That reminds me of a saying I read a long time ago: Americans are a very peculiar people, they can only read the handwriting on the wall when their back is against it. Regards, and I wish all of you a Thanksgiving true to its name, Ahne. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Creswick, Steven Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2008 10:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] A Modern Parable - car topic My reluctant two bits as well... Of course, the unions and management need to share in the blame, but so does the American consumer for not DEMANDING the US automakers manufacture something with halfway decent mileage. Just because some car manufacturer makes it, does not mean that I have to buy it! I think they/we need to come to some sense of reality! It is unfortunate that the door has to slam in our collective faces before we 'see' it, however. I am not promoting that EVERYTHING be a hyper-mileage vehicle. Make a spectrum of vehicles to support those that MUST have a pick-up truck for business or personal needs, and a small, more fuel efficient, safe, vehicle for those that would like that. By example, my 94 Chev Lumina APV [mini-van] has almost 205K miles on it. It has had CV joints & rack and pinion replaced 2X [I believe the second R&P was due to less than quality replacement parts the first time], with normal brakes, tires, and filters. It gets me places in the Winter that the little 03 Honda Civic Hybrid [at 125K miles] would never dare to - but at ~ 1/2 the mileage.... I believe that 'lemons' come in all brand names... U.S. and not. Steve -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wilson, Bob Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:28 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] A Modern Parable - car topic I didn't want to get into this either, but I'm sick of the bashing. Maybe it's time that someone spoke up for Detroit. (But not the CEO a-holes). I have a '97 Ford F150 with 228,000 miles on it. I taught my 17 year old son to drive in it in 1999. One day after I let him take it out for a spin, I heard the weirdest moan coming from the rear axle. The mechanic said it looked like the truck had been driven through deep water. When I asked my son about it, the look on his face was priceless. The truck has had the rear end replaced. One serpentine belt. 2 sets of plugs and plug wires, a starter and an alternator. It ain't all bad. http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=22493 And I drive this Detroit iron: http://tinyurl.com/69-buick Bob Wilson -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ted Edwards Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] A Modern Parable - car topic I do not normally resond to something like this but everybody has a different view point, my Toyota is just 2 years old, has 51,000 miles on it and has only needed tires and front brakes. My last Chevy had three A/C low pressure valves, the wires fall off the A/C controls, the seat belt light stick on, the water pump replaced, and the clutch for the fan freeze solid (after a trip to the dealer where the Service manager took time form his busy schedule repairing cars to give me a letter from Chevy saying that the cycling I was observing was normal, 20 miles later it froze solid and I limped back to the dealer) by this mileage. I get 26-29 miles to the gallon versus 16-18 before with Chevy, and that gas mileage is on a engine with 269 HP in a Toyota and it is fun to drive . My previous car a Ford had a ignition module issue that was not admittted. The engine would die and could not be started, replacing the module always solved the issue. I had sent Ford a letter asking the mean time between failure so I could plan ahead and replace the next module and got back a letter that told me my car was out of warranty. Only years later did they disclose that they knew that they had a problem! 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