Built like a Mercedes 3659budd, that is a terribly ignorant thing to say. period. even stupid. unions have a ying and yang to them, like all things. for example, like management. there...
Rachel Ebutton
We need to keep all our industries for ourselves. Sorry, Rachel, but that includes Canada. GM, Ford and DC-Chrysler need to cut the bonds and let each country fend for themselves.
DC-Chrysler was the first, in America, to offer gasoline subsidies for new owners. It's curious that many performance cars from the 60 and early 70's got as god or better economy than the overweight, underpowered crap called a automobile today.
My 68 Road Runner (383, auto, 3.23, 3700 pounds), when my mom drove it, got 24 mpg highway and 18 mpg around town. My 72 Charger ( 400-2bbl, auto, 3.23, 4100 pounds) got 22 highway and 17 around town after I tuned it to 1968 specifications. And I managed to squeeze 41 mpg out of a slant six in a 2400 pound 1964 Valiant. All had carburetors, not fuel injection.
Imagine what a decent fuel injection cold have done . . . .
As the EPA is allowed to gain power, realiability, economy and performance will suffer. I never figured out how a car getting 10 mpg and 10% less emissions ( that's a ten percent reduction of the remaining emissions after the advent of the PCV valve) was better than a car getting 25 mpg. Btw, Chrysler, Ford, and GM engineers couldn't figure it out either back in 72.
The EPA ignored inquiries about it.
Built like a Mercedes 3656off. was them -- i north sell selling Tell this to the CEO's that you keep defending. working on for runs. Complete Crap. A STRONG smell of BS is...
Yep, update the slant six, get rid of all the environmental crap that reduces economy and performance and put it in a solid, sturdy car. Hey . . . that sounds like my old Valiant.
Recently there was a discussion about vehicle safewty and the mini-van, SUV factor was ignored. A larger vehicle is, simply put, a larger hammer in an accident. I wonder if my opponents to s tronger car for jhighway accidents drive minnis or SUVs . . .
How about reducing prices period, instead of rebates? How about getting the monetary systems of the major world countries back on a precious metal supported system?
Built like a Mercedes 3657OK that's fair Budd -- some people in canada feel that way too -- just that they have plants here too (we call them "domestic" vehicles) -- you are right -- if they closed their plants here, canada would...
Naw . .I never drove a car to the ground: a slant six with over 350 thou on it, a 5.2 ( 318 in a D-150 with now over 400 thou onit ( eldest son drives it now), a 382 with over 200 thou on it, another slant six with 280 thou on it . . . .
Agreed, and the big truck is rediculous ( sorry, guys, but it's true) and nearly as big as some medium duty trucks but without the payload capacity ( 2 1-2 to 5 tons). Budd
