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Schumer Cries for 109 people who come from 6 of 7 countries that have no central government and little Intel to share even if they are willing on people we don't know. Yet he sheds not one tear for the 762 Murdered in Chicago last year? Talk about really a messed up set of priorities. If the left worked as hard for the people in our country as they do for those outside we would be in pretty good shape. But they are too busy trying to argue who uses what bathroom. Lets face it we have issues on both sides and while many are pissing them selves over Trump the rest are still stealing your lunch and eating it. Both Sides.

I think they will get a break from the 2025 standard but the companies are not going to go back to building more V8 models etc. They need to meet the needs globally and California. I expect them just needed a break from the crazy standard we have hanging out there that just can not be met with present technology that anyone would be willing to pay for in large numbers. The EV needs to continue to improve to fill the gap on the Cafe. As of now it is still too expensive and limited in areas that the average buyer is willing to accept. Once a EV is to the point people do not have to change their routine or lifestyle then it is ready for prime time.

Not really. Mazda has often felt more like a Mini Van and now they shape them more like a car. As for ground clearance? These are not off road vehicles for the most part. The height like my wife likes is to see over other vehicles at the mall. As for truck ride what I mean is the feel of sitting up higher. The new Canyon is a great vehicle and inside I feel like I am in my Terrain. Also note the reasons he may be shopping the Nox as to price and or new or even used. It is what he asked about and it is what he appears to want. The other models may be newer and better in many ways but they also have failings too. Jeep along and the electrical and recall issues. My buddies today had an false alarm issue today that he has to take and get looked at. This is already after several other issues. He misses his old GMC truck. I like my Terrain and even today I would not buy one just like it with the new Acadia and Terrain coming out. I would opt for the new model as price is not a concern.

I can't speak for him but my take is he is going to get either a used one or a well discounted one since he is moving back to Ohio. There are a good number of good used models and the deals offered now are really cheap. Are there newer models sure and are there better models yes at a price. But then again you can get a new Jeep and have the common FCM electric issues. He also could be using some of the GM discounts too. The bottom line is he asked about the Nox it is a solid vehicle and while not perfect a safe and durable one. Resale is good on these and there is a good selection at good prices right now as the new one is coming out. Not sure why some folks are getting so worked up over this. While it is not perfect the Nox is still a solid and good value that you will not regret if you like this kind of vehicle.

The CX5 is more car than SUV. In the cross over segment you have a range of vehicles as some are more car like and some are more SUV like. Some are more like a tall car than they are SUV. Some are even like a tall Mini Van. The Nox drives more like a truck like it or not that is the feel it has and that appeals to many people. It is not all over the road. It has a decent ride and it is not unsafe. Now If you want a more car like feel the CX5 is fine as well as some of the more car like models. That is also why the ride height is different on many models Some are taller than others. None of them are bad it is more of just what you want or expect.

I expect this is a 2019. It should prove to be very compelling. Note the photo here that was taken from a magazine in the 70's had drawings of the Corvette space frame and it looked like a Fiero with a Big block transverse in the back. I have a copy of it. The drawing was also done by a guy who worked for GM and went to Hot Wheels. Classic.

So you are saying it drives like a CUV? If you Drove them all you would have noted the 4 has electric power steering and could be claimed to be over boosted but left out the V6 that has Hydraulic and if anything can be on the heavy linear side. You May have driven them all but they are not all the same. Handling and ride for a 4,000 pound top heavy vehicle is about as good as you get for this price range. This is not a BMW. The 4 can be taxed due to the weight but it is no worse of better than any other Ecotec out there. The bottom line is for someone expecting a CUV or SUV will we ok with the handling and ride.

