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EDITORIAL: Free-market Ford laps Government Motors
The Washington Times ^
| April 1, 2011
| Editorial
Posted on 04/01/2011 5:41:07 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
This is most likely based, at least in part, on people voting with their dollar. Up until the government take-over, all I ever owned was a GM. I am now a proud driver of a Ford. GM will have to make-up in innovation what it lost in PR. While union minions and welfare recipients may be all for GM, the rest of the population is left with a bad taste for what used to be a standard bearer for hard-working Americans.
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04/02/2011 6:57:50 AM PDT
by
onevoter
To: gogogodzilla
In 92, I believe, I bought a gasoline, Geo Metro, standard transmission, 1 liter, 3 banger engine and got 50 mpg.
The “rules” got rid of that one, too. It was slow pickup in the auto version, but the standard did just fine. Wish I’d kept it.
When gasoline is this high, people just adjust in their thinking about acceleration. The Metro cruised just fine at about 60. I think (don’t remember exactly) we were still under the dumb 55 mph rules at the time. People drove 65 and 70 anyway.
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04/02/2011 7:04:13 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
To: Don W
If your Chevys were so bad, why did you have six of them? Yes we all know the Vega was a POS. But I actually had one of them. I took very good care of it and changed the oil and other fluids on a regular basis. I didn't push it hard and I was able to put about 120K miles before it fell apart. But it only cost $2,200. So it wasn't a bad deal.
My experience with Chevy Pickups is quite different than yours. My brother in law had a lot of problems with his Ford Taurus. So Ford had as many problems as Chevy. Remember the Pinto? It was at least as bad as the Vega. Ford mid-sized cars of the 70's, 80's and even into the 90's were also garbage. Even Mustangs were junk until very recently.
Now Ford has excellent products. Good! Great! My next car may be a Ford. My point is not to knock Ford, only to say that Ford didn't really do any better than GM with regards to product. It wasn't that Ford had better vehicles. Ford made some very clever financial moves that made them stronger than GM when it hit the fan in 2008-9. They lots tons of money the same as GM and Chrysler. But they were better prepared. They do not or did not have better product.
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04/02/2011 11:41:48 AM PDT
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truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: truthguy
Company supplied cars.
I had a Pinto too, and it was a very good little car.
You’ve had better luck with GM cars than I. I’ve had excellent luck with Fords. That’s how the ball bounces. Neither of us are wrong, we have just had different experiences with the respective brands.
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04/02/2011 5:11:40 PM PDT
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Don W
(You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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