http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGd1UBUDvZY

Any way

I think you guys need to focus on the story , not if Americans are too fat ,let face it every race is getting bigger, but have you how big a coke do you need with your hamburger?

Or if the car is expensive to hire, I for one would want to know how much to Hire, I am sorry if the price may offend some people. I thought the Shelby Mustang would be the ultimate hire car, but after reading this may be not.

Yes there are some comments I might not agree with,

I think the basic story is quite good. Lisa list the good & the bad poinyts on the car & no one seeems to be interested in the article only the 4 or five lines on negative American comments.

I had to go back to the story several times, I’m sure I have missed something.

Nah, we throw them on the barbie.

They taste just like chicken. :>)

I have never heard any of these stereotypical comments made of Australians. If they are, they are infrequent and incorrect, and if they are made, those making the comments are called to task they way Lisa was called to task for her “comments” here.

There are many Australians than contribute to American culture and they are admired. If any of these people have faults, they are viewed as individuals, not Australians.

True, everyone uses stereotypes in one way or another, but that does not mean it is the right thing to do, nor does it mean that that person shouldn’t be called to task. Why should these types of comments be ignored? They are hurtful as sterotypes can often be.

Lisa intent may have been to be funny or humorous, but her observations came off as mean spirited. I do believe that was the majority view point.

Professional comedians will often satirize their own cultural group before they comment on others. Lisa did not do this.

Perhaps Lisa will learn from her experience here. While she is obviously not going to say that she might have been a bit strong in her comments, hopefully she will realize that some comments (even though they might be “humorous”) can hurt.

As Lisa herself said’ “You all finished insulting me? Feel better ? I am sure a little verbal abuse gets you off!” It is a bit ironic that Lisa is feeling this way. In America, there is a saying (probably in Australia too), “You can dish it out, but you sure can’t take it.”

americans stereotype us too.
no matter who you are or where you are from everyone percieves or stereotypes people from somewhere they themselves are not.

im not saying stereotypes are a good thing or not, im just highlighting that everyone uses stereotypes in one way or another. (if you say you dont then you are lying)

summing up, yes maybe a bit unprofessional (but lucky this isnt BM’s profession) but i cant believe that this gets more responces than the average car review!!!
people need to get over it. its a shame that people only like and look for the negatives in life.

i wasnt going to comment but i couldnt believe how long this was going on for

I would have thought that would be one thing that people would want to know?

Don’t we want to know what what a car costs when we read a review ,or does that depend on if you can afford it or not ? Ok so it cost $10.00 to rent you feel better now ?

Get back to the car,

we obviously thought the review was good enough, thats why its here!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and we really don’t want to delete comments but no more personal attacks please.

Ahhhh I get it now ,so I guess unless your Jeremy Clarkson or any other educated person it is ok say what you like about the Americans ? Talk about splitting straws!

LOL

Jeremy Clarkson is a bloody legend, and a downright funny bastard, but as 280zx put it (couldn’t have said it better myself) “He is not fond of the US and often pokes fun at them but he has the ability to write humorously without sounding like a uneducated dope”

Cause its water off a ducks back, what your trying to intimidate me into leaving ?

This site I thought was about peoples own views and experiences ?

Your all so politically correct and boring. What gives you the right to tell me how I should think?

The story was purely an experience with some mild humor thrown in that has all been said before.

I guess I am have just been lucky in life for what I have recived,funny though the harder I work the luckier I get ? Whats with that you think ?

2. The American health care system does have flaws, but they do have one. I do however count myself lucky to live somewhere where 3 months worth of medication costs me $15nzd

3. The car. It looks Horn, Most likely sounds Horn, but it is what it is: a Detroit bruiser with a live rear axle and bad brakes. Both you and clarkson would know this before it was driven (i love clarkson, but lately i find some petty annoyances with him. still, i’ll watch him in two hours just like i always do)

4. This is a globally read blog. If you didn’t realise your comments would upset people, I’d suggest getting off the Internet, and get back to hiring cars. Perhaps you could use a Dictaphone and leave it to the pro’s to translate.

…. “If you knew your history the internet wasn’t
….. invented until 1997 …”

Perhaps, Lisa, that is when you yourself first became aware of the existence of the internet, but I assure you it was aroung a long time before 1997. A very long time.