Good Or Bad? Almost All Of Obama's Automotive Task Force Members Drive Imports

maybe not imports, still not american.

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 11:19:25 PM | | Votes: 1   

A person can drive a 50k or a 100k or more car and not be a car peson or even care. If a person is well off then 50k may be pretty low end. I sell cars at an upscale dealer and there are plenty of people who drive cars some of us woudl kill for and they could care less to them it is point a to point b.

and yes I have spelling and grammatical errors.. and no I dont care its because I'm lazy not because I cant. :)

— chris357 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 2:01:57 PM | | Votes: 0   

NItePhire,

You are absolutely correct. This whole auto-mess has shown America the ridiculous ignorance of the people we call congress. Senators/Congressmen sat there and lambasted the automakers with B.S. from 20 years ago, having not actually seen a domestic since 1983.

The lady who said she doesn't really care about cars (after admitting to having the Lexus SUV) is just saying that as a defence mechanism, now that people are starting to demand everyone walks-the-walk, instead of just talking-the-talk. It's just like the people who drive foregin cars but immediately say "but it's American b/c it's built in USA". If that's the case, then BMW/Mercedes wouldn't build their cars here.... people don't buy BMW/Mercedes because they're "american".

Glad to see the panel consists of bean counters, politicians, eco-nuts, and no one who actually understands the real complexity of the auto industry. It will be good to see how they figure out how to make GM/Chrysler profitable in the face of ridiculous fuel economy regulations(cough**cough**cough.... i mean CO2 "pollution"). Ha, we'll see how that goes!

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 4:59:01 PM | | Votes: 2   

Had nothing to do with republicans...... Its what people wanted. The democrats just want you to feel quilty about being a consumer. Liberalism is a mental dissorder

— bfghemicuda (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 6:38:24 PM | | Votes: -1   

not to defend bush in ANY way, but the voter/consumer wasn't willing to overtly be told what they can drive. if any politician had suggested a gas tax that would make these vehicles unreasonable to consumers, they would never be re-elected. suppose a gas tax was implemented in the late 90's when i was feeding my pushrod 350" v8 $0.89/gal gas. this was around when the suv craze got out of hand.

if there was incentive then for detroit to make even SLIGHTLY more efficient vehicles, they may be in a far better position right now. yes, i'm suggesting this tax may have helped prevent american tax payers from having to bail out detroit.

how much sooner would our economy recover from the housing flop if the bumbling big three weren't also in need of a hand?

the economy was clearly diminished in july of 08', and as a small business owner dependent on seasonal revenue, the $4.50/gal gas this past summer was a shot to the gut. it never had to happen in the first place though.

i understand oil speculators were a factor in driving up prices, but a more efficiently operating society would be less affected by the price, thus not allowing it to skyrocket in the first place.

the big 3 were seeking profits. as long as we as a society want to champion free market principals, we must have the social maturity to pay greater attention to the consequences of our buying habits.

— 1995e34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 4:27:25 PM | | Votes: 3   

No, what killed (and still killing) Detroit was overly zealous regulations (face it, if the ecos would chill out & be reasonable there would be little need for lobbyist), de-regulation of energy (oil speculation), no energy policy (gas tax), and a completely wide open market, unlike any other auto-producing nation on earth.

So it's the right wingers who destroyed fuel economy?!?!?!?! Maybe you forgot, your messiah Barak Obama had a Chrysler 300C with a Hemi (before it was politically incorrect of course).

Not only that, you posted on an earlier post(http://www.autospies.com/news/2010-Chrysler-300-and-Jeep-Grand-Cherokee-unveiled-in-viability-plan-41145/)
That your dad went out and bought and SUV. This from the guy who sits here and points his environmental finger at everyone.

I bet you're just like the rest of the California environmentalists, put a solar panel on the house, get out there & lobby/protest, causing pains/panic amongst automakers but don't mind having a 2000sq meter house with a ferarri and an Lexus LS460 (since the europeans and Japanese are so much more advanced than their domestic counterparts and so much more efficient). Then, while sitting in your vast swimming pool you get angry when you see a commercial for the Escalade on your 72inch TV.

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 4:52:38 PM | | Votes: 2   

Well I'd rather have him and his freaks in office than a redneck SOB.

— _43LE (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 10:49:25 PM | | Votes: 2   

All of congress & their staff should have Big3 vehicles at their disposal (meaning the have to drive them). Then theyd see how ignorant most of their comments were this past November.

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 6:58:06 PM | | Votes: 1   

yes, I believe he had an LS430.

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/23/2009 11:18:41 PM | | Votes: 1