India?s Mahindra to Enter U.S. Market

[93JC]

Shut me down? I won this argument long ago. Before it even started. 

[TheIntrepid]

Shut me down? I won this argument long ago. Before it even started. 

Yup. Just like your Jeep runs.

[93JC]

You know, if my Jeep is a piece of shit then Mahindras are subsequently worse, since they're just Jeep knockoffs with cheap parts...

[TheIntrepid]

You know, if my Jeep is a piece of shit then Mahindras are subsequently worse, since they're just Jeep knockoffs with cheap parts...

They're not knockoffs per se... they are the exact same thing. Licensed too IIRC.

[Raghavan]

Yeah, they're licensed. And tell me how the truck on the first page looks anything like a Jeep?

[93JC]

They're not knockoffs per se... they are the exact same thing. Licensed too IIRC.

Which is why I said at some point earlier in this thread "At least they're better than the Chinese."

[93JC]

Yeah, they're licensed. And tell me how the truck on the first page looks anything like a Jeep?

Every offroad vehicle looks like a Jeep, since every offroad vehicle, if you go back far enough, is based on the idea of the Jeep.

Basically, look at it this way: American SUVs are all based off the idea of Jeep. European ones are based off the idea of the Land Rover, which was a Jeep knockoff originally. Asian ones are based off the idea of the Toyota Land Cruiser, which was, you guessed it, a Jeep knockoff.

Anyway, I wad just speaking broadly of Mahindra's core business for many years: the CJ-3s and CJ-5s (MM-?? in Mahindra's model naming?). I know they make other stuff (don't they still make those forward-control Japanese vans?), and at some point in the last five to ten years managed to engineer their own vehicle (at least, engineer most of it).

[red_shift]

Shut me down? I won this argument long ago. Before it even started. 

You should be shut down, you closet Nazi bastard!

[Raghavan]

You should be shut down, you closet Nazi bastard!

[93JC]

You're just angry because I'm right. 

[red_shift]

You're just angry because I'm right. 

No I'm just marvelling at your ability to impugn an entire subcontinent based on a few T-shirts.

I hear Hitler invaded Poland because he did not like Polish made shirts. The sooner they catch you, the better. 

[red_shift]

Except for the last part, I'm with Raghu ^ Well said.

You called him Raghu... are you/family from Karnataka Intrepid?

[TheIntrepid]

You called him Raghu... are you/family from Karnataka Intrepid?

Naw man... I'm half Gujrati, a quarter Marathi, and a quarter Punjabi. I'm a mixture. I've been calling him Raghu quite a bit lately... it's like the sauce.

[93JC]

No I'm just marvelling at your ability to impugn an entire subcontinent based on a few T-shirts.

Then learn to make quality products you brown bastards!

[TheIntrepid]

Then learn to make quality products you brown bastards!

[red_shift]

Then learn to make quality products you brown bastards!

Listen carefully,  the computer which you are typing on in all probability has a few chips I must have verified sometime in my life, (I am not kidding) so please, bow down to the brown tide else I shall make your computer go up in flames and cause you to stop posting your racist rants. 

[TheIntrepid]

Listen carefully,  the computer which you are typing on in all probability has a few chips I must have verified sometime in my life, (I am not kidding) so please, bow down to the brown tide else I shall make your computer go up in flames and cause you to stop posting your racist rants. 

Where are you from Shifty?

[93JC]

Listen carefully,  the computer which you are typing on in all probability has a few chips I must have verified sometime in my life, (I am not kidding) so please, bow down to the brown tide else I shall make your computer go up in flames and cause you to stop posting your racist rants. 

Not surprisingly my computer is a turd!

[red_shift]

Where are you from Shifty?

If you are a coconut (like me), you will not know it... let's just say central India!

I have been here a long time though, finished my masters in EE here, and been here since '94.

[red_shift]

Not surprisingly my computer is a turd!

At least it's a product... Does Canada even make *a* product or do they all just go on pretending they are French there?

[TheIntrepid]

If you are a coconut (like me), you will not know it... let's just say central India!

I have been here a long time though, finished my masters in EE here, and been here since '94.

I've only been here since '91... but I was born in '89. I guess I'm a coconut.

BTW I'm in Canada so watch the Canada comments.

[93JC]

At least it's a product... Does Canada even make *a* product or do they all just go on pretending they are French there?

Hockey and hockey-related products for one. By hockey I mean 'ice hockey', not that women's game field hockey.

Umm... maple syrup, of course... uhh... can't think of many more Canadian stereotypes...

[TheIntrepid]

My name isn't difficult at all. ADI. That's it.

[93JC]

Ha ha ha, wrong thread, goof.

[TheIntrepid]

Shit. Where should I be?

[93JC]

I ever tell you about the guy who sits next to me at work? He goes by Ash, his full name is Ashish, and his nickname? Hashish, or Hashbrown.

[TheIntrepid]

I ever tell you about the guy who sits next to me at work? He goes by Ash, his full name is Ashish, and his nickname? Hashish, or Hashbrown.

Bet you $20 he's Gujrati. I'm half... the cheapest motherf*ckers you'll ever meet. I have 2 uncles and a cousin with that name.

[93JC]

Shit. Where should I be?

Uhh... shit, i don't remember...

No wait, the "Hello" uhh..... "Hello boys"? Something like that. The thread Dan's girlfriend ('marilynmonroe') started. The one I made take a nosedive in civility over the course of a page and a half.

[93JC]

Bet you $20 he's Gujrati. I'm half... the cheapest motherf*ckers you'll ever meet. I have 2 uncles and a cousin with that name.

I'm pretty sure he's from Gujarat, yeah. I can't quite remember, but that sticks out in my head.

[TheIntrepid]

Does he drive an Accord or Camry?