Leland Jackson wrote: > The crisis in the financial and housing sectors of the US economy has > put many projects on hold or out of business. Even the big three US > Automotive companies and struggling to survive, and they know plenty > about making cars. Also, T-bone (eg T boone) Pickens was forced to put > his wind energy project with a switch to natural gas transportation on > hold. He couldn't raise the capital needed to go forward with his plans > at this time. > > I'm perfectly happy with my TDI VW Jetta Wagon, even with the price of > gasoline way down. It would probably be best to get GM, Ford, and > Chrysler back on the path to building clean, efficient, reliable > transportation; before, all their auto worker end up making Toyota, > Hondas and VWs, LOL which could present a security problem almost a > great as US dependence on foreign pretroleum.
I see the logic and think of Rick Wagoner (GM) saying "It's very important for the U.S. to have a home team in this global auto industry." in an article online today. Still, I can't help but feel this is bullshit. Japan is a key, strategic ally. Their cars run better, cost less often, and even have a lower TCO when you add up all the repair costs because they're a zillion times more reliable than the US cars. To support the US auto-industry might sound like the right thing to do using Wagoner's logic, but unless they change, it's merely a welfare handout for substandard quality, imo. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
