Mowgli1647545497 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Nice to see some good news in the domestic auto space. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39786621/ns/business-us_business/ Here's my favorite line: In addition, the unionized workers who have remained at Ford and the other U.S. carmakers have had to accept concessions to their once extremely generous labor contracts to keep their jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 FoMoCo > Taxpayer Motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 FoMoCo > Taxpayer Motors I miss my FoMoCo vehicle now i drive an import Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwashmycar Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmuckingham Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I am just glad to see companies doing well, regardles of what they make. Lets hope we can get some companies to bring labor BACK to the states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckin Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 FOMOCO FTMFW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I daytraded Ford today, made monies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I am just glad to see companies doing well, regardles of what they make. Lets hope we can get some companies to bring labor BACK to the states Subaru FTW. First digit of my Legacy's VIN is a 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I refuse to buy a Subaru based on their gay commercials alone. I can't decide who's got the queerest commercials, Subaru, or Toyota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I refuse to buy a Subaru based on their gay commercials alone. I can't decide who's got the queerest commercials, Subaru, or Toyota. Word Toyota commercials from the 80's is how aids started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I refuse to buy a Subaru based on their gay commercials alone. I can't decide who's got the queerest commercials, Subaru, or Toyota. You drive a Colorado. Any car shopping advice from you is blatantly flawed, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Subaru FTW. First digit of my Legacy's VIN is a 4. meaning? list of cars id like to own before im 30.(or too old to care about cars anymore. which ever comes first) RU another 4g63- evo, or 1st gen DSM. 03/04 cobra BMW 7 series. 7 series is baller.. an 18 year old friend of mine has one and im jealous as fuck. granted it is a late 00s model, still classier than my POS teg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 meaning? A 1, 4, or 5 as the first digit of the VIN means the car was built in the US. You might be surprised how many "domestics" don't start with one of those three numbers. Subaru has been steadily bringing production into the US. Right now, All Legacy models including the Outbacks that are sold in the US, and EVERY Tribecca on the planet are built by SIA in Indiana with American steel. (As well as the Toyota Camry. I'll have to look into where the Forrester is built) When the automotive industry was on the rocks, Subaru was the only company to post consistent growth instead of decline. This meant more jobs for american auto workers when the Big 3 were laying people off. I'm not trying to say that Subaru is better than Domestic companies; I know that some of the money leaves our shores when you buy one. But just that the "domestics" aren't the only companies doing good for the people out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 You drive a Colorado. Any car shopping advice from you is blatantly flawed, sorry. Which I thoroughly hate. It doesn't, however, have any retarded commercials trying to promote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Because theres no way, retarded or not, to promote a Colorado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Because theres no way, retarded or not, to promote a Colorado. Haha. True. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Haha. True. They even managed to screw up the hood prop-rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 They even managed to screw up the hood prop-rod. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Eh? They put a steel prop rod in a steel bracket without a bushing in between. Then they mounted it on top of the radiator core where it'll be hit with whatever weather you're driving through. What kind of idiot thought this was a good idea? We open the hoods daily to check the fluid levels so they aren't just sitting in place for months at a time, but they still seize up. Every month or so in the winter I'll pop the hood, and lift the prop rod only to have the bracket bend upwards. Then I'll have to get the rubber mallet and PB Blaster to straighten it out and get the rod un-seized. I've never had this problem in any other car because the prop-rod has always been in a plastic or rubber bushing so it won't seize. The Colorado is the worst engineered vehicle I've ever had the mispleasure of driving. I could go on for pages on just how much of a bunch of morons the design team was citing specific examples. But we shouldn't derail this thread any more than it already is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 where oh where has my thread gone? Debating Subarus and crappy ass GM piles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOxley Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 A 1, 4, or 5 as the first digit of the VIN means the car was built in the US. You might be surprised how many "domestics" don't start with one of those three numbers. Subaru has been steadily bringing production into the US. Right now, All Legacy models including the Outbacks that are sold in the US, and EVERY Tribecca on the planet are built by SIA in Indiana with American steel. (As well as the Toyota Camry. I'll have to look into where the Forrester is built) When the automotive industry was on the rocks, Subaru was the only company to post consistent growth instead of decline. This meant more jobs for american auto workers when the Big 3 were laying people off. I'm not trying to say that Subaru is better than Domestic companies; I know that some of the money leaves our shores when you buy one. But just that the "domestics" aren't the only companies doing good for the people out there. http://www.huliq.com/10281/hyundai-be-most-american-automaker-2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Word Toyota commercials from the 80's is how aids started. Toyota's HOT HOT HOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 http://www.huliq.com/10281/hyundai-be-most-american-automaker-2011 Not surprising. It's really surprising how the "Buy American" argument with cars is no where near as clear-cut these days. Hopefully with FoMoCo tightening the belt on labor costs they'll be able to bring more production back to the US. And then, who knows? Maybe Detroit will rise from the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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