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csentil · 14th April 2007, 22:25

During my visits to the US, I noticed that almost all Indians had Japanese cars. The long standing joke was that if it was a Civic you can rest assured that's it an Indian driving it (especially in the Bay area). 9 out of 10 guys I knew had Civics or Corolla's. Well what made it even more interesting was for any long drive they would go and hire a car from Hertz or some rental. A cheap $20 a day car. Reason: Saving the odometer so as to get better resale value.

Though I understand the reasons, it just doesn't make sense to me. Put money and buy a car and then decide not to drive it too much !! They could have bought just about any old car for $1000+ and driven it till it dies !!!

And yeah the 1 out of 10 drives a BMW convertible. :-)

14th April 2007, 22:25	#213 (permalink)
csentil BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 895	During my visits to the US, I noticed that almost all Indians had Japanese cars. The long standing joke was that if it was a Civic you can rest assured that's it an Indian driving it (especially in the Bay area). 9 out of 10 guys I knew had Civics or Corolla's. Well what made it even more interesting was for any long drive they would go and hire a car from Hertz or some rental. A cheap $20 a day car. Reason: Saving the odometer so as to get better resale value. Though I understand the reasons, it just doesn't make sense to me. Put money and buy a car and then decide not to drive it too much !! They could have bought just about any old car for $1000+ and driven it till it dies !!! And yeah the 1 out of 10 drives a BMW convertible. :-) __________________ Everyone is born right-handed, only the gifted overcome it. This is my car and I have my wife's permission to say so.