting in my opinion. Arnotts Tim Tams are the big biscuits here. For those that are unatitiated they are to rectangle bicuits with cream in the middle and smothered in chocalate.

By: Markac

Markac — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:43:39 +0000

Gripen: Kraft does make Vegemite here in Oz. Don’t know what everyone sees in the stuff myself, but then I not originally Australian so perhaps that explains it? Come to think of it, I never liked Marmite when I was a kid either!

By: Markac

Markac — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:35:18 +0000

Nabisco used to make products in Australia, but I don’t think they ever made Oreos here?

Safe trip Swade!

By: Saabseller

Saabseller — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:29:29 +0000

Oz does have Oreos, and if you look carefully, you see they are made in Indonesia. Therefore, I don’t buy them. Check Nabisco products on the shelf at the local Woolies, they all come from China, therefore …