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Replying to: rockylee (Apr 29, 2009 4:03 am) That is not true. Both Ford and Toyota build diesel PU trucks sold all over the world that can get 45 MPG and haul 3/4 of a ton in the bed. The 4.5L V8 Duramax that was suppose to go into the 1/2 tons might of pushed the 30 mpg mark More vaporware from GM. Too big of an engine for a 1/2 ton. A 3.0L inline 6 diesel would have all the power you would need in a 1/2 ton PU truck and could get at least in the mid 30 MPG range. You can thank the UAW for blocking trucks that are capable of high mileage. They used their political clout to pass the Chicken Tax in the 1960s. Remember the VW diesel PU would get 50 MPG. Many are still on the road today that were built in the 1970s. |
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Replying to: rockylee (Apr 29, 2009 6:30 am) I am sure it is good. My best fish days were living on my farm in MN. I love Walleye, Crappie and Northern Pike, fresh out of the lakes. Alaskan fish is so seasonal and the good fishing spots you have to fly to. Kind of takes the fun out of catching your own. So to answer your question about what will the UAW workers do. Let them eat PERCH. 
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"we had this honda salesman so fired up it was hilarious when we told him we were looking at Chrysler's vans also. He started trashing his competition a big "No No" when selling cars."...on this I do agree with you...while I do have a "small" place in my heart for Hondas, I expect salespeople to be professional...tell me why YOUR product is better, don't trash the competition...point out legitimate differences (their V6 needs premium fuel, ours runs on regular, or they get 25 EPA hiway we get 27) but don't trash the others, simply because I may be the one that buys the other, and I will not have them insult MY intelligence because I bought something else... But, I, as a poster here, have every right to insult the intelligence of the UAW people, because I must get under rocky's skin any way I can...it is my mission in life, waiting to express itself for the last 20 years, just waiting for the internet and edmunds.com, knowing that a "rocky" or someone just like him, would exist solely to haunt me...    ...
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Replying to: rockylee (Apr 27, 2009 11:25 pm) That is the profit margin in most businesses. |
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