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if GM wants people to move from the Accord/Camry, they should start selling Cadillac quality at Malibu prices. That is a compelling reason to switch over. No customer is going to switch over to a barely comparable product. |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 18, 2008 8:19 am)  -Rocky |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Nov 18, 2008 8:43 am)  That flawless perception lasted a decade until they got caught !!!  -Rocky |
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Replying to: chikoo (Nov 18, 2008 2:59 pm) -Rocky
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 18, 2008 9:31 am) They are the perfect example of AMERICAN GREED, who takes advantage of capitalism !!! I haven't been in a Wal-Mart, since I've moved back to Michigan, thank-god !!!! I hate Wal-Mart, more than any other corporation on the face of this earth because they under cutted everyone and drove down wages for retail workers !!! You saw how anti-union Wal-Mart, was when they went to Canada, and I applaud the Canadians !!!! I pray EFCA, will pass and I might just volunteer my time to unionize the most corrupt corporation in the U.S. called Wal-Mart !!! Sam, is spinning in his grave faster that the wheels on one of those land speed record machines at the Bonneville Salt Flats !!!! Stude and Packard, were pimples on General Motors, donk thus they didn't have the devistational effect on our economy !!!! -Rocky |
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 18, 2008 9:46 am) -Rocky |
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Replying to: meglassakt (Nov 18, 2008 10:28 am) Well they did during WWII, and if it wasn't for them we would be speaking German, !!! -Rocky |
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I have had a change of heart, man. I now believe that at least GM should get bailout money and they should get it now. lemko and I discussed this at length earlier today. I recalled my Grandpa's beautiful '68 Buick Skylark and my Mom's huge '68 Buick LeSabre and how they were such great vehicles. I have experienced a total about face. rockylee, I am swaying away from wanting a Chevy Volt, but haven't totally crossed it off my future new car list for 2010. An Italian company named Pininfarina has teamed with a French company named Bollore and is putting out a small 4-person, 4-door subcompact called the B0. It will have solar panels on it's roof and in it's front grille that will re-charge it's batteries. It will directly compete with the 2010 Chevy Volt and it will come to U.S. shores in 2010. Now, my '08 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS only has 29,939 miles on it right now. But by then, or maybe early 2011, I am strongly considering buying one of these Pininfarina-Bollore B0's. They won't give me pricing information yet, they will only produce 10,000 cars in 2010 and then as battery production ramps us they'll make 12,000 in 2011. 15,000 in 2012, etc. An earlier all-electric of Pininfarina-Bollore's called the LeBlue car was retailing for only $23,000. I translated from their brochure that said that the car will cost 15000Euros right now and it comes out to be $23,000USD right now. What happens currency-wise might change the B0's price by late 2010, but hey, at $23,000-the Barack rebate of $7,500...well, you all do the math. $15,500 friends! I am going to be all over this new all-electric together with the 2010 Mitsubishi i-MIEV(about $24,000 before the Obama-bate) and yes, Chevrolet's 2010 Volt for...umm...$33,000? rock...the Volt design looks pretty impressive, though. I have taken a slow look at it and it looks sound as a pretty pound. So, I am really gonna be researching all 3 of them and I will consider the Volt, too. I want an all-electric and technically the Volt is an all-electric, it just uses the small gas motor inside to fire up the main electrical generator. The B0 employs the use of high-tech capacitors that are encased in steel inside the car. |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 18, 2008 1:19 pm) Does that mean it is time to let the General die? I see your list of companies that have already bit the bullet. Why not give them all money to keep going? I see no reason to only bail out UAW workers. I think the 9000 Starbucks and 40,000 Citi-bank employees should have equal treatment by Uncle Sam. The truth is we have lived on credit so long that we are now paying the bill.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 18, 2008 12:00 pm) Circuit City stores... most recent (? how many) Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug, and Catherine's to close 150 store nationwide Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January Cache will close all stores Talbots closing down all stores J. Jill closing all stores GAP closing 85 stores Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January Wickes Furniture closing down Levitz closing down remaining stores Bombay closing remaining stores Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January. Whitehall closing all stores Piercing Pagoda closing all stores Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January. Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick ) Macy's to close 9 stores after January Linens and Things closing all stores Movie Galley Closing all stores Pacific Sunware closing stores Pep Boys Closing 33 stores Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores JC Penney closing a number of stores after January Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores. Wilson Leather closing down all stores Sharper Image closing down all stores K B Toys closing 356 stores Loews to close down some stores Dillard's to close some stores. Oops, maybe not. "The fundamentals of our economy remain strong"  -Rocky |
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