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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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05-12-2008, 08:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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Originally Posted by Tagger
I don't understand that .. My bud says his Toyota is an american car . Is this like the Abu assembled in Sweeden via Tiawan.. So confusing whats what ? Who reaps the profits ? Japan ? Is it true they are buying up all our farm land ? Not to get off on a tangent..
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What mike said is true. The way the American co's (Gm et al) are behind is in design and engineering. Fro some reason the japanese in particular design reliable cars and have the foresight to try to sell hybrids. At the same time the americans were making bigger and bigger trucks. Really, if you think about honda designing the insight and toyota the prius at the same time ford is going with the excursion it says alot. Americans are starting to get it together, but they are still using old japanese technology. The ford escape hybrid is old toyota technology that toyota has replaced. I hope the Americans start to lead again someday soon. |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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05-13-2008, 03:42 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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You can tell if a car was assembled in Japan by looking at the VIN #.
It will have a J in front of the #., at least upto 2004 models.
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" Choose Life "
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05-13-2008, 04:07 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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LEAN MANUFACTURING Toyota can design and bring a new model to market in half the time.
Toyota is selling worldwide, the rest of the world wants economy, US wants POWER and SIZE.
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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05-14-2008, 06:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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The new mileage standards that the US comp. were moaning about are already met by Honda's fleet. The most popular US veh is a Ford pick up.
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05-14-2008, 09:18 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by PaulS
The new mileage standards that the US comp. were moaning about are already met by Honda's fleet. The most popular US veh is a Ford pick up.
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at 11 mpg. |
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