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  1. A Horse With No Name
    https://www.autoguide.com/manufacturer/ford/2014-ford-fiesta-st-review-video-2797.html Will miss the Fiesta ST when it is gone...
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    Good interview with former Ford CEO https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/12/13/former-ford-ceo-speaks-on-his-tenure-at-the-automaker.html https://www.wood-database.com/white-willow/ Willow is a notoriously soft and unproductive species though. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ford-fusion-mondeo-coupe-looks-like-evos-concept-42167.html Link is acting Funky, ford fusion coupe would have been interesting, especially if they had done an SHO version.
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    The times they are a changin....
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    Once again quoted for truth!
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    I am conservative on some things like the second Amendment and gun ownership rights. Not wanting to get into a political discussion, but like most Americans I am a mix.
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    I am on the more liberal side of the coin politically but I could not agree more.
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    In regards to trading in a crappy Hyundai, banning a half wit, or giving in to the internal desire for really good pizza for lunch?
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    You are so right when you say that America is a conservative country. Not getting political...but Americans hate change or anything new. Why the eff do we have Appleby's a restaurant chain that screams mediocrity if one ever did....all over the country? Half of America is shopping malls and strip malls with the same crappy clothing retailers selling the same inferior made in Malaysia fashions that look about as vapid and mindless as that Corolla you were writing about? See the USA in your Chevrolet...I want to see the parts of it that are invigorating, exciting, unique, forward looking, progressive, dynamic, changing, and positive. Give me craft beer, real new England Clam chowder, a Midwestern High school Football game...with a good band show at half time...
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    Or American made goods are more expensive. I work in the skilled trades...lots of guys want to buy American until they see a higher price. then loyalty goes out the door. Me...I like a lot of imported cars, but most of my tools and personal items are American made. Other part of the problem is that we have abandoned whole industries. Try to buy an American made Camera or TV set. But with cars...I think there is also a negative social stigma to driving domestic...like you live in floyover country and live in a trailer park or suburbia and don't lead an interesting life. And yes, the quality perception persists.
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    https://jalopnik.com/brand-new-volkswagen-arrives-at-dealer-and-drops-an-f-b-1831242214 Japanese often really look down on American culture also...something that is true of some the Japanese that work at Honda here in Ohio. Responding to Cmicassa.
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    A huge part of the problem IMHO is that Americans don't want to pay even a nickel more to buy anything American, be it tools, clothes, toys, pet supplies, shoes, or whatever. How many people on the line happily take their GM or Ford paycheck and run right over to WalMart to fill up the trunk of their Camry with Chinese made goods? That is gorgeous. False dichotomy, lots of people in management want what is best for the company and work their asses off for Ford or GM or the like. Management bad, Worker good is a wild oversimplification of the real state of affairs. "In truth.. If Americans and Canadians want more GM vehicles built in America, say Detroit-Ham or Lordstown, they should have made certain that the vehicles built there were the number one vehicles you saw when you entered the area at least. People at Fairfax should be currently buying Malibus by the dozen. I mean that. The only thing one could perhaps cry about would be the lack of a V6, which is a ball drop on GM for not putting marketing in place to let it be known that the 2.0L was a viable and better alternative to the 3.6L, with more torque allowing for almost identical acceleration. The quality, content and styling of that vehicle in no way is inferior to a Camry or Accord, although I would say many nit-pick a GM product to the brink of it slitting its own risk versus a Asian or Euro product. By that I mean I have witnessed many giving a pass on the overall shoddy engineering of a Range Rover's powertrain, but hold it in higher regard over an Escalade due to CUE not having buttons. But that's the mentality of Americans/Canadians. The standard is so high, but the product must be so cheap for Domestic makers." Quoted for Truth
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    More importantly, both look and feel like a million bucks...color me impressed.
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    This is really kind of cool!
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    Local place here harvests slabs and sells them cheap. My daughter's desk and my upstairs hall table were just over a hundred bucks for both for lumber...good big of assembly required.
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    So why can BMW and Honda build here at a profit and GM and Ford cannot? Also....think of the cool stuff we would be getting it people were more behind U.S. auto makers. Hummer would still be in production...we would be getting the next gen Focus...perhaps a truly hot Taurus SHO. F As it is Malibu will sort of be last man standing for domestic passenger cars that are just regular automobiles.
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    Glad to see someone fighting back.
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    I don't think that you will tire of the look at all.
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    Since I am in a good mood...shame we don't get this here. I have built somne live edge furniture...it is a lot of fun to make.
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    One of the Glass plants is now owned by the Chinese iirc.
  21. A Horse With No Name
    Ford is doing some cool things lately that have mitigated my nasty (not sure why the eff I feel/felt that way) feelings towards them.
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    https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/12/18/how-help-dogs-fireworks-ford/2346838002/?fbclid=IwAR1Ykze40lD8mCgnJgpwqsvfwz9lk3t-10QxwDhN9D-6o14LrDNyUvnxi1g I might not put one in my driveway, but would happily put this in my living room.
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    More cool tech, fascinating.
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    On the other hand without money nothing happens. Cutting slower selling vehicles ensures health of company which is the greater good. The real question is how do you create economic diversity? Columbus Ohio here will be devastated if anything ever happens to the insurance industry. Don't know about sleeping berths for the homeless but Kia does build a small hatchback called the Soul thst seems uniqely fit for rodents.
  25. A Horse With No Name
    That is hot enough to get me thinking indecent thoughts.
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