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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 07:18PM |
I wonder why the didn't include the AMC Pacer. One car magazine did a road test on it and found all aspects of it's performance (braking, handling, acceleration to be amongst the worst they'd ever measured. Their cover page headline was "We Test the Pacer, and Wish We Hadn't!".
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 08:28PM |
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General Motors purchased the company in 1909 and within six years, Cadillac had established itself as one of America's premier luxury cars.
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 08:39PM |
Lists like this in general are stupid or at least very subjective. This particular list is so stupid that the LA Times wouldn't even put a byline on it. Just who is the clod who devised it?
I recall reading a number of reviews of the Aztec when it came out. The consensus was it wasn't a bad car; it was an ugly car. This list-weasel can't distinguish between the two.
davester, At least some of the Pacer' failings were due to a late design change which swapped an iron-ingot, low power straight six engine for the planned Wankel rotary. It's likely that at least the handling and acceleration would have been better if the car had been equipped with the engine it was designed around. I find it not bad-looking for that period.
I recall reading a number of reviews of the Aztec when it came out. The consensus was it wasn't a bad car; it was an ugly car. This list-weasel can't distinguish between the two.
davester, At least some of the Pacer' failings were due to a late design change which swapped an iron-ingot, low power straight six engine for the planned Wankel rotary. It's likely that at least the handling and acceleration would have been better if the car had been equipped with the engine it was designed around. I find it not bad-looking for that period.
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 10:31PM |
Many are comparing the BMW i3 styling to the Aztek
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 10:49PM |
It looks better than the Aztek
SoCal for now.
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 23, 2014 11:00PM |
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It looks better than the Aztek
Questionable.
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 24, 2014 01:35AM |
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It looks better than the Aztek
Questionable.
Agreed.
It is what it is.
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 24, 2014 11:40AM |
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It looks better than the Aztek
That's referred to as "damning with faint praise."
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 24, 2014 12:53PM |
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It looks better than the Aztek
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Re: The 2001 Pontiac Aztek gets the crown! Date: January 24, 2014 02:24PM |
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