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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
tanadashoes wrote: "Normin" wrote in message news:CIydneZYksEAsIDVnZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... "tanadashoes" wrote in message m... Have you seen the Ford commercials where the spokesperson says that the new Fords are as reliable as the Toyota. Makes me laugh and get angry at the same time. All those years of saying that they were better than Toyota, and Ford is finally admitting that they were not as good. Found On Road Dead, or Fix Or Repair Daily, indeed. Pam S. I love this attitude... I wonder why our US economy is so bad right now. s'ok... just keep buying all those foreign goods folks, then cry cause no one here at home has jobs or can afford their homes. Sara who is quite happy with the 35 mpg her Ford Focus is getting Sara, I own an 89 Ford Tempo. It spends a lot of time in the shop. I also own an 02 Dodge Grand Caravan mini van. It is in pretty good shape, though I need to take it in and have the window motors looked at. The cars we've owned a 67 Opel Cadet (so far as I know the only foreign car we've owned), 73 Plymouth Duster, 87 Isuzu I-mark, 80 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 85 Pontiac SX900 station wagon, 81 Buick Century, 95 Ford Aerostar, 02, Chevy Express 1500 van, 89 Ford Tempo, 02 Dodge Grand Caravan. Need I say more? What got me was the "truth" in advertising aspect. Pam S. Ummmmmmmmm, In case you guys didn't know this, the majority (over 90%) of Toyota and their other brand names (Acura, Lexus), Honda, Mazda (which is more than 50% owned by Ford), Susuki and other "Japanese imports" are manufactured here in the US. Exactly. The days when it was cheaper to manufacture a car in Japan and send it over here for sale are LONNNNNG gone. So, even if you "buy foreign" you are still paying US workers salaries. US Factory jobs are disappearing because the mainstream factory worker still wants to cling to a union job, but employers do not want unions in their plants. Unions were fine when they started, protecting the workers and their rights, but things have gotten out of hand. Started back in the 70's with Hoffa, I believe. They now protect 'workers' who rarely show up for work, and when they do, only do a half-assed job, dick around and cannot get fired for lack of work because the union is protecting them. Manufacturers cannot produce low-price products if they are paying for people to not show up to work. Yep. Unions started a hell of long time ago. Think ILGWU - remember the jingle "Look for the Union label" ? It started back in the 1920s. I think most of the biggie unions did, when people started realizing they were no better than slaves, working in dangerous sweat-shop conditions. Now, they just get "protection" to turn out mediocre product. IMHO. Jill Jill |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
Kreisleriana wrote:
"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... As for the truck, I'll probably hang onto it, since the dealer says it has no trade in value. I have a friend who enjoys rebuilding engines and seems pretty good at it - at least they seem to run when he's finished. I'm going to see what he thinks it will take to get the truck up and running again, but still need to get a more reliable vehicle - the fact that the Camry I'm looking at gets more than twice the mileage also makes it look pretty attractive with the gas prices going up and me driving 75-100 miles a day. -- Steve Touchstone But I hear ya. In my family, we drive cars into the ground. I don't have a car, but my dad had his last one for ten years (not close to your record!) and only gave it up when it got creamed in an accident. He had the one before for about twelve years. I had my previous car for 10 years. I wouldn't have bought a new one except the A/C went out. You just don't drive around in west TN in the summer without A/C. I'd arrive at work soaked in sweat, wishing for a shower and it was only 6:45AM. I priced getting the A/C fixed. Would have cost more than the car was worth. If it hadn't been for that I'd have kept the car for who knows how many more years. It was a very good dependable little car. I don't understand people who feel the need to buy a new car every 2-3 years. Jill |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
jmcquown wrote:
Kreisleriana wrote: "Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... As for the truck, I'll probably hang onto it, since the dealer says it has no trade in value. I have a friend who enjoys rebuilding engines and seems pretty good at it - at least they seem to run when he's finished. I'm going to see what he thinks it will take to get the truck up and running again, but still need to get a more reliable vehicle - the fact that the Camry I'm looking at gets more than twice the mileage also makes it look pretty attractive with the gas prices going up and me driving 75-100 miles a day. -- Steve Touchstone But I hear ya. In my family, we drive cars into the ground. I don't have a car, but my dad had his last one for ten years (not close to your record!) and only gave it up when it got creamed in an accident. He had the one before for about twelve years. I had my previous car for 10 years. I wouldn't have bought a new one except the A/C went out. You just don't drive around in west TN in the summer without A/C. I'd arrive at work soaked in sweat, wishing for a shower and it was only 6:45AM. I priced getting the A/C fixed. Would have cost more than the car was worth. If it hadn't been for that I'd have kept the car for who knows how many more years. It was a very good dependable little car. I don't understand people who feel the need to buy a new car every 2-3 years. Jill Had my Jeep for 13 years (and it doesn't even have 50,000 on it yet), and the Land Rover for 7 -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
William Hamblen wrote in
: On 04 May 2008 18:47:18 GMT, outsider wrote: Actually I don't believe this is a chevy plant. I guess it is a Toyota plant. Actually it is New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. http://www.nummi.com/ I think GM owns the real estate. Bud Interesting. Maybe that is what I read that I mis-interpreted but it was too long ago (1999) to remember. Andy |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
"jmcquown" wrote in
: Kreisleriana wrote: "Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... As for the truck, I'll probably hang onto it, since the dealer says it has no trade in value. I have a friend who enjoys rebuilding engines and seems pretty good at it - at least they seem to run when he's finished. I'm going to see what he thinks it will take to get the truck up and running again, but still need to get a more reliable vehicle - the fact that the Camry I'm looking at gets more than twice the mileage also makes it look pretty attractive with the gas prices going up and me driving 75-100 miles a day. -- Steve Touchstone But I hear ya. In my family, we drive cars into the ground. I don't have a car, but my dad had his last one for ten years (not close to your record!) and only gave it up when it got creamed in an accident. He had the one before for about twelve years. I had my previous car for 10 years. I wouldn't have bought a new one except the A/C went out. You just don't drive around in west TN in the summer without A/C. I'd arrive at work soaked in sweat, wishing for a shower and it was only 6:45AM. I priced getting the A/C fixed. Would have cost more than the car was worth. If it hadn't been for that I'd have kept the car for who knows how many more years. It was a very good dependable little car. I don't understand people who feel the need to buy a new car every 2-3 years. Jill I love it. I always tell people if my a/c quites I drive the car off a bridge and get another one (and I am all the way in NY). I _need_ my a/c. |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote in
n Had my Jeep for 13 years (and it doesn't even have 50,000 on it yet), and the Land Rover for 7 Brand new! |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
outsider wrote:
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote in n Had my Jeep for 13 years (and it doesn't even have 50,000 on it yet), and the Land Rover for 7 Brand new! My 10 year old car had under 15,000 miles on it. Generally I don't go anywhere LOL except to/from work, the grocery store, doctors appointments, that's about it. When it was only 5 years old it had about 8,000 on it. Some idiot at work exclaimed, "Sell it! You can get a great trade in with that low mileage!" Uh, yeah, and I can get a "great" car note. My car was paid for; why would I want a car note? Fidiot! My 2002 Hyundai has 11,600 on it but that's because I've taken a couple of (fairly short) trips. Jill |
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OT Blue Monster may be on its last legs (err wheels)
On Mon, 5 May 2008 19:06:37 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: snipWhen it was only 5 years old it had about 8,000 on it. Some idiot at work exclaimed, "Sell it! You can get a great trade in with that low mileage!" Uh, yeah, and I can get a "great" car note. My car was paid for; why would I want a car note? Fidiot! I heard that a lot from people when I just had the truck (I'll post an update later, didn't sign on for two days and now have over 300 posts to read - I didn't get the Camry but do have a new to me car.) Usually the comments were from the folks at work. I'd reply by asking what they were doing in '89. They'd give me a puzzled, what's-that-got-to-do-with-it look. A couple of the younger ones said they weren't born yet. When they finally got around to asking why I wanted to know, I'd tell them that '89 was when I had my last car payment. -- Steve Touchstone Little Bit, Sammy, Spotty, Princess, Furby and Rocky (RB) Pix at http://tinyurl.com/22pfn8 Vids at http://tinyurl.com/4yb6nj |
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