I have a Toro, the kind with the rubber flaps. it is the third one we have had in 40 plus years and I swear by them. My dad bought the first one when I was still at home and I told him he made a mistake and I later had to eat my words. We wore that one out and bought another after 20 plus years. Then when my parents passed I gave it to my father in law and he is still using it as I have a new one from my old house. They are light and will eat though about anything. My neighbor and I both have the two largest concrete drives and I can clear them both fast and easy. Do look for one with the chute that has a control on the handle. It makes life easier. What is poor dynamics? Also what suspension and wheel combo? A lot of complaint and little detail. Lets hear some detail.

We got hit good here just south of Akron. Nothing at home but a whiteout 3 miles away. I work in Tsllmadge and drive into the snow belt. I can see nothing at home and 10 inches at work. Got to love the snow belt. keep in mind the Nox is newer GM but it is their early stuff. While better you still have some cheap plastic etc. But no nagging issues that spoil the experience. There are some things I would change but nothing that would change my mind buying one again.

Reliable very good to this point. Nothing but a right mirror that acted up when it tilted down when backing up. Also a rear strut on the gate both under warranty. mileage is as posted on the V6 18-19 city 25-26 highway. That is not easy driving either. Ours is Fwd and once we got the Hankook that came OE off and put on Goodyear Tripletreads there is no drama even in the worst snow here in the NÉE Ohio snow belt. It is the wife ride and she has no issue even in the worst now here. The interior has been fine no issues. I thought the rear seat not folding flat would be an issue but it has actually helped with long items. The rear strut towers stick in some and could be packed better but it is no a big problem. Major complete would be the lack of vents to the back seat. It is cold in back in the winter and hot in the summer. They really needed vents back there. The V6 is fine it just needs RPMs to move as it is built to rev. The 4is ok but with 4000 it could be better at times. The early years some had oil use issues but not all of them and later years no issue. i expect the new one to be packaged better and the The turbo 4 to get decent mpg and should run as well or better than the 6 with more torque and less weight. The sliding back seat is a neat idea but you set it and never move it again. The wife loves it. I was ok with it when we bought it but now I love it. We will replace it with a new Terrain or now similar sized Acadia. Note I have hauled everything from soap box derby cars to a large number of bags of chipped marble. Oh I also lost a battery right when the warranty was off the battery. The new Delcos just don't last anymore. I see you are in Cleveland and we are in Akron even Fwd no drama as the driver aide keep it all going right Awd would help but is not require. Note when we lived in Akron the city never plowed our street and she always got in and out wit no issues.

We have a Terrain. What do you want to know. Had it since 2012. Generally good and no major issues. Few quirks but nothing off putting. Stick to V6.

You just called him Shirley LOL! On the engines here is the problem. To keep sales stable when oil goes up need better MPG to not hurt sales. You need good power when oil prices are down. While the V8 gets good MPG the problem is going to be emission very soon as one GM insider said a little while ago the 2 valve will be killed at some point do to emissions. As things get tighter it makes the window smaller. Also if you sell globally a product the smaller engines will be easier to sell where they tax by liter. Adding more powerful engines to a FWD/AWD based SUV is a neat idea but sales I think will be limited. If you can do it to cover the development cost and make money that is fine but too often the cost go up so much that it hurts the price and limits sales. It is much easier and cheaper to do it in a RWD based model. Also these things are top heavy. If a company makes a faster top heavy product and people get out there and start flipping them over the Companies will pay no matter how stupid the accident or driver. Some models are ok and there are some models out there that can flip by hitting a curb. A buddy used to work for LKQ auto recycler's they are across the country. He would send me photos of flipped Terrains and HHR's since I owned both. We notied how well they held up but we also noticed how many had flipped with light contact or no contact at all. Now I am not saying these are unsafe but you must consider if a number of them flip and the additional power causes more some one will notice. GM is not the only one to have this issue. It really was surprising how many HHR models flipped. I am not saying not to do it but it is a consideration that needs to be made. As for the car like CUV models at least in America it is an answer to a questions not asked. I see them but they are limited and most people opt for the more SUV like models.

