Re: CarDomain Poll Results

[farna@xxxxxxx]

John, the only problem I see with your last statement is that most people know nothing about what they are driving! A lot more people ONLY know about what they are driving or their favorites, and very little about anything else. I even had a supposed Jaguar mechanic tell me that the one thing he liked about the older Jags was the rear steering effect of the IRS! Do you know why they have that (not exactly desireable) effect? The rubber mounts are badly worn! Anyone who raced XKEs took the rubber mounts out and replaced them with a solid mount. This guy worked ata dealership! Obviously rear axles wasn't his specialty. Of course this came up when I mentioned the Jag axle in my car. Many AMCers are the same, though they do seem to pick up more about other cars than most. But how much do you know about the GEN-1 V-8, or the 195.6? How much of an AMC person are you? (this to the listers in general, not just you John!)

On January 31, 2006 John Rosa wrote:

> Over two years ago, when I had my Black SX/4, I added
> it to the CarDomain.com website. This site is open to
> any brand of car, tho it is mostly populated by ricers
> and ricer wanna-bes.
> 
> One of the options is to add an automated poll question.
> 
> Today I visited the page and found that a total of 146
> people took part in the poll. The result is wholly
> NOT surprising, but is more evidence of how little folks
> know about our cars...even with all this chatter on the web
> for the past decade.
> 
> Questions: What company made the V8 engines for AMC cars?
> 
> General Motors Corporation - (12%)
> 
> Ford Motor Company - (6%)
> 
> Chrysler Corporation - (26%)
> 
> All of the above - (5%)
> 
> None of the above: AMC made all their own V8s - (53%)
> 
> Total Votes: 146
> 
> 
> While it may be heartening a bit to see just over half got
> it right, qualify that with the fact that only somebody
> interested in seeing my Eagle's page got to see the poll
> at all. So of 146 folks that thought the SX/4 worth
> checking out AND worth answering a poll for....only half
> knew the answer. Those that didn't offer an answer aren't
> counted...nor are all the folks with no interest in my
> specific car.....most of these two bunches would likely
> not have known the answer.
> 
> Suffice to say (again- no surprise), the bulk of people
> know jack-spit about our cars.
> 
> End transmission.....||
> 
> 
> John W Rosa
> www.JavelinAMX.com


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