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Originally Posted by sax4blues
Another aspect of the Toyota/Ferarri comparison quality is consistency.
The Toyota is to McDonalds as the Ferarri is to gourmet cooking. You can get a perfect Big Mac every time anywhere around the world. Each gourmet dinner you get may be slightly different but would be considered higher quality than McDonalds.
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You can't get a perfect Big Mac everywhere.
Try getting even an edible one in Tahlequah, Oklahoma!
Also, I am not so sure that consistancy = quality. I mean, you walk through those Golden Arches, expecting prompt, courteous service, as well as edible food.
What you get is something else entirely.
It might be consistant in that a Big Mac tastes about like a Mc Nugget does, which in turn tastes like every other Mc Item on the Mc Menu.
Fast it may sometimes be but food it most definitely is not.
It is more like "Mc Fuel" than food.
The fact that it is consistant doesn't matter if it is consistantly cr@ppy.
But where Mc Fuel is concerned, there is variation in quality across the various Mc Outlets. Some locations serve Mc Items that are indeed cr@ppier than those served at other Mc Outlets.
The very thought of Mc Fuel makes me want to Mc Hurl.
I'd rather get my nutrition through a feeding tube than have to choke on any Mc Item from the Mc Menu. At least the stuff that goes into feeding tubes is actually capable of sustaining life. I suspect that quite the opposite might be true where Mc Fuel is concerned.
I think the analogy works best if you're talking bland, lifeless lukewarm mediocrity. Then I can see the case for Toyota being the Mc Donalds of the auto world.
TC