You said " I can say that Cadillacs of the 80s.. some.. were great cars.. versus the competition" Well that is not saying much. Cadillac as it once was died and you just never notices as you just kept lowering your standards as they lowered there. Yes the others also failed at times but not as much. As for the cars of today. They are good cars no question but there is still better execution that needs to be done. Mark Ruess fought for higher quality parts in the CT6 but was rejected by the board. He really wanted it to be a flagship but was never permitted to do so. Because of this JDN killed the Flagship idea as the car is not perfect and that is why the slot was changed. You may think the CT6 is perfect but you also loved the 80's Caddies too. A Cheap steak is good if you know nothing better. To be honest JDN came in and was not happy with anything at Cadillac. He had a good start but everything and I mean everything needed some more work to make it what it should be. Hence the pause in product while it is being fixed. Things are being fixed like no more people Engineering Chevys on Monday and Cadillac on Friday. Cadillac now have their own group of engineers and designers share with no one in GM. Yes some basic structure work will be shared on the platforms but the rest will be nothing but Cadillac. Good move. Quality of materials will be upgraded. They will address the short comings in materials and options missing on these cars. No self dimming mirror on the ATS and CTS Passenger side? This has been a large complaint on something my old SSEI has standard. We will see more on the improved marketing once they really have something to market. The Cue is now being fixed to be user friendly right from the start. It was a good system once you learned how to use it. It should have been easy to use as soon as you saw it not two days later. Moving to their own engines and doing them so no more issues like the N stars had. Yes the N stars had oil and head gasket issues. Most of this was because they tried to save money doing them. GM has always had people who get it there but they were always controlled by those saving a buck that did not get it. That damaged culture is still being removed but the people who are not the problem are now in charge per Lutz. The move to NYC was not something they could be honest about. The move was to bring in people who normally would not work for them because they did not want to live in Detroit. Also they moved to NYC to put space between them and the rest of GM. No more GM leadership just popping in for a visit daily to question every move. Note we will get more enhanced performance cars at Cadillac and I expect a mid engine car around 2025. With them in the prototype class now they should be able to leverage that. For now they are using Chevy engines to get started but watch they will use the DOHC engine in the car in the future. Hell their racing program is so much better this year than their last attempt. The last prototypes were unsorted cars they had no clue about and temperamental engines. This car is a proven engine from the Daytona Prototype run by the teams that ran the prototype. They are using a proven chassis and and proven maker. Sounds like a program run by someone who gets it. No more fast lap times and then DNF. I expect they will win the class this year. The 24 you can never tell till the checker falls as that many hours anything can happen. This will all work out. It will take 10 years to gain more ground and even then they may still be 4th in sales but they will be selling more cars and getting higher prices and growing vs. just getting by. Re Read the penalty of leadership again. This is the mind set I believe they are striving to gain again. No excuses and no compromise. God knows we have had way too much of that.

