John D

Lithium Batteries: Nothing But Illusion

Your fingers must be real sore !

The 12 Most Important Cars of 2009

Even though GM gets critisism for having to many product lines there are many in their lineup that have good value, great resale and great gas mileage according to many (Impala, Malibu, Vibe, Silverado for a few) If anyone is out to buy a new car there is at least one from GM that would compare to just about any other product. That being said they will be forced into reducing their brands just to save money which will take some options away from the customer.
You also have to consider that buying from Detoit that it is a great way to make your investment as a taxpayer prosper and help the ailing economy by providing a proven 30% more jobs to the local economy and help out greatly in these desperate times for all.

It's Likely That Auto Sales Have Bottomed

.... I'm thinking now that as North Americans lose their jobs, houses and a way to support their families and the fact that as TAX payers (in US & Canada) that now own a piece of GM /Chrysler (soon Ford as well) that they will see the advantage of BUYING North American and support their investments in those companies and help fix our ailing economies at the same time, hopefully the governments will also look more at EQUAL trade as opposed to FREE trade which has proven to do little more than take away the much needed JOBs & PROFITs from our economies. "BUY AN IMPORT AND DRIVE NORTH AMERICA INTO DEPRESSION"

What Do We Need In 2009? More Failure

It's hard to believe that so many look at the auto industry as a bailout - duh - you should all be looking at it for what it is. The financial sector screwed up royally which Wall St & the government watchdogs all allowed to happen and all of the attention to the auto sector is nothing more than a "smoke & mirrors" show to distract the public. If anything the government allowed the financial sector to collapse - gave them $350 billion with NO accountability (bonuses ???), don't know where most of it went and the only thing that the auto industry did was to get caught in the middle of the credit crunch which they all rely on to sell their products. Wagner & the boys should not have been in Washington answering questions - the government should have been in Detroit telling them how they screwed it up so bad and instead of bonuses on Wall St. the attorney general should have been laying charges to those that abused the system enough to set off a crisis of GLOBAL proportions. If GM - Ford & Chrysler are in financial trouble it's only because of FREE trade instead of EQUAL trade which is another government funded blunder - "come & take ours jobs and profits - we're big enough to handle it - NOT" Hopefully a new government will take the bull by the horns and make changes to an unfair policy to allow the DUMPING of cars and many other products. Time to level the playing field!!

Automaker Bailout Is Just Buying Time

I'm quite sure that the UAW & CAW must both realize now that they are no longer barganing with the companies but with the government and that they will have to reconsider some of the points of the contracts that were hard fought for. The only way you can look at it right now is that it would be better to give up on certain items such as wage reductions, some benefits in order to keep a job rather than fight the government and not have a job. Perhaps now would be a good time to negotiate with the government to take another look at FREE trade and push for EQUAL trade so that the Asian car companies can't keep DUMPING cars here unless we are allowed the same numbers in those countries, one for one or invoke a tarriff on all those over the limit (2007 the Koreans shipped 750,000 vehicles in North America - we shipped 5000 to them in return) - this would put things on a level playing field and also contribute to turn the North American auto sector to a profitable, viable business once again.These are most definately trying times and cooler heads will hopefully prevail.

Why Is U.S. Transportation a Losing Investment?

BRAVO Well Said !! It's too bad you weren't in congress to lets them know - i'm pretty sure they've had the doors closed a long time and have no idea whats going on in their own backyard - "Buy an Import and drive North America into Depression"



On Dec 17 11:09 AM 67 Valiant wrote:

