Mercedes AMG Suv's- I simply do not understand it

[Dan]

I bet those Jeepneys are a real source of pride for their owners.

I bet, but can you imagine letting a bunch of strangers ride in your pride machine?

 

[Accumulator]

I bet, but can you imagine letting a bunch of strangers ride in your pride machine?

I actually suspect that's part of the source of pride in this case. I mean, we *are* talking "commercial vehicle" here... the more people (i.e., customers ) who are attracted to the individualization the better, for all sorts of reasons both monetary and psychological.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Yeah, they're remnants of our old colonial heritage - if I remember my history classes correctly, you guys left a bunch of them with us after World War 2, and people have just continued making them since (pretty cheap and easy to do, though I'd not want to get into an accident riding one). Pain to be following one though - shiny stainless steel and chrome in the afternoon sun means a bit of a headache, and underpowered surplus engines means everyone in the other lanes zooming past you.



Oh, we also have public transport versions of these - they're called jeepneys, and they're usually painted in bright, clashing colors, with anime characters, basketball players, and/or the driver's wife and children painted on :

Nice. Kinda reminds me of the Partridge Family bus :lol: