RE: [Chrysler300] DaimlerChrysler Announcement

[Mark Souders <souders@xxxx>]

I think it's the resistance to change that makes us more discriminatory when
it comes to musical taste. I remember when I was in high school in the
early 70s, my brother, sister and I would listen to what was then rock and
roll. My dad would say "turn that down! How can you listen to that stuff
?" When my kids were teenagers, I said the same thing to them in the early
90s. Now I hear the junk on the radio and think "my grandchildren will be
listening to this noise !" 
Along those same lines, last weekend my wife and I were riding along when a
kid in a Honda pulled up beside us at a traffic light. This car was slammed
down to the ground, had one of those fart pipe exhausts and sounded like a
tin can full of pissed off bumble bees. We looked at each other and laughed
but then it hit me. This kid has done the same thing to his car that we did
in the 70s: personalized his ride. When I was young the coolest car trick
was to jack up the rear end with air shocks and put a pair of glass packs
on. Of course, there will never be anything as neat as the sound of a big
V8 with loud pipes. But today the youth have a completely different array
of vehicles to choose from. Since there is nothing out there that compares
to Cuda's, Road Runners, Super Bee's, they have to choose from Hondas,
Toyotas, Nissans, etc. They're relatively cheap and plentiful, and plenty
of aftermarket things to trick them out. 
So, my point is, there will always be change. When we were younger, change
was more easily tolerated. Now that we're older, that tolerance is
diminishing, and that's a natural thing.

Happy motoring,
Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	obiwan10 [SMTP:obiwan10@xxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:12 AM
> To:	SADuggan@xxxx; CHRYSLER300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mark Souders
> Subject:	Re: [Chrysler300] DaimlerChrysler Announcement
> 
> I am sorry for the misunderstanding on my comments on Celine. They were
> not about the ugly, they were about the music. However I did enjoy your
> list of artists, though probably would not have put Ms. Warwick there.
> However she is great as a Psychic Reader infomercial tout.
> 
> Incidentally I am not anti-woman in my choice of artists. Loved Patsy
> Cline.
> 
> I do agree with your comments of the music today that clutters up the
> airwaves. I am not certain why this is(unless the music is really as bad
> as it sounds) as I get older. I have a theory that just as you lose your
> ability to learn a new language as you age, perhaps our brain shuts down
> to many inputs of new experiences(however I do love riding the Harley that
> I have just acquired and learned to ride and gotten a license at age 62)
> and perhaps your brain just cannot understand and interpret this noise
> that you hear as music that you are suppose to enjoy and it just remains
> noise just as the words from a new language that you are exposed to
> remains so.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mark Souders <mailto:souders@xxxx> 
> To: 'SADuggan@xxxx' <mailto:'SADuggan@xxxx'> ;
> CHRYSLER300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:CHRYSLER300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:11 AM
> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] DaimlerChrysler Announcement
> 
> Sean,
> This announcement sure generated a lot of response! First I must
> say: I can
> respect everyone's opinion on the subject. About the 20 years
> thing,
> that's the exact same thing they said about Elvis, the Beatles, the
> Rolling
> Stones, the Drifters, Dion Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Jr., Ricky
> Scaggs, and
> the list goes on. All of those guys are much uglier than Celine,
> and some
> are uglier than Richardo, but I don't think it's all about beauty
> or looks.
> I'm not saying I love all of Celine Dion's music but most of it is
> at least
> enjoyable. Her music is a lot better than some of that wanna-be
> music I
> hear cluttering up today's airways. I'm 48 years old and like
> listening to
> the oldies. Celine may not be the most beautiful woman in
> celebrity status
> but as stated earlier, she's an icon and, to some extent, an idol to
> today's
> youth, boomers, yuppies, and soccer moms, all a potential Chrysler
> market.
> I must say, not many celebrities can remove themselves from the
> limelight
> for an extended time and then come back and be better and more
> popular as
> Celine Dion did. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can do what
> she did
> and succeed. I don't think it's as much about looks (lord knows
> some of
> today's Mopars are uglier than the Edsel!) as it is about reaching a
> varied
> and diverse market. Celine's impact is yet to be seen but it might
> surprise
> all of us. We'll have to wait and see.
> 
> In conclusion, I think the big D needs to do something to compete
> with all
> those ads we're bombarded with from GM, Ford, Toyota, Lexus,
> Mitsubishi,
> etc. Anything is better than nothing. When I was a teenager, I
> remember the
> TV commercials for the Dodge Boys, the Road Runner, the Rapid
> Transit
> System, etc. and they had an impact on me to the point of craving
> anything
> Mopar. When it was time for me to buy my first car, it could only
> be a
> Dodge. I refused to even look at anything else. It turned out to
> be a 61
> Polara, but it was a Dodge! I was the proudest kid in the
> neighborhood and
> nobody messed with my 361 except the rich kid with the new
> Challenger.
> Those days are long gone but the initial impact lives on. I'll be a
> Mopar
> man forever because of those TV commercials.
> 
> Good luck to DaimlerChrysler,
> Mark
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SADuggan@xxxx [SMTP:SADuggan@xxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 7:20 PM
> > To: CHRYSLER300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Fwd: [Chrysler300] DaimlerChrysler Announcement
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > My two cents, Who is Celine Dion going to appeal to? I don't want
> to
> > offend 
> > anyone, but in twenty years she is going to be completely
> forgotten about.
> > I 
> > heard mention of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, two people with
> true
> > talent, 
> > who won't be forgotten. Celine should sell alot of Chryslers to 30
> > something 
> > single women with their clocks ticking, I guess Chrysler thinks
> thats a 
> > demographic worth shooting for.
> > 
> > On a more positive note, I do think Chrysler is making good
> spokesperson 
> > decisions with the P.T. cruiser. They hired one of my freelance
> employees
> > as 
> > the spokesperson. He's a great guy and this contract is really
> going to
> > help 
> > him and his family. He really deserved the break and as with 95%
> of the 
> > actors in L.A. he was broke.
> > 
> > Sean Duggan
> > Los Angeles
> > 
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