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BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3614 John S. Pretty much anything electronic; computers, digital cameras, cell phones, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum. If you have a 10 year old cell phone, you're in... Left foot braking Typically this is used in a car that has understeer normally, but has trailing throttle oversteer (i.e. tends to rotate or spin when you let... Forget bumperwindow stickers..enhance your car's appearance with an ID IT Plate It looks good on the back of your car and better than a bumper sticker. I'm going to give one a couple to my Uncle for his 60th birthday! The sweetest word in... Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children Fla. Highway Crash Kills Seven Children By RON WORD, buttociated Press Writer LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were end Wednesday in... Why Pedestrians are Invisible to Drivers Once again as I walked to the train station this morning I was nearly run down, this time... Why Pedestrians are Invisible to Drivers Brent P) I've heard that several times on RAD, and I have to wonder how communities are... Driving Vacations A Thing Of The Past 3621 Maybe more families will do what my family did, and find interesting vacations that aren't so far away? Growing up near Buffalo, I remember some of the coolest family vacations we took... Driving Vacations A Thing Of The Past 3622 So is the Burton factory in Burlington, or the Ben & Jerry's factory. So's piloting a steamship along a river in CT... The Florida accident 3623 Legally? Might have something to do with the niceties of child seats, if applicable. Most large sedans I've been in have regular belt-equipped... The Florida accident 3624 rec.autos.driving on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:51:33 GMT: In general, I agree with this take. My opinion generally has been that school busses should... The Florida accident 3625 P) Well, out here on the highway, 301 in Virginia, if the kids were to get to some off-highway... Ford throws hissy fit for employees driving compebreastor's vehicles On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, C. E. White Here's a clue: For most of the people on the line, it's just a job. Just a paycheque. Not their source of... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal Dear Mr. Ford: I see you're having tough times lately. It sounds as if you realise this is mostly because people don't want to buy the cars you've got on offer. That new... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3628 remains by GM and Ford are tops in losing money, too. LOL. Sure. Like: "Why would you buy such a piece of junk?" "Why are most of Fords... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3629 total Camry Why shouldn't I compare them? All I care about is having enough power to move the car satisfactorily. You're the one... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3630 N8N Mike Hunt and others... Sorry, but I have to agree with nate on this one, although it's not "dealer" treatment, it's... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3631 No they are not the same but the differences among them are minuscule. The point I was trying to make is NO manufacture... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3632 dealer Wagon, finish with Either you are not very old, or you have a very short memory. Having owned import... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3633 Mike Hunter Simply not true. The difference in interior material quality, design, and fit and finish between my '02 VW GTI and my '05 Impala is significant... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3634 I just researched that, and it was quite suprising. Lincoln, Caddy, Saturn and then Lexus. Toyota was WELL below average, while... Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3635 the sad part is, back in the mid 80's they were truly leading the american manufacturers. 5 of the top 10 best sellers were fords, quality was rising rapidly, and products... Built like a Mercedes 3636 interesting thread. as i understand it, one of the big cost advantages that the japanese have is simply that their plants are newer and more modern. it... Built like a Mercedes 3637 Agreed, there is no doubt that once they find there is a market for the stuff, they will sell, rather than pay, to get rid of it. However, the sources for this go... Built like a Mercedes 3638 Yet not a word about GM whose entire Chevy lineup contained just three cars compared to its six SUV's. One of those cars is the Corvette, not exactly a best seller, given its... Built like a Mercedes 3639 Carriage weight has nothing to do with efficiency. A train is more efficient due to the roadbed and lack of rolling... Built like a Mercedes 3640 Max Dodge Your lack of understanding, if repeated in corporate circles, explains a lot about how GM and Ford got... Built like a Mercedes 3641 False. Rail can be part of a well designed freight distribution system on almost any... Built like a Mercedes 3642 False. Rail can be part of a well designed freight distribution system on almost any level. Have you missed the TOFC service, container service, and other intermodal... Built like a Mercedes 3643 You have obviously missed the figures that I have linked to previously so here they are again so you cannot miss... Built like a Mercedes 3644 Another failure to understand on your part. Its not a matter of opinion, the numbers are what they are, you have none, and I've given plenty. Average human weighs... Built like a Mercedes 3645 Do you abuse some kind of illegal substance? Fuel use is well documented in the links I gave you or linked pages thereof. It is substantially, very... Built like a Mercedes 3646 I got it the first time Huw. Your numbers aren't realistic, and are based on buttumptions, not actual data. They are from a website with political bias, meaning that... Built like a Mercedes 3647 Max Dodge So trains are a mbuttively utilised transport form in America today? Yeah right! Even with our fuel costs in the UK today and with a... Built like a Mercedes 3648 False. They do here in the states. Not that cars ever receive government funding in the form of roads, signalling, road maintenance, rest... Built like a Mercedes 3649 As I said, travel isn't always based on best efficiency or lowest cost. You claimed a train wasn't the least costly or the... Built like a Mercedes 3650 You are right to question my "claim". Apparently it's only 61 cars per employee per year. This may be true, but not entirely relevant to... Built like a Mercedes 3651 DTJ To an extent the same is true in Europe. The domestically built Japanese branded cars are excellent. Not all of them are exciting, innovative, nice to drive or perfect but they are... Built like a Mercedes 3652 For a while cheap-labour countries have an advantage but this erodes with time. (Taiwan-to-mainland China shift is one example.) At first simple machinery is produced at low prices... Built like a Mercedes 3653 223rem No, I buy used cars and trucks that were made in America . . .my current ride, a 95 Lebaron... Built like a Mercedes 3654 I think america let them -- japan they gave technology to -- but japan was already getting german technology -- BUT the americans bought from them -- i agree it needs to be built here -- not buttembled here... Built like a Mercedes 3655 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... Built like a Mercedes 3656 off. 