We agree on most things but the coupe and convertible. Just how many do you think they will sell? Give me a real number. The reason I use real saturation numbers is it puts it in real perspective when you deal with a low volume brands. 30% is not all that much when you only sell 25K units over all. It put things a little more honestly. Business often use percentages publicly as can be much easier to hide the face your 35% gain was only 150 cars over last month. The Cadillac name has been on a slow decline since 1960. When GM moved them to a volume brand they slowly declined from what they once were to what they became. The fact is it was like boiling frogs. They turned the heat up on you slowly over several decades and you never realized how bad things were or got. That is understandable but now looking back it is clear when you look at what Cadillac did in the 1930's they were far from it in the 80's. When GM decreed everything had to be smaller and FWD Cadillac tanked. Some like to say the Cimarron but the first FWD Deville was the failure point. They even rushed a make over due to the failure in the market of the car. They strapped on longer quarters but it did not help much. Now if you can say with a straight face that the Cadillacs of the 80s were good or great cars you have lost all credibility. The bottom line is the bottom fell out someplace and today you are looking at a damaged brand that has struggled to regain where it once was. At one time the Cadillac was the best car in the world with out dispute. The craftsmanship was beyond compare and it really was a better car than a Rolls. To own one at this time meant you really were someone and few others could afford the car. Then the change to mass volumes came chasing the dollar in the 60's and later. Then the bottom came out when they made the car just another GM car with a badge. The bottom line is a Cadillac should not be a car that just anyone can buy or afford. They lost that right and have to earn it back. Now in a market with coupe selling in less and less numbers daily they matter little. The convertible would be a solid idea if you are doing a 4 door touring car that will show you are different and why. Even a Alpha based sports car done properly but affordably with a decent trunk and GT like qualities would be reasonable at $50K. People would be willing to use that amount to gamble if it is a good car or not if the styling is compelling. But there is absolutely no way a coupe is a band aide that will fix Cadillac all on its own. Like it or not the CUV is going to have to be their salvation as this is where the market is going. Pay the bills with the CUV and then make the fun niche cars once you accomplished that. Also a coupe is DOA till Cadillac returns to a global market. That ain't happening for a while so that ain't going to help. I find many of the people who are Cadillac people really are not the kind of people Cadillac needs anymore. It should not be the car of truck drivers or hair dressers but it should be the car of leaders. [note no reflection on you just the many I see in Cadillac's] I can remember in the early 80's working at a gas station in a bad part of town. I took a customer home to his $6K house while riding in his near $18K Eldo. We had to stop so he could give a man a brief case for some money. Not a trip I enjoyed much. Same in the 80's we had a bar tender next to the station. He owned a new Eldo. Classy guy. He was charged with a felony for shooting a guy in the back because his drunk girl friend talked to him. He used to have us wash his new Eldo with the fire hose when we washed the parking lot. Ya Cadillac really appealed to a group of leaders in the community at the time. I bet if it were today they would not be driving a Benz or Bentley. Now I would agree to a Bentley GT coupe like car when Cadillac is ready for such a car but that is still beyond their ability to sell. I know they could build one but selling one is another story. That is beyond their price grade the customers would trust yet.

You think Cadillac can be saved with a cars they may sell 3K units of? I agree they can not be a fancy Chevy. The are working to fix that now as a Cadillac should not have the same V6 my Bu has. Yes they need to sell more overseas but until they have the right product why fail again and again and again. Or do you want another BTS? As it is they can make a lot of money and they do not need to be #1 in volume. This segment is about making money more than selling cars like Toyota. Sports car. Hmm I can see the last two times that really did a lot of good. They do real well on the used market as you can buy a V Roadster for less than $30K now from its original $100K. You your brain and not your heart. Do you really think people will again trust Cadillac with a $100K sports car when they can even get people to buy the CTS sedan or even the ATS coupe. They need to focus on their core and then add the fun things. You need the core products to be right before you spill over to models for attention that make little to no money. How many times do you need to see them fail at this before it sinks in. Cadillac is not a sports car company at this point. Today is really the first real step at Daytona. You start winning races and you get the name out there associated with a winner you might have a chance to sell a sports car. Right not Cadillac selling a sports car is like going to Mc Donald for a Steak and expecting Ruth Criss. Lets let them finish the products they are working on and just see what we get and how they market it. No single car is going to save them or lead them out of the funk it will take the line done right and the proper marketing once it is here. Things need fixed as selling he XTS, CT6 and CTS is a confusing proposition as to the casual observer they all look similar. All three have a different task but it really has not been defined to the public. There will be a place and time for a Convertible but when you have not eaten for days you need more than a Hersey bar to fix the problem.

