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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:38 AM Original message |
NYT: Ford and G.M. Suffer as Buyers Shun S.U.V.'s |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. Astounding... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, do they DESERVE this. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They SO deserve this |
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dissent1977 (795 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Considering they are outsourcing most their jobs anyways... |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yep..... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. That's what I say! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. These companies are short-sighted and unpatriotic. |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I agree |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. GM is coming out with hybrids next year. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 03:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. That's the problem right there. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I worked for Ford through the 70's & 80's |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Hilarious. n/t |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. GM/Ford small cars are shit. |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. What constitutes an "American" car, anyway? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Well, they sure have made their share of clinkers. |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. The Saturn WAS a great little car |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. They never learn do they? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. No need to choose. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. They're not stupid. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sorry for the workers who are going to suffer, but |
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wallwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. Cynicism, stupidity, corruption |
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TNOE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Do you think this will hurt the CEO'S??? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Somehow, I just bet these car company executives |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Awwww..... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. i'm sorry, but i think this story is a liberal media LIE! ... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. i NEED to get rid of my SUV |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. If you could convince your wife to accept a 2wd, |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. My 1997 VW Jetta can do that... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wouldn't it be nice to send the CEOs to jail. |
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TNOE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. That should definitely happen |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. One of my wife's friends complained it cost $72 to full up her |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. $72 would be cheap. Some of them have 70 gallon tanks. |
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captain crunch (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm curious, what suv has a 70 gallon gas tank |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Chevy Subdivision?! |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. I had 8 back surgeries, so when I went out to look for new car |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. I leased a Toyota RAV4 for a couple of years... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ford/GM solution will be to build a bigger SUV |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. LOL... very funny!!! I needed good laugh! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hey, Ford and GM: |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. outdated technology, too -- they're dinosaurs and deserve extinction |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. he must have meant.... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I think he was correct about the overhead cams. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hey, didn't we go through this a few decades ago too? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. Will they do what Chrysler did? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Mr. & Mrs. Chicken? Please come in - here's your roost! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. As Nelson Muntz would say |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Japanese make lots of SUVS, too, ..... and now make big pickups |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here is my new SUV. What do you think of this baby? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. BTW, can anybody guess what GM's going to be offering this coming MY? |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Ford and GM lose money on their small cars and make it up |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Those who cannot learn from history |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I don't understand |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. The H3 is coming!!! |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. the asshole executives deserve this. the workers deserve so much better.. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. A lot of glee here |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Yes, since they haven't done any outsourcing at all so far . . . |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. "In case you actually bothered to read any of the threads..." |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. What is Good for GM is Good for America. |
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harpo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. Are they going to ask us to bail them out like the airlines do? |
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