Friday, May 11, 2007

Circle of futility


On the way to work today I passed a nice old house that was having some kind of sale, estate or otherwise. In the driveway were no less than 4 Volvo wagons of different vintages, bumper to bumper. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's a crime the way Volvo (ahem Ford) holds us hostage with the only usable full-sized station wagon. Those of us with driveways too narrow for an Odyssey are hosed. So why, I ask again, does Honda bogart the Accord wagon to us Americans? There it is right there in the picture, the Euro/Japanese variant. All they gotta do is ship those puppies over or make em here, throw a hybrid engine and a rear-facing seat in there for carpooling. And cupholders. And they'd be rich! Oh yeah, they are rich.

Why oh why is it so? Is it payback for Iraq?

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