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dr_thug
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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Hello SA thread 
Would South Africans be interested in driving the car shown here??
http://www.tatasa.co.za/
i saw them last month at the auto expo last month...looks ok.
Edit:Do u see any Indian cars in SA roads??Indica?safari??...is Mahindra Scorpio sold there??
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Kryptik
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Hello Dr.Thug  yes indeed, there are plenty of those vehicles on the roads here. The Mahindra Scorpio is also increasing in popularity, to the extent that one can hardly drive along any major route without spotting at least a handful of them. The local Mahindra dealership is doing very well, whenever i'm in that area it's always bustling. Maybe i should book a test-drive sometime soon
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dr_thug
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Here scorpio is a rage...its cheap,looks good..and pure value for money..kind of a hooligan vehicle..to scare the little car owners.
Even though am a patriot,i am skeptic when it comes to Indian made vehicles...scorpio,people say "it behaves like a skateboard"...handling at high speed is not very confidence inducing...but now the new scorpio(tweaked by European engineers -- don't think its launched there yet) comes with a lighter better engine which people say is far better
@kryptic,book a test drive..and tell me what u think of that Indian vehicle.
tata cars have crap engine...but i saw the all new indica and sumo...looks impressive..and they come fitted with fiat engines.Finally i have a little respect for them.
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Janbobejan
Joined: Jan 24, 2008
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@Dr- I am not so sure I would like to drive a Scorpio, even if tweaked by whoever. Imho that car needs more than a tweak to pass Janbobejan's quality control  Nevertheless, I can confirm what Krypta said. I believe it well sale well in 3-th world countries, where 'hi-speed' is not so high
On another note - what do you chaps think about the new, brilliant idea ANC come up with - Disband the Scorpions - Mind you, I eat them for breakfast too
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Tsepz_GP
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Im not a huge fan of Tata or Mahindra but yep they are selling well here,something that im sure is going to do well here next year is that Tata Nano or whatever they call it, apparently its a student car,aimed at students in 1st year university who just need to get around.
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dr_thug
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@Janbobejan
Lol,yeah...that car needs more than a tweak to meet my standard too.And yeah it was developed for 3rd world countries...so maybe thats why its bad.They also sell it in some european countries...but am sure its a failure there.I heard that they are making a suv for the "developed" countries to be launched in 2010.
@gucci,i maybe joining for post-grad soon,so was looking for a use and throw car myself lol...
for SA's high vehicle stealing crimes,dirt cheap nano maybe perfect answer |
Janbobejan
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Yeah, sad but thru - ask 'Brix' all about it. I remember 15+ years ago I used to install home alarms in 'up market' houses in Sheshego. (Location close to Pietersburg or whatever is called today). It was all 'Klingon' territory and my vehicle was so many times broken into (while I was in the house busy working), that I decided to 'electrify' it. And yes it worked like a charm, until one day I shocked myself (the remote's battery was flat and did not switch off the alarm/immobilizer/ shocker unit and I also got careless about checking it). Although I had shoes with thick soles, my right arm was lame for hours. I shudder to think what someone without shoes must have gone thru. Needless to say, I removed the system the very next day, but things got so much for the worse now, I am thinking to build another one, although my wife and kids won't agree for obvious reasons 
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Kryptik
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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roflmao Jan, i can only imagine what it felt like when you had that "shocking" experience! LOL, if you rigged your car that way now i'm certain that your family would be performing a 010 or 092 on you 
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dr_thug
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OMG  thats THE BEST car anti-theft device i have heard of...u should have got it's patent??? |
Hobbs
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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You are extreme Mr Jan Bobejan.Says to his daughter "Sweety,wont you just go fetch Daddy's phone,Daddy left it in the car." forgets about shock device.Brrrrrrr lol
About disbanding the Scorpions,I think it stinks of something.Not quite to sure what at the present moment but theres something dodgy going down.
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gola
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did you guys see this? http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=165171
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JC08
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@ gola, its sad 2 see man, but now we know who the guys are on esato thats real @ss's...
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brix25
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@dr_thug: Tata, great Indian company unfortunately I can't see myself plucking up the courage to buy one of their cars. Whenever I see the Indica on the road I just shake my head. It looks like a death trap and cheap. The Scorpio looks ok, I've seen a lot of them on the road but I doubt anyone bought them for the resale value.
@JC08: Maybe its just a clash of cultures but most people, including myself, didn't know what JoJo was on about. You first had to decipher his weird sentences(mixed Caps) and then he'd go postal on the smilies. Most of the time I'd see his posts I'd just skip past. |
amawanqa
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It had little to do with any culture-related misunderstandings IMHO. There are many other esato users from Jojo's homeland who post in a more 'regular', universal fashion.
Jojo's style, ramblings and mannerisms could, posssibly, best be described as 'unique'.
That link to the 'Where's Jojo' thread gola discovered was no surprise. Without trying to sound like some third-rate/poor man's Nostradamus, all 3 things I predicted would happen (which were so obvious to predict anyway), in that Afrikaans post of mine, came to fruition:
1. a 'Where's Jojo' thread started.
2. him being scorned at length in that particular thread by the usual crowd
3. the thread getting locked just as gola makes a post that goes against the grain of the usual anti-jojo lobby.
Jojo being quite 'different' or notorious for his wacky posting is one thing. Jojo getting into a bit of kak and scorn over the years as he sought the attention of fairer sex posters etc another, and so on.
Now my retort here sounds nothing short of rampant defensiveness.
And nope, it couldn't be based on something as shallow as a knee-jerk reaction in me missing the regular late night bike n' pic talk.
As I made mention in that post as well, he 'towed the line' in our thread, even if it was in his own inimitable way.
As I also made mention before, his contributions to this thread were very much appreciated by me, even if it was somewhat off the beaten track on most occasions.
A certain piece of Holy Writ comes to mind for those happy to see him go down/ leave esato; which contain the words 'log', 'eye' and 'splinter'...
@ Janbobejan,
Eish, I hope no dogs lifted a leg on your car, or I'll have the SPCA after you, LOL.
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Tsepz_GP
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@ JC
I agree with Brix. For me it was hard to understand Jojo at 1st but after we chatted via PM a few times twas a lot easier to get what he said and why he was like that. He a realy oak i must say its a shame people just didn't get him.
I can see you realy aint impressed about how they were to him,neither was i but go to remember its a Web forum with people from diff parts of the globe so they may see things in a totaly different way to what we see.
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