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2010/04/12 19:36:13
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2010/04/12 19:43:38
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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Preacher of the Emperor
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But hey, the UAW owns them now, they're bound to get better.... right?
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mattyrm wrote: I will bro fist a toilet cleaner.
I will chainfist a pretentious English literature student who wears a beret. 
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2010/04/12 21:39:07
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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The funny thing is that everything I read pre-crash and burn said that GM was actually starting to do the right things...shrinking their (bloated) product lines, addressing quality, etc. The issue was obviously that changes were years overdue. And it's not all the union's fault. There was lots and lots of bad management for years.
It may take some time, but GM can turn it around. Whether they will or not remains to be seen, of course.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when the Chinese finally start making headway here. As an industry person once wrote, what took the Japanese 20 years took the Koreans 10 years and will take the Chinese 5 years. Might be hyperbole with the 5 year thing, but the Chinese will probably copy the business plan the Japanese pioneered and the Koreans successfully copied. Like with Hondas, Hyundais used to be jokes, but now they're solid, well-built cars.
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2010/04/12 21:43:22
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I'll just stick with Mazda.
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2010/04/12 21:55:17
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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People expect a government owned car company to be good?
Lol. Ford is the only manufacturer to refuse a bailout and they made money for the first time in like 5 years.
I'll stick with Ford, tyvm.
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--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
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2010/04/12 22:05:44
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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Fateweaver wrote:People expect a government owned car company to be good?
The privately-owned GM was terribly managed for years. It's one instance where the government actually can't do worse.
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2010/04/12 22:07:24
Subject: Worst cars on the road (US)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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We'll see.
Would be nice to see GM stay afloat but only because I'd hate to see 1,000's more laid off.
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--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
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