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 filling the room! Exactly... Built like a Mercedes 3657 OK 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... Built like a Mercedes 3658 Roy I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about government services, I was talking about union ripoffs of the consumer. So was my step... Built like a Mercedes 3659 budd, that is a terribly ignorant thing to say. period. even stupid. unions have a ying... Built like a Mercedes 3660 are you suggesting, by any chance, that the Russians were not "THE" desicive criteria in winning WW2 for... Built like a Mercedes 3661 Max Dodge You actually only entered the war when it became obvious that the USA would have to deal with a power greater than itself... Built like a Mercedes 3662 More rubbish than one bucket can hold. First off, Lend Lease was signed March 11 1941. Prior ot that, executive order placed miltary freight on its way to England. Thus we supplied... Built like a Mercedes 3663 Well Alan, I guess you forgot about Lend Lease destroyers (the four stackers, as they were called), and the huge amounts... Built like a Mercedes 3664 Budd Cochran That's put me off Jaguar, Volvo, Saab, Land Rover, Ford, Vauxhall, and all the other American owned brands we buy in Europe... Built like a Mercedes 3665 Peugeot Complete bullpoo. As far as Ford and GM go, they did dig their own hole by stuffing their heads as far up their collective buttes as they possibly could... Built like a Mercedes 3666 Max Dodge None of those are British and none are actually inferior. GM has just had to pay a huge sum to Fiat to get out of a contract... Built like a Mercedes 3667 On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:38:02 -0000, "Huw" Yes, I have experienced Fiat (Fix It Again Tony) - rusted away... Built like a Mercedes 3668 Fiat was owned by the Italian governement, likewise Renault by the French. Using either as an example of free market business is moot. I do have experience with these cars... Built like a Mercedes 3669 Perhaps you think that is a real pounding, but reality tells me that use in the States can be very harsh to a car that isn't designed here in the States. Like... Built like a Mercedes 3670 You want to REALLY abuse a car?? Take a little car like a 1967 204 Peugot wagon, put 4 full sized adults in it (2 big men, one scrawny Limey runt, and... Built like a Mercedes 3671 Rachel Ebutton Someone else here said that there were more longer journies and that hammered the oil more. In fact your... Built like a Mercedes 3672 clare at snyder.on.ca Things have changed a bit since 1968 plus 1 though. At least, they have over here Most manufacturers specify exactly... Built like a Mercedes 3673 Huw That was very much NOT the case over here. Engines of the 70s and 80s saw dramatically reduced lifespans... Built like a Mercedes 3674 Steve Interesting because as I remember it there were few emmission controls in Europe until catalytic convertors became mandatory some time around 1989-90. Before this... Built like a Mercedes 3675 On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Steve I'm not sure I agree with your premise. Somebody had to make a start on attacking the problem... Built like a Mercedes 3676 Max Dodge LOL. Like it or not, each region has its own design Yeah right! I weigh 300lbs and... Built like a Mercedes 3677 Yes, you find it funny, I find it sad. In general, an Asian designed vehicle will last maybe five years without major needs. Used to be that... Built like a Mercedes 3678 Max Dodge Confirm all you like but the fact remains that most European pickups have a one... Built like a Mercedes 3679 On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:05:44 -0000, "Huw" Driving from Waterloo Ontario to Prince Edward Island ( 1770... Built like a Mercedes 3680 On any sort of "long" vacation drive, my 1st day is usually around 900 - 1200... Built like a Mercedes 3681 On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:37:05 +0000, Pooh Bear Like I said - Britts don't know what a "long drive" is. Many Canadians... Built like a Mercedes 3682 Exactly! It's because the official legal measure of distance is still the mile. (Don't ask!) Joe P must have been in Eire, where they ran both mile and... Built like a Mercedes 3683 In Canada all plywood is designated in metric sizes today. If you buy 3-4" Canadian plywood it's not 3-4 inch any more. It is 18mm... Built like a Mercedes 3684 Yes Daniel but... Well, keep in mind that Toronto is a bit more cosmopolitan than say, where I live. You ask the kids... Built like a Mercedes 3685 crap. I do not know anyone that uses F ... everyone, and I mean everyone uses C. What the hell, why do the US... Built like a Mercedes 3686 Guenter Scholz) I know, I have friends with Mercedes too, and some have had EXCELLENT luck. Particularly the older 300 series etc - but the E-Clbutt? later model cars have been as... Built like a Mercedes 3687 3 customers of mine - lifelong caddy owners and also friends, have gotten rid of their Caddies in the last 2 years and got Lexus'. After the last... Built like a Mercedes 3688 On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Guenter Scholz Modern folks often consider Daniel Fahrenheit's thermometer scale less "logical" than... Built like a Mercedes 3689 On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:08:25 -0000, "Huw" Energy The energy equivalent of 575,000 barrels of oil a day are required to produce 10 million cars in the U.S. . Greenpeace International (1991) found...

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