Stop using percentages and use real volume sold numbers. Then go to the ATS and tell us all how many they are selling. Just how much money is there and will they even make the development money back. This is full disclosure here not a political debate. The Mary Kay cars are a sign of a problem. 100,000 car is not something you want to brag about. The reason Cadillac is chosen more is few get to the BMW level and plus the pink cars are popular in the trailer parks. First you need to drop that Cadillac needs to sell as many cars as BMW and Benz. We are not selling Chevy Volume games here. This segment is about profits per unit and grow the volume to where you make good money not necessarily out sell the others. At Chevy and Toyota you have to survive on volume. That is the only way to make money. Now here it cost you very little more to develop the car and the contents are not much more but in the end you sell it for 4 times what you sell a Chevy for. The profits on these models are only eclipsed by the trucks. In fact most luxury brands come no where near Benz and BMW because they all have other volume brands that take care of it vs. Benz and BMW have no cheap lines and have to do it all though their main lines in the auto line. Mini is the only cheap player involved here. When push comes to shove BMW will have to at some point partner with a major play to remain independent. They already are working with Toyota now. There was a time no one though BMW as great. It was the quirky little car down the street the guy in the tweed cap drove and though he was European though he came from Orange County. Over time and many models in the 70's and 80's they began to offer products people did like and saw value in. They liked the image it put on them as it in their eyes improved their self value. Others liked it as they were also fun to drive. In time they defined the class and gave the expectation people wanted in this segment. As for name dropping Cadillac was a joke in the 80's and only started to improve in the 90's but still was never a player at the top with FWD. They as the new CTS came out gained ground with the inclusion of AWD and RWD. But the fact GM never fully committed to make them luxury car they needed to be has held them back. They also had a revolving door of leadership over the last how many years. In the end here we now have a stable leader who at this point has remained longer than most. He has the fulls support finacially by GM. He has moved the company away from Detroit to attract better talent and keep the GM board at arms length. We have a slew of new product that will hopefully signal the change in Cadillac and show they can build the complete well sorted deal with no excused or compromise. Then it is up to marketing and time to change the opinions of people. Also you change the minds of the people in Blue states where American cars are not the favorite you make gains there you know you are on the right path. But the reality is you can build a Convertible and or Coupe and it will change nothing. When building and marketing cars you do it with you head not your heart. You gain peoples trust with the new CUV models at $60K and then you might be able to sell more coupes and convertibles at prices where you might just make money. Right now you are just going to get another CTS and ATS low volume car that sells maybe 5K-6K units at best in North America. Other factors are in play here too. Cadillac has yet to really do a marketing push as they are waiting for the new products. Why blow a lot of money on the present cars and get people to think this is the new Cadillac only to change it in a year or two. That would be a mixed message hard to undo. Also you have to consider that the Germans have to sell cheaper models to make up volume they lack. Many badge buyers opt for the German car even with less options for $10K or more less than cars like a loaded up ATS. This is a complex deal and it takes time, investment and a lot of work to change the line. We should see more progress once the new product arrives but even then Cadillac is not going to pass up Benz in volume. But if they make more money per unit and make more money as a whole they have won the game.

Note you have an issue here. Each and every one of these cars are sold globally. Cadillac for the near future is only going to be sold here and China where coupes are not really prized. Till Cadillac goes global your volume will suffer. Just look at the volume the CTS and even today the ATS coupes sell at. Just no money there in the North American market. It is not what I think it is the fact Cadillac just does not have the name equity it once had and still has less than the other brands. Not many people name drop Cadillac to impress people. You can say you own a Cadillac and be like my old neighbor with a old STS winter beater. With a BMW most people [not me] think of an expensive car and not some piece of crap on a used car lot. Yes there are plenty rolling wreck BMWs too but that is not the first reaction people get. Lets face it the big names do not make cars for Mary Kay.

Well JDN has said publicly that he would like to go back to Cadillac roots and to do a flagship that would represent a car that Cadillac did so well. He stated a 4 door touring car was what they were known for back in the golden era and that no one today even tries to do one. He felt it was a way to make them stand out and highlight their past when it really meant something. Just so happens they were working on a show car like this before he got here too. Hmm? It is said the flagship is not a 4 door sedan and the latest show car is not production. Hmmm?

