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What do people think of Italian Products?


clairemca 1 | -  
6 Nov 2008 /  #1
Im doing some research about what polish people think of Italian products?

If any one can give me any hints and tips or their opinion about any Italian products...italian shoes, italian clothes, italian electronics... then please do!

Thanks
Lukasz K - | 103  
6 Nov 2008 /  #2
italian shoes - stylish and fashionable
italian clothes - the same
italian electronics (maby more AGD stuff - fidge, oven, etc - I don't anybody here buys Italian computers...) - well designed, cheap but not good quality

italian cars - well designed, stylish but with a lot of failures (you can be advised to buy an italian car as a new car and then sell it when varrianity expires, but nobody will advise you to by used italian car)

italian furniture - stylish, well designed, expensive...

Lukasz
polishgirltx  
6 Nov 2008 /  #3
italian shoes

the best ever!!! :)
Prince 15 | 590  
6 Nov 2008 /  #5
italian shoes - stylish and fashionable

gino-rossi.com/www
puercoespin - | 129  
6 Nov 2008 /  #6
good vino, for sure. :)

Amarone..for me best wine ever
wildrover 98 | 4,441  
6 Nov 2008 /  #7
what polish people think of Italian products?

I don,t think any of us would refuse a Ferrari...or in my case..a Ducati too...
Del boy 20 | 254  
6 Nov 2008 /  #8
maserati , lancia are still Italian.
wildrover 98 | 4,441  
6 Nov 2008 /  #9
Not forgetting Lamborghini....and my dream bike... mv agusta..
Del boy 20 | 254  
6 Nov 2008 /  #10
LAMBORGDHINI IS GERMAN NOW, Sorry to say that ... still cars Italia rulers...
LondonChick 31 | 1,133  
6 Nov 2008 /  #11
General engineering also has a pretty good reputation too... but then again, I'm not Polish, so I not sure if the OP is canvassing my opinion. I understand that the 80% of the world's O-ring seals (you know those little rubber rings that you get when you take your shower to pieces) are manufactured in Bergamo, Italy.

And agree re fashion - in particular, Emilio Pucci... iconic designs <swoon>
Bzibzioh  
6 Nov 2008 /  #12
Amarone..for me best wine ever

I'm with you on that one.

Furniture: good design and proportions but ridiculously overpriced

Machinery: no, thank you

Shoes: good for warm climate but useless in harder ones
wildrover 98 | 4,441  
6 Nov 2008 /  #13
LAMBORGDHINI IS GERMAN NOW

Oh....pity...still a nice car tho....
gtd 3 | 639  
6 Nov 2008 /  #14
Yeah pity it will be reliable and well engineered now :P

The Germans ARE the ones you want building the thing that hurtles you down the road at speeds fit to kill you.
southern 74 | 7,074  
6 Nov 2008 /  #15
of Italian products?

I like pizza.
Wahldo  
6 Nov 2008 /  #16
Always wanted a Moto Guzzi - Oldest motocycle maker in Europe. Very distinctive sound.


wildrover 98 | 4,441  
6 Nov 2008 /  #17
Always wanted a Moto Guzzi

Yes i forgot about the Guzzi...nice machine...never owned one tho....My first Italian bike was a Garreli...50cc , very fast , but skinny tyres that were useless in the wet....Later i had a Ducati darmah , another great bike with fantastic handling , the italian electrics were a problem in the rain tho...I believe they now use Jap electics...
Wahldo  
6 Nov 2008 /  #18
Ducati

Yes I heard that about Ducati too.. they handle very well but are dicey in a few areas. They do have nice designs though and always stand apart from Jap bikes.
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
6 Nov 2008 /  #19
My purchases of Made in Italy products don't require such lavish budgets.

These go through hardwood like hot knife through butter, especially ones with thin kerf:



Italians make good router bits too:
polishcanuck 7 | 462  
6 Nov 2008 /  #20
gino-rossi.com/www

Isn't this a Polish company?
Eurola 4 | 1,902  
6 Nov 2008 /  #21
Pizza and pasta are my favorite choices of Italian products. A bottle of Amarone to complement it. :)

Sorry, don't care for the shoes. Pretty, but not comfortable...and the cars, quite lovely, but can't afford one.

Also, I prefer Greek olive oil to Italian one.
beckski 12 | 1,617  
6 Nov 2008 /  #22
what polish people think of Italian products?

I like purchasing 14kt gold, marked Italy.
Eurola 4 | 1,902  
6 Nov 2008 /  #23
Heya, beckski. I think, Italian gold is mostly 18kt.
It's the Russian which is 14kt. I wear a ring made in Russia, 14kt, which I bought when still in Poland. It looks very different and gets everybody's attention here.
Del boy 20 | 254  
7 Nov 2008 /  #24
I understand that the 80% of the world's O-ring seals (you know those little rubber rings that you get when you take your shower to pieces) are manufactured in Bergamo, Italy.

Do you work for them?, that would explain your knowledge in an 'o-ring things', not normally known for a woman :)
wildrover 98 | 4,441  
7 Nov 2008 /  #25
I thought an Oh ring was something with diamonds in that the girl was not expecting....!
szkotja2007 27 | 1,498  
7 Nov 2008 /  #26
Im doing some research about what polish people think of Italian products?

Lambretta, Vespa are OK.
wildrover 98 | 4,441  
7 Nov 2008 /  #27
I am not sure if Lambretta exists any more , i think i am right in saying Vespa,s are made in India now...?
szkotja2007 27 | 1,498  
7 Nov 2008 /  #28
i think i am right in saying Vespa,s are made in India now

Other way round. Vespa are still made in Europe but in India there is a company ( I think ) called LML who make retro styled scooters that look like Lambrettas for about half the price.

I cant believe how cheap some of the scooters are, on the road for just over £500 !
polishgirltx  
7 Nov 2008 /  #29
Isn't this a Polish company?

it's polish-italian...
szarlotka 8 | 2,208  
7 Nov 2008 /  #30
Pasta, Pinot Grigio, some Ferraris, Sophia Loren, Venetian water taxis and cappacino are all good.

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