Reply #7: Well, there's your problem. You live in 1988. [View All]

[Kalyke]

My Ford runs circles around my family members' foreign pieces of crap that are always in the shop.

And, the American automobile industry IS making what people want to buy: trucks and SUVs. Until you realize that most Americans don't like the twinkie cars and need to be convinced that they don't need those trucks and SUVs, then the car companies are going to build trucks and SUVs.

Read: http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/11/losing-focus.html

A gallon of regular, in fact, was retailing for less than a buck when Bill Ford began his term as chairman in January 1999. Ford trucks were selling like mad, and the company was on an acquisition binge. During the chairman's first year, Ford hauled in more money than any car company ever had: a $7.2 billion profit on sales of $163 billion. Its 25 percent US market share put Ford within reach of General Motors, the world's top vehicle manufacturer.

Oh, I agree with Michael Moore often, but not in this case. In our case, it's hubby's foreign junker that's always breaking down - never my Ford. Oh - and Ford has a plan, Michael. It's been in the newspapers since July. And they are also the one's who say they may or may not need a LOAN, not a bailout.

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