Here is the deal. I want Cadillac to be the best damn car company in the world. Or at least in the segment they are in. But here is the problem. No matter the make Coupe and Convertible sales are tanking. It is a segment that is a hard sell even if you have the best car in the eyes of the public. Cadillac has offered two coupes and a wagon that all sold in numbers hard to make a business case over. Add to that it is not going to return prestige anymore than getting the other higher volume products right, The key now it to take the core product and return it to what it should be and let the customers come back to it and regain trust. If you can get a Sedan or CUV right the Coupe is going to languish. Now if you want to do a coupe it almost needs to be a flagship model It has to be high end price wise to justify the expense for the low volume it will sell in. You would have a better chance there but even then so few people will see one as it will be in such small numbers. BMW was built on a 3 series coupe and they moved to the sedan as the market did. Today the coupe is only a token and may not last all that long for them. As for going to parties no one is going to get in your face about driving a Cadillac. This is a image and mind set. They will not dis you but you are seen as the guy who could not afford the more expensive car. While Cadillac is changing this the self image of the car is still in recovery. It is not that they hate the car they just do not see it on the same level as the other cars. Same thing applied to other cars like the Boxster for years screamed to many as you were the guy who could not afford the 911. The new cars have advanced the Cadillac image and it is still in rehab yet. As I have said one car and one year will not undo decades of mistakes. Right now they need to get their core product back to being the best in class with no exceptions. They need to get Cadillac's image as one that people feel reflect in a positive nature on them. The long and short of it is the cars have been seen as damaged for many years. the CUV on the other hand is new and there is no preconceived notions there. Add to that the Escalade image and the path may be through the coming CUV models to the image they need and the trust they need to gain. While a coupe and Convertible is cool and I personally would love to see it I just do not see how you could even justify the cost of putting them out there based on the present market reactions to a coupe. If you want a convertible do a sedan convertible. Who else has one? What was Cadillac well known for when they really mattered? Open touring cars. Now that is a real flagship.

The lack of a Coupe and Convertible is not holding Cadillac back. If anything it is helping them as coupes in general are languishing in sales in all classes right now. They really need to get the details right on the CTS and ATS in the major make over. They then need to address the market with image and let it go till it grows to connect again with Cadillac. Even then the CUV and SUV models will dominate. If they do a coupe it will need to be on the high end as they will sell in such low volumes the price will have to make up the profits. Lets face it the CTS and ATS coupe both really are rare sights as are most coupes outside the muscle coupes that are now on the decline in sales. If you were to do a convertible I would love a proper Roadster with a good trunk to compete with the BMW roadster. Base it on the Alpha and price it to a place where people would be willing to give it a chance vs another $100K failure. This would also keep the Vette and it exclusive. Cadillac does not have to compete with Benz and BMW on every level. They just need to build cars that work and build their image. They need to get products people will buy and not regret later. This class is very socially aware and people often feel they are defined by what they drive. Cadillac needs to continue to improve the product to a level of no compromise or excuse and let the product earns its place back over the coming years. ATP is way up as are sales in China so it is not a matter of survival it is a matter of time and product. Lets face it people like to drop the name BMW or Benz at a party and if you drop Cadillac people think you just do not measure up yet. Compelling products will bring that back but it will take time to earn that image and trust back. Cadillac did not piss the image away over one year and one model and they will not get it back with one model and one year. To be honest if they get the CUV models right people will give them a shot and the image will be earned back for the name covering the cars too. GM can make the best CUV models and Cadillac can ride these back to respectability. You earn their respect and trust on a CUV and next time they buy a car it may be a Cadillac.

