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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Nov 28, 2008 8:01 pm) |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Nov 29, 2008 10:45 am)
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Replying to: nvbanker (Nov 29, 2008 4:24 pm) Nissan still got some pretty good mileage out of the Titan/Armada architecture, though. The Pathfinder, Xterra, and Frontier are all based on it...essentially stubbier, narrower renditions of it. I think the Titan might have done better if Nissan offered it in a wider range of body styles, and with more engines. IIRC, it only came with the 5.6 V-8, and as either an extended cab 6.5 foot bed, or a crew cab, 5.5 foot bet. I've heard those two are the most popular body styles these days, though. I'm probably the only one left on this planet that actually WANTS a regular cab, 8-foot bed truck! Also, I'd think that the 4.0 V-6 would have more than enough power to serve as a budget engine in the Titan. With 265-270 hp, I'm sure it would blow away the Chevy 4.3, Mopar 3.7, and whatever an excuse for a base engine Ford uses these days. I always looked at the previous Tundra as a "little" truck, too! Even though you could get it with an 8-foot bed, it just seemed small inside. One problem was the seats. It felt to me like they took the seats out of something small like a Corolla or Yaris, and threw them in this truck. The seating position was too low to the floor, legroom wasn't so generous, and it just felt like my cheeks wanted to spill over the sides of the seats...and I'm anything BUT a Jenny Craig member!  One of my officemates briefly had an '08 Tundra, extended cab. I rode in it once or twice. I thought it was pretty roomy inside. The interior seems sort of cheap by Toyota standards, though.
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Replying to: carnaught (Nov 29, 2008 11:41 am) Bear Sterns was said to be the third largest bank, one of its hedge fund snubbed the shareholders during it officers meeting. They halted redemptions, because of cash flow problems. Much like a run on the bank. Since banks are only required to keep about 20% as a reserve requirement. If all the depositors showed up wanting cash, 20% could be serviced. The system works only because those who take out their cash, spend it on goods/services. Say you buy a car, the car dealer deposits the cash in the bank and not in some coffee can in the backyard. This is known as the creation of money, whereby your $1 deposit is loaned out five times. You seriously didn't think they only loaned it out once? By loaning it out five or so times, they can pay their shareholders, employees, and other operation cost. As we all know credit cards are unsecured debt and that is factored into the interest rate, along with the credit worthiness of the borrower, the inflation rate, and lastly real return. Autos and homes are secured with tangible property and merit a lower rate. Less tan stellar credit earn a higher interest rate. All these debts are sold on a secondary market as a package. When Wall Street folks slip in some risky loans with the usual safe loans, you have a credit crisis. Fixed or low interest bearing funds are sold to traditionally conservative low yield money funds. When they balk and see a few rotten eggs in these packages. They pass because of the risk, which should merit a higher interest rate. Fix and stable value funds seek safety rather than yield for their shareholders. Junk bonds seek risk and high yields as a reward for their investors. For the first time in history a money market fund has failed. GM and many others have and will continue to borrow for many reasons. Many companies borrow seasonally or yearly. They pay off their loans and go about business. Those with good credit may float bond issues, much like a city/municipality would. Some with less than desirable credit might be forced into the junk bond market. However, since these Wall Street folks committed fraud, money for loans is hard to come by. The only show in town is govt and thats doesn't help the small business, but rather the big concerns. To me if there ever was a good use for capital punishment, this is it. No matter what we do ENRON's have no deterrent. Teaching ethics in the business schools has failed to curb calculated white collar crime. Now we can all feel what it was like to be an ENRON employee or shareholder.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 29, 2008 4:37 pm) Here in Texas we have the same feeling about the prior Tundra. The wheel base was smaller than a full size truck too. Then the bones were tiny and not worthy of a truck. Toyota has been going to small screws and parts in all of their cars and trucks. Truck people seem to work on their own and noticed this from day one. So they beefed everything up American standards. The whole thing reminds me of the T100. The Titan was geared too low to compete with American trucks. Americans have the need for speed.
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Replying to: tlong (Nov 29, 2008 12:08 pm) |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Nov 29, 2008 5:34 pm) Sounds like a good plan to me. Better get it done in TX, most other states have forgotten how. The stockholders need to get organized and stop the theft by those on the top. Toss a few out of the top floor of their Ivory Towers. |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Nov 29, 2008 10:43 am) I believe the Aveo is actually built 100% by Suzuki. |
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| by GM's South Korean entry called GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. Serious work on the Aveo started round about 2002 or so. | |
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