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Automotive News & Views Do You Favor A Government Loan To The Detroit 3?
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Replying to: elroy5 (Nov 28, 2008 9:35 pm) I've had a few Ford cars and they were average. I've had one Chrysler car - a 1985 Fifth Avenue - and it turned out to be one of my best. I sold it to my brother in 1993 and he's still driving it. For all I know, a Honda can be all you say it is and more, but I just can't get past their looks. I really really do not like their styling - a combo of the bland and bizarre. Japanese styling just turns me off.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 29, 2008 8:02 am) I do agree with you. So many Asian cars have that "Stink Bug" look to them. And they have huge blind spots. In cars I prefer station wagons. I like looking to the right when I change lanes to make sure no one has sneaked into the blind spot in the mirror. Same reason I prefer PU trucks and SUVs over cars. Though so many of the new CUVs have large blind spots. My Suburban was probably the ultimate vehicle for me. If it had a diesel that would get 25 MPG on the highway I would have never sold it. The biggest issue is resale. PU Trucks hold their value better than most any car will. At least up till this last Oil bubble. Sadly the Big 3 have put most of their efforts into BIG cars, trucks and SUVs. This last oil wake up changed all that.
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 28, 2008 3:57 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 28, 2008 7:32 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 28, 2008 7:48 pm) Yes, tarriffs are the same, but with all the worldwide competition out there, why are there so few cars imported into Japan???? Because the GOVERNMENT won't let them in in any significant quantities. Go to Bermuda and look at the cars there. You will find far more European cars there than you would in Japan. BTW GM DOES have cars that could be sold there: http://vauxhall.com/vaux/home.do?referrer=#vehicleTabs:NewAgila and: http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/vehicleentry?vehicleid=1
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 29, 2008 1:32 pm) Not at all. If I had not gotten $10k off the loaded Sequoia limited MSRP, I quite possibly would have bought a Denali, Acadia or Mercedes GL320 CDI. When a dealer gives me the line that a particular car is really hot. I walk out the door. It has to be a great deal or I am not interested. I have never bought a vehicle I just had to have. I have never found a vehicle that really turned me on. Well maybe a 930 Carrera. Then my practical side takes over and I get something useful. I have bought 4 new vehicles in the last 3 years. I have sold 3 of them and none of them are really what I want. When I say our choices in this country suck I am serious. When I think about GM going belly up it does not bother me. I am hoping some other companies will come in and I will find a vehicle I really like. |
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 29, 2008 1:47 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 29, 2008 8:38 am)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 29, 2008 1:47 pm) I guess my response is so what? There are hundreds of models that are not allowed into the USA also. Some like small PU trucks kept out with our 25% tariff. Some are kept out with crazy safety regs and crash tests. Some are kept out with emission laws that are designed to keep out competition in especially the high mileage cars. We are so far from being a free market here in the USA that we have no right to point fingers at Japan or any other country. Your own statement on go to Bermuda should make you see what we are not allowed to buy here. They have small vans in the rest of the world that get 35 MPG and better. Small very practical PU trucks that get 45 MPG. Much of those restrictions are a result of deals made to protect the Big 3. Even with all the protectionism afforded GM they are not able to make a profit. Let them DIE NOW. Not after we waste another $25 billion.
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