The ones we fooled with were tuned to the application. It was still firm and not tunable like a tire with air. What you bought is what you get, No tuning with air. Dirt and mud or snow was always an issue but I had seen inserts for the side walls that kept it out. Not sure if that is still in play. The other issue was it replaced the wheel and tire and the cost was very high. Like some of the run flats like Bridgestone used that used a special wheel they add much to the cost. Even the metric tires Ford used on the Mustang back in the late 70's it failed as there was only 2 tires in America that fit them the TRX and Goodyear Wingfoot. Both were not cheap. To fix it you had to replace the wheels but then you could use cheaper tires. Cost is a major problem as tires are so expensive now. These still wear out and cost even more in most cases> That is why tractors, lift trucks and bikes are more acceptable cost wise.

These are old news here in Akron. We used to deal with this years ago before they ever made the news. There have always been limitations and they did work their way up to the bike and tractor markets but cars will be a tough segment to fill. You will find that these tires will be much like the run flats where they will do a great job in some applications but will be a problem in others. I am shocked they never used a light weight version of these for the compact spare as it is best suited for this use. You can make is thin and light. It also would always be inflated as often many spares are flat. The long term use issues are not in play here either. They could own that segment if they were to build these. Note all the tire companies have had their trick advanced tires over the years and many where offered for sale but so many of them even the good ideas all failed. Too often cost and things they gave up always came in play.

Yes he is and I can think of some other things to call him. As for Mary and the others. They are not expecting a total roll back. All they are asking for is more time as they just do not have the technology to meet the numbers in 2025 yet and still have products people will want or can afford. All Auto MFG will love a bit of additional time and for the slow growth EV market to improve in sales and technology along with lower pricing. EV is key as if they can grow this with better products acceptable to more people and better technology this will help off set the other cars. But we are not there nor will we will be there unless there is some big breakthrough. I am still trying to turn water into wine I saw it done once.

Well we have to take this all into context. #1 the MFG's are not going to make the 2025 numbers. Yes they will continue to improve but the numbers were never realistic. The growth of the EV is much slower than anticipated and it will not be there to prop up the numbers enough. #2 The MFG also are in a global market so even if there are roll backs it may be for CAFE at best as they still have to meet other global regulations that are out there as well as California and the states that share the CARB numbers. #3 At least for once in along time the Automakers have someone that is actually willing to work with them and not someone dictating to them what they will and will not do with any consideration to the business side of the deal. This is how things should work where companies and government should come together and talk. They should work together in the best interest of the country and not drive agenda to where it become a burden on the economy. This has been what has been missing. No not every one will be happy as some will not get their ways all the time but you are going to have that. But in the end we will still improve the environment, we will improve the economy and we will improve the country for all. There is room for both sides here as you can grow an economy with out killing it with extreme regulations. As for the threats of taxes for imports and such. Trumps way to deal is make a big threat and work your way to a deal in the middle. The mans history is all about making deals and getting the best compromise for each side. It is his passion and drive to do deals. That is what we will see here. In the end everyone will own part of the solution and in the end everyone will feel like they won and the economy will be better off for it. This is no different than bartering at a flea market.

You never know till they are tested. I know when my Mother In-laws mother passed I thought she would crumble into a break down. Well she has been a pillar of strength. Her sister who I expected to be the Pillar has been the crumbling mess. She has had fits of depression and has been difficult on business decisions my mother in law has had to make. They turned out to be totally opposite. In my case being an only child has put a lot of burden on my wife and I but it also was a benefit as any decisions were just between us and my parents. My wife was the real hero. She had taken on the task of taking care of my parents and going over and above. When we sold out home and moved back to my childhood home it was tougher on her as she was living in a house my mother lived in for years and had limited space for her own taste. We added on and had our space but she was not wanting to change much to make my mom feel pushed out. We wanted to try to keep her at home as long as we could and we extended her time there by 2.5 years she would not have had. We only could have done it due to my wife and her sacrifice. Few would have done similar. I told her once we were there on our own the house is hers and we will do what ever she likes. We have been redoing things like the Kitchen and the like to give her the house she would like. Though when we dumped a ton on the Kitchen I told her I will be buying a Corvette in the future and keeping the Pontiac. I got a OK. I should have recorded it. LOL!