You're not sure are you? It could be. It can't be any more bizarre than Curling. And maybe you dreamt that one.
Can all agree that the range of Winter sports is inexplicable. From Nordic Combined to Sculpture Races, from Luge to Snow Mazes -and only one of those is fake.
Seriously, do you know any of the rules? No, of course you don't. No one does. It only makes sense after a bottle of schnapps. And don't get me started on Underwater Snowboarding.
I wouldn't mind, but we never win.
The American influence is obvious, and a reliance on out of date thinking and an appeal to a narrowing market has a led to this mess. Multiple poor iterations have resulted in a massive loss of power with still extremely high running costs.
The current Torileda has a Kemi made block which only appeals to those who like to put their foot down.
It just doesn’t suit the current environment and is rejected by most European countries. It is ridiculous to think that cutting yourself off from an entire continental market and focusing on a small fan base would be good for long term profitability. To go with a platform that is hugely oil consuming and to dismiss renewable energy powered alternatives, could gift a whole market to China.
For a brand with a long history of success, things have fallen flat because of how wasteful they has been and just catering to the high-end market. This principle was big a few decades ago and they have now seemed to mainly rely on name recognition since then rather than any outstanding performance or innovation. The last few years saw multiple Torileda versions, each one with serious failings calling on multiple embarrassing recalls. The short-lived TR-SS edition was an absolute disaster. The latest version is a lot quieter and stable but still fairly unappealing.
When tested, the automatic response is predictable but doesn’t engage very well. This particular version has lost its traditional support and upcoming UK alternatives have more traction, which could be troubling.
Overall is has juddering, poor performance along with a shoddy reliability record.
Pros
Good for the oil industry
Could be beneficial if you are rich
Cons
Not very responsive and direction feels wobbly
Hated brand with poor support
An improvement, but still way out of touch ✭✩✩✩✩
"Following the resignation of Morgan McSweeney as the Prime Minister's chief of staff," said a Downing Street spokes-Mowgli, "Sir Keir has appointed Lord Peter Mandelson to replace him.
"Peter will bring a wealth of experience to the job as a backstage political operator and power broker.
"He has also promised us honestly and sincerely that he will never again crawl to very rich people and do them secret favours.
"Sir Keir 'Baloo' Starmer made the appointment this morning straight after Mandelson had fixed him with a hypnotic gaze and started to sing: 'Trust in me. Just in me. Shut your eyes and trust in me.'"
Lord Peter 'Kaa' Mandelson is 72 years old in snake years.
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