> The Japanese government has been subsidizing all their major industries
> in the form of lower taxes, kickbacks, tariffs, etc. since 1946.
> We can't LOAN, (yes loan, it's not a REAL bailout, it's a frickin'
> LOAN for chrissake) a little operating cash to any of our major industries
> without a major amount of screeching and wailing, which is why the
> Japanese and Germans are going to be the only car companies left
> for us to choose from. The big three have repeatedly made the cars
> that all the loudmouth Ralph Nader, tree-hugger types have screamed
> for over the last three decades and nobody ever buys them. Talk about
> quality is at least two decades behind the facts. It's just the media
> selling newspapers and getting TV ratings.
>
> Something else to chew on:
>
> The fastest growing automobile market on earth is China.
> There are currently 30 some odd car manufacturers in China.
> The average market share of most of these companies is less than
> 2%.
> The car company that is far and away viewed by the average Chinese
> car buyer as having the highest quality is.......General Motors.
>
> The car company with the largest market share, 30 percent, yes that
> is NOT a typo, 30 percent of the Chinese market is......GM.
> And who is American car companies greatest competition? The Japanese.
> Why don't the Japanese have the biggest share of the Chinese market?
> Well, they inconveniently invaded China in the 1930's, created a
> holocaust that the Nazis would have been impressed with, (anybody
> here remember Nanking?) and no adult Chinese in his right mind will
> buy a Toyota, no way, no how. Who was the only country that came
> to their rescue? The good old US of A, flying Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
> powered by GM Allison engines firing Oldsmobile built cannons. <br/>
>
> And America, dumb idiots that we are, is going to allow this industry
> to go down when we could simply loan them some cash and MAKE MONEY
> DOING SO LIKE WE DID WITH CHRYSLER IN THE 1980's. Pitiful. Just pitiful.
> We will save investment banks but not our largest and most American
> industrial base. Morons.
>
> Something else to think about:
> The country with the healthiest industrial base has won pretty much
> all the major armed conflicts in history. Those countries that let
> their base erode have a name: Losers.
>
> One more thing:
> One of the main gripes quoted in the major media these days (and
> we all know how diligent and accurate they are) is that GM got where
> it is by making cars people don't want.
> If this is so, then why is it that GM vehicles in aggregate have
> consistently sold more volume than any other car manufacturer in
> the world EVERY SINGLE YEAR since they took over the lead from Ford
> somewhere in the 1940's ? INCLUDING THIS YEAR!!!

Why Is U.S. Transportation a Losing Investment?

So basically, the credit and financial sectors screw up ROYALY - the government throws BILLIONS at them - No Questions Asked - the Auto sector gets caught in the middle after taking much burden off the tax payers for the last century - now that they cannot support the workers with health & pension anymore - we should just throw them and all of those families that will lose everything to the dogs ....Hhhmmm - More weapons of mass destruction right here in the good old USA - Help the world BUT screw our own - "Buy an Import and drive North America to DEPRESSION"

Let's Hope the Auto Bailout Has Failed for Good

It's really hard to believe that so many that want to see the North American economy fail so much that they are blind as to what the consequences are going to be - 1st the financial crisis - 2nd the credit crisis and strike 3 - failure to give the industry help to keep the economy rolling - Is it the company - the union or the government ....Hmmmm. Lets back up now if all of the high priced help in the government with all of their expertise could not see the financial crisis was going to hit the industrials - THEY LET THE USA DOWN - not to mention the tsunami that is rippling around the globe. They would rather see 3 million American families without a way to support their families (which is now 12 million Americans - 4 per family) instead of sucking it up - do the math and fix that which should never have gotten started in the 1st place - were there no flags or warnings that this was coming or did they just ignore it long enough to head to higher ground in Washington with their pensions and investments intact. Hmmmm??? It was not the fault of the employees and their families they were just trying to make a living, I guess the term "casualties of WAR" comes into place - TRILLIONs spent to protect the country from others and ZERO to protect it from itself.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

It's really hard to believe that so many that want to see the North American economy fail so much that they are blind as to what the consequences are going to be - 1st the financial crisis - 2nd the credit crisis and strike 3 - failure to give the industry help to keep the economy rolling - Is it the company - the union or the government ....Hmmmm. Lets back up now if all of the high priced help in the government with all of their expertise could not see the financial crisis was going to hit the industrials - THEY LET THE USA DOWN - not to mention the tsunami that is rippling around the globe. They would rather see 3 million American families without a way to support their families (which is now 12 million Americans - 4 per family) instead of sucking it up - do the math and fix that which should never have gotten started in the 1st place - were there no flags or warnings that this was coming or did they just ignore it long enough to head to higher ground in Washington with their pensions and investments intact. Hmmmm??? It was not the fault of the employees and their families they were just trying to make a living, I guess the term "casualties of WAR" comes into place - TRILLIONs spent to protect the country from others and ZERO to protect it from itself.

Do the Automakers Deserve a Bail Out?

Careful what you wish for - I'm quite sure if you live in North America your wish will put many friends, neighbors & relatives out in the street and unable to afford your services (then who would be next??)


On Nov 12 08:17 PM foolishmac wrote:

> Let them go to Chap 11 and have a bankruptcy judge clean house.
>
> None of my tax money, please!

How to Navigate the Troubled Auto Industry - Barron's Interview

What I would really like to see (& every one else as well)) is the data that shows the over-all number of automotive jobs lost for the last 10 years in North America as well as how it has affected the spin off service groups since the Asian imports have flooded our markets – I think those numbers alone would make us all realize that it’s time to get back to buying what our neighbors build and service.