RE: [DMCForum] The Delorean has left the building

[Doc Hudkins <dochudkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad I'm not the only stickler for that.

I also love the word "pre-owned". They're too
image-conscious to say "used" and too lazy to say
"previously owned", so they take the prefix "pre" and
misuse it. 

If something happens before dawn, it's pre-dawn. If
something happens before the afternoon, it's
pre-prandial. So technically, a pre-owned car is one
that has never been owned before. Therefore it's a new
car.

But they just don't get it.

Farrar

--- Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I always love when they say it has XXXX "original
> miles"... as opposed to
> what?  Non-original miles?  Nautical miles? 
> Replacement miles?
>  
> If there are "original miles" then we must have
> replaced them with some kind
> of new miles, right?  Should I get my speedo
> recalibrated?
>  
> Sorry... That's a pet peeve of mine...
>  
> -Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Paine [mailto:mpaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> 
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:57 AM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] The Delorean has left the
> building
> 
> 
> -This Delorean has only 3281 miles and is in great
> condition. This is car
> number
> 2647 of approximately 6640 Deloreans produced in
> 1981. This is an original
> mileage car.
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
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> 
> 



            
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