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El Kabong

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  1. El Kabong
    Snide remarks don't come off well when you admit to doing epically douchebag things behind the wheel. Jes' sayin'
  2. El Kabong
    The options may not be to everyone's taste and they do bump the price up quite a bit. But for those looking for something a half-size larger than the Mustang/Camaro then it's the only game in town. Get a Scat Pack 392 and you even get competitive power-to-weight and pricing. Hopefully the Giulia platform arrives sooner rather than later (never?). But in the meantime, this is still a decent alternative.
  3. El Kabong
    All you've done is go on epic, rambling rants, make fun of regions of Canada (and their citizens) that you've probably never seen, and go off on weird tangents. In other words... you're totally wings. Now seriously-just stop. You look silly
  4. El Kabong
    Whatever wings
  5. El Kabong
    I dunno. Tell me, wings.
  6. El Kabong
    Newfoundland, Ontario, Alberta... steady drift west.
  7. El Kabong
    Fly over... like everything between BC and Ontario Anything seems like that when you're texting and driving
  8. El Kabong
    A better comparison, for sure. Also in terms of how that population relates to the rest of the US: California, like Canada, may as well be Mars as far as flyover country is concerned
  9. El Kabong
    You're correct, of course. Back when our manufacturing sector wasn't crippled by electricity rates and the UAW getting the plot the current positioning of the Canadian dollar would have sufficed. Keep your eyes on the road, now
  10. El Kabong
    I was unaware of any American cities that had a population of 37 million people. Beyond that I'm largely onboard. Unifor (the successor to the CAW) is in no position to dictate to GM. The fact they seemingly continue to do so is either breathtakingly naive or cynical. Ontario is essentially bankrupt. They have voted in successive governments who have used social-progressive nonsense babble to try and cow the electorate into ignoring their (likely criminal) ineptitude in running a province. But they keep voting them in so it's all on them. As an Albertan I just watch them flounder from afar and count the days until our current rebound romance with the socialists ends.
  11. El Kabong
    The dollar is actually at an acceptable range for exports. By the same token, socialized programs are funded by the taxpayer and thus good news for an employer unwilling to spend too much on benefits. The major drawback government-wise is a Provincial issue: the exorbitant cost of electricity.
  12. El Kabong
    Whatever you say man... I'm sure your credibility will be your best defence :D
  13. El Kabong
    Again: feel free to reference my first-hand experience in Oshawa. It's worlds better than whatever you carry on with. And if has important lessons in there for those wise enough to see and do.
  14. El Kabong
    Sometimes it's hard to txt n drive. I'm surprise auto correct didn't correct Texting and driving is for f@#king losers.It was sarcasm. Hence the winkIf you had any cred I'd believe you. But you don't, so I don't.
  15. El Kabong
    Now, Oshawa. Been there, done that, saw it coming, got out before the trainwreck. Shall we continue?
  16. El Kabong
    Nonsense. My time in Oshawa was absolutely critical to making the views I hold today. I saw firsthand the futility of whoring out to fleet and minimizing product innovation. I saw people pat themselves on the back and crow about improvements in sales numbers and vehicle quality when they were only measuring against their own past efforts. Most of all, I saw how destructive those blinders and hidebound ideologies were to a brand. At this point I should point out that you're choosing a guy who slapped around his wife to use as an example for... well, I'm not really sure what. Jes' sayin'
  17. El Kabong
    Nice hot take. Or you could ask the guy who, you know, used to actually WORK AT OSHAWA. ...back in '06 or so when the 'schwa was churning out Impalas and Centurys to fleets far and wide I told a union brother that as it currently sits the place had about ten or fifteen years left in it. He thought I was nuts. But I read the news and the magazines and sales and percentage breakdowns. The place was building mostly mediocre stuff-that simple. And I wasn't afraid to bust GM's chops for it even as I helped build it, mainly in the old AWCC. Just awful stuff. Even their "innovations" were bad-transverse smallblocks driving front wheels wider than the rears? The housing crash and Great Recession came shortly after, of course. And in between the (very good) truck plant got taken away because of cheaper labor in Mexico. The product deficiencies and truck plant, plus the recession, should have clued Unifor in that things needed to change, and clued in management that they needed better product to build. Unfortunately the union missed the point entirely, and the product was hit (Camaro) and miss (Regal). I suspect that CAW/Unifor had reached the same conclusions about Oshawa as I had but decided on a long-term strategy of getting the old boys as many 30-year pensions as they could rather then roll with the punches and restructure contracts and wage models. And now you have the endgame playing out before your eyes. Alternately, you could do verbal diarrhea with personal digs and politician name-dropping as informed conversation. I'll see if I can get Mean Gene Okerlund on the phone to moderate that.
  18. El Kabong
    Oh. ...I still don't feel bad. Ford stuff don't do a whole lot for me at the best of times, and too many of their fans say stupid things for me to not laugh/cringe at them. Like blaming True-d'oh for Oshawa's predicament, for instance. There's plenty I can make fun of him for... but this ain't one of them. Sure helped you make a nice leap to take a dig at me tho
  19. El Kabong
    Don't be sorry. I ain't, so why should you be?
  20. El Kabong
    So: onward! Some good stuff from Bob Lutz in this month's C/D.
  21. El Kabong
    Nonsense. In all likelihood it was Montreal's supremely inept manufacturing plant that helped secure me at least two or three more years in Oshawa than I would otherwise have gotten. Now stop grasping at straws. You just look silly
  22. El Kabong
    ...and THAT'S why friends don't let friends become Ford fans :D Brutal. Just brutal
  23. El Kabong
    I know right? It's like he's bragging about being stupid.
  24. El Kabong
    Sometimes it's hard to txt n drive. I'm surprise auto correct didn't correct Texting and driving is for f@#king losers.
  25. El Kabong
    /glimpse
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