trickydicky43richard Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I refer to the latest antique Automobile magazine and Steven Rossi's article, more particularly his comments on page 33 regarding the Netherlands Fiat/Chrysler terrible name change to FCA US LLC. Well,!! When Chrysler took over the British Hillman Rootes group, Chrysler in Australia announced that they are changing their Australian operations name to Chrysler Rootes Australia, what a terrible thing to say!!On another tack,destiny had seen me at age15 (1958) buy my first car (Thanks to Dad) a 1929 De Soto roadster for $50 with new upholstery in unborn Calf skin, years later after a many cars I bought my first new car a Rootes Group (Chrysler Rootes Australia) Hillman Imp. I turned this little car into a road racer (and daily driver) capable of 123 Mph with a hot 956cc engine.What now, well I own a 1939 Chrysler Royal, which was first owned new by a Catholic priest and then became a rural taxi cab and an occasional funeral and wedding car.Where was I ????R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Weren't you listening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Except for Chrysler rooting for Australia, you were right there ... all the time. I know what you mean,Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky43richard Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well, I just dont get the the gist of the only two responses.Rusty and Grog should please explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thought about it but the obvious reponse is so politically incorrect on several levels & undobtedly offensive to some so didn't. However if you listen to what Stephano in "Madagascar 3" does to verbs and then make words from the acronym as Amerricans are wont, you would understand some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 This whole thread makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It make me feel like I should be taking the Crazy Pills - - - you know, just to fit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Okay. I give up. What's the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Whatever you guys are smoking will you sell me some?.....................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Okay. I give up. What's the answer?West, more importantly, what was the question? TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 "... Chrysler in Australia announced that they are changing their Australian operations name to Chrysler Rootes Australia, what a terrible thing to say!!" That indeed was a terrible thing to say, and with that sort of attitude towards Australia, I'm surprised that you'd have anything to do with Chrysler "prods" these days. You asked : "Where was I". Upon further reflection it has become opaquely clear, that as I originally stated, you were right there with your bang-on analysis of Chrysler's new attitude with respect to Australia. A somewhat completely unfocused response on your part is certainly warranted. Just because you're "Down Under" doesn't mean that this sort of thing should be tolerated. Must be some Chrysler Rootes Poms in the mix somehow. Just my diagnosis,Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 ......Rusty and Grog should please explain. A famous quote, at least in Australia, is "please explain"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUoiy22Q_lw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtbaron Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I don't believe he was referring to cheering when he was talking about Chrysler Rootes Australia... there's times when Australian really needs to be considered a separate language from English, or for that matter, North American slang for English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like? You've got to be kidding me. I've been further even more decided to use even go need to do look more as anyone can. Can you really be far even as decided half as much to use go wish for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Which end of that goes on the barbie ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily rag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Maybe that rootes means to pull out, like a strong wind on a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Maybe that rootes means to pull out, like a strong wind on a tree."Rootes" (Fr. pron. 'roo-tay') is merely the French form of the transitive/intransitive verb, "root". Using the agent noun suffix "-er", one encounters the term "rooter" which has various connotations in both the French and root Latin. I think what you mean is the term "uproot" which should not be confused with the term "root up", which could, in turn, but should not be confused with the term "belly up". "Root up" is different Down Under than same Up Above, depending on one's latitude of the moment. My brane Hertz,Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Well, I just dont get the the gist of the only two responses.Rusty and Grog should please explain.You had to be there. Where were you?B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Many years ago I was sitting at a bar on an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The cute barmaid was all enthused about a team that played Aussie Rules football, a subject about which I knew, and still know, absolutely zilch. I asked her: "Is that the team you root for?" She looked absolutely horrified and said: "Good God no, not the WHOLE TEAM!!" I think I learned what "root" means in Aussie slang. Now, go back and read "Chrysler Rootes Australia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Wasn't Rootes a Sunbeam parent group or part of?? I'm Canadian so I do get a bit of Aussie slang, mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert b Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 The Rootes that he is refering to is the ENGLISH firm of "ROOTS GROUP ' a car maker in England that made Humber ,Hillman ,Singer , Alpine , Hillman Inp just to name a few. What Richard is talking about is when Chrysler took over the Roots Co in Australia they were going to call the merger " CHRYSLER - ROOTES - AUSTRALIA ". Any one that knows the history of the motor car in the world would have known of the ROOTS GROUP makers of motor cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Well Rootes Motors LTD started out as a London based service company that absorbed Sunbeam, Humber, Commer (trucks) & Hillman. As usual they overextended in the sixties and were slowly absorbed into Chrysler which led to the Chrysler owned Sunbeam Tiger having a Ford engine. Its demise soon followed. Much of my B/P 'vette's (production, not prototype) competition came from a well prepared C/P Sunbeam Tiger but he could never get enough tire under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Art is art, isn't it? On the other hand, water is water. East is east and west is west, and If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste more like rhubarb than prunes do. Now you tell me what you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sometimes contact lenses come without knife handles, and it was a wise man who once said, "Never pet a burning dog." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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