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Random American : "Oh, from Italy! Great, how many hours is the drive?"

Me: "You wouldn't take the car, you take the plane".

RA: "Sure, but I mean if you wanted to drive, how many hours?"

Me: "??!!?""
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Remember, this person was a junior at a private school where those not on scholorship (which i think would apply to the girl) pay around 15k a year. Shows how much it pays off...]]>May 27th 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/
You mean.. "Scholarship"]]>May 27th 2007 8:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/May 27th 2007 12:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/I have a friend who only buys Japanese things, drives a honda & Suzuki bike, and hates Korean products and won't touch american stuff.
He thinks his Samsung phone is Japanese, I won't tell him where its from though ;)]]>May 27th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/
by the american concept of the products origins, most electronics are chinese while cars are american.

in the era of out sourcing, many electronics are even designed by whoever offers the cheapest solution & this also applies to cars like mitsubishi uses hyundai i4 engine design so called world engine.

i am not sure where your buddy got such ideas...]]>May 27th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/
Perhaps? No, definitely. I'm not bashing here, just stating a facts. Most Americans I've talked to think that Canada, for example, consists of Toronto and Banff -- the end.]]>May 27th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/
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It wasn't about where cars area built, its which country they originated in.
Like a Vietnamese kid whose parents were born in Vietnam but he was born here. He still has roots over there.]]>May 27th 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/27/these-kids-today-college-students-think-volvo-is-german-and-lan/May 27th 2007 1:58PM