On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:05:57AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:29:42AM +1200, cr wrote: > > Agreed, but unfortunately there's all this spurious 'compatible' crap. > > Nobody was ever scared off buying a GM car because it wasn't > > 'Ford-compatible'. > > Really? So that's why you see so many government issue vehicles that > aren't a Ford Crown Victoria or a Chevrolet Impala, or if it's been on > the road for a while, a Fordrolet Crown Impala. There's not a whole > lot that can't be exchanged between those two on most model years.
Well, the analogy works better wrt British Fords and GMs. Over here, one can proverbially assemble any set of Ford running gear into any Ford bodyshell. So you can take the guts out of your 1300 Escort and fit a Capri V6 and the overdrive gearbox out of a Transit van, and it all just bolts together. You can play similar games within the British/Vauxhall and German/Opel GM lines. But you can't put GM bits in a Ford, or vide versa. But as far as most drivers are concerned, Fords and GMs are compatible. The steering wheel, pedals etc are all in the same relative positions and work the same way. If you were to make a car with even slightly different controls - like a different gearshift pattern - nobody would buy it. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
