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Old September 25th 03, 10:33 AM
Benjamin Bauer
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Default Mini destroys Discus

http://www.stern.de/id/sport-motor/a...ni/510600.html

At the time, no funny picture!
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Old September 25th 03, 10:57 PM
Stefan
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Chris Nicholas wrote:

It sounds as if the "destroy" is an exaggeration, or what the UK press
call "spinning", or what the government call a statement. Babelfish
translates the words on the link as:

....
(Some sensless words in an undefinable language snipped.)

The text near the picture explains it all: "Starke Werbung, schwache
Leistung - der Mini-Diesel ist untermotorisiert." Or, in English (true
English, not Babbelfenglish): "Strong advertisement, weak power - the
diesel mini is underpowered." ("Starke Werbung, schwache Leistung" is a
pun and cannot really be translated.)

Stefan
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Old September 26th 03, 02:10 AM
Ralph Jones
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:57:16 +0200, Stefan
wrote:

Chris Nicholas wrote:

It sounds as if the "destroy" is an exaggeration, or what the UK press
call "spinning", or what the government call a statement. Babelfish
translates the words on the link as:

...
(Some sensless words in an undefinable language snipped.)

The text near the picture explains it all: "Starke Werbung, schwache
Leistung - der Mini-Diesel ist untermotorisiert." Or, in English (true
English, not Babbelfenglish): "Strong advertisement, weak power - the
diesel mini is underpowered." ("Starke Werbung, schwache Leistung" is a
pun and cannot really be translated.)

Correct...the ad is the same sort of non-serious hyperbole as the
commercial in which a pickup truck auto-tows a C-46. Except that the
pickup is indeed pretty powerful, which the Mini certainly is not.

rj
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Old September 30th 03, 03:50 AM
Stephen Szikora
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Still funny, though!!!


"Ralph Jones" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:57:16 +0200, Stefan
wrote:

Chris Nicholas wrote:

It sounds as if the "destroy" is an exaggeration, or what the UK press
call "spinning", or what the government call a statement. Babelfish
translates the words on the link as:

...
(Some sensless words in an undefinable language snipped.)

The text near the picture explains it all: "Starke Werbung, schwache
Leistung - der Mini-Diesel ist untermotorisiert." Or, in English (true
English, not Babbelfenglish): "Strong advertisement, weak power - the
diesel mini is underpowered." ("Starke Werbung, schwache Leistung" is a
pun and cannot really be translated.)

Correct...the ad is the same sort of non-serious hyperbole as the
commercial in which a pickup truck auto-tows a C-46. Except that the
pickup is indeed pretty powerful, which the Mini certainly is not.

rj



 




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