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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/14/2008 10:59:26 AM
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rayofson
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Where I live isn't very far from Detroit. The economy around here is dire. The car companies have been offering buyouts for years, and more recently there have been massive layoffs. The steel plants are laying off too. Just recently it has been in the news that a cement plant is closing. A friend of mine works there. 
Fortunately, my job is very secure and recession proof. Thank God.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/14/2008 7:52:40 PM
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Yeah but don't worry. It's gonna get worse.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/14/2008 8:54:26 PM
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Ninjaearth
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Greetings! I'm new here.....so, what do we gentlemen talk about in this nice garage?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/14/2008 11:52:38 PM
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   Gotta keep this here fire burnin'. Mr. Den. You seem to put great stock in "consumer reports". Well "I DUNT" as Ricky Ricardo said back in the 50's. It's a bunch of the back end of a horse--won't git specific.
"If you don't own Mopar--you don't have no-car."
Because unreliability is an all- encompassing car word--they will fault Chrysler on poor instrumentation, a mile or two less on gas, or some other stupid thing--but the "rice burners" and other cars have at least as many faults--ONLY more expensive to fix probably. Example: The old honda civic--so low roofline a North American baby had to bend over to get in(slight exaggeration). FORD: "fix or repair daily"--remember the old rust buckets? Try buying a starter, alternator, gas tank, etc. for a Nissan, Mazda, VW, Mercedes, Lexus, etc. You'll be bringing a suitcase full of $ to pay for it-- just like the tv. commercial for the guy filling the gas tank of his oversized Honda?? Ford, GM, truck??
Price out a starter for a domestic car--mutch cheaper.
Anyway gotta go.   
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/15/2008 11:09:29 AM
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Greetings! I'm new here.....so, what do we gentlemen talk about in this nice garage?
Anything you want to. The conversation is very fluid.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/15/2008 12:35:37 PM
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Ninjaearth
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Sounds good. I look forward to being part of the convos.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/15/2008 1:43:08 PM
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"If you don't own Mopar--you don't have no-car."
Mopar is good... the new German owned Krystler is nutting but junk. Sad, but we don't really have an "American" cars left. Much of Chevy is assembled in Mexico, Ford is in bed with Japan and Mazda, Chrysler is now Daimler (German) owned, etc... In this global economy, to be strictly brand loyal is as crazy as closing an ear to any teaching other than your own denomination. I buy what every I can get the best deal on when I need a new truck. Brand does not matter as they all now can easily archive well over 120,000 miles. So I guess I'm a Ford, Honda, Chevy, Dodge, Toyota man... have owned all them at one time or another in the past. 
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/15/2008 8:23:59 PM
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Being a part of the convos sounds like a prison term.
lol...I don't know any prison terms, but I guess it could. lol
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/16/2008 12:08:58 AM
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 OH! WE "dunt" no nuthin' up hear in ole heathen Canada.
Hope u aren't like the truck drivers up here. They buy a Ford Titan 6000 pounder to drive 1 person around all day--they stop at Tim Horton's(Starbucks) for a coffee & put it in the EMPTY rear cargo box and say " I'm a man--I got a truck--no liner needed--no scratches from a coffee cup!!! I'm gone--have a good sleep.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/16/2008 6:18:13 AM
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Chrysler is now Daimler (German) owned
Not anymore. Daimler had their way with Chrysler...raped them and took all their money. Then they sent them on their way.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/16/2008 6:36:34 AM
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my wife is a highly skilled learning disabilities teacher
I was diagnosed with severe dyslexia in the fourth grade. That was about 1970. The teachers were excited to find a real case of something they'd recently learned about its existance. Through grades four through eight, I went to a lot of special classes. Those specialized teachers were the best ones I've ever had. 
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/16/2008 8:48:50 PM
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I used to fascinate my friends by being able to read well upside-down. It wasn't much more difficult.
Chrysler is back to being their own entity, but they're looking for a buyer. Talks with Ford went for a while and I think they came to the conclusion that it just wasn't feasable. Talks with GM went quite well and GM was ready to green-light when they couldn't secure enough credit to make the deal.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/17/2008 9:39:06 AM
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Good thing GM didn't buy them out... they have been struggling for 10 years now, and the UAW would have eaten them a live with 2 major union shops. I honestly don't know how the auto manufactures will make it out of this mess, they'll be forced to go over seas where the unions can't financially bankrupt them. The gobment, unions, and other mandated cost on business is why I haven't grown my business or hired anyone else who isn't working as a sub-contractor. Just can't make it profitable with "employees".
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/17/2008 9:15:47 PM
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Ninjaearth
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Ah, cars. I'm still waiting to get my first one. I know the auto business is suffering terribly. I would like to see just how things go over time with all these bailouts.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/18/2008 10:59:13 AM
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rayofson
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Haven't decided what you want yet?
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/18/2008 5:37:47 PM
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Well, never really stayed in one place long enough to save up money and buy one. I haven't been that fortunate with resources and family background. But, given the transition I am in right now I am planning for my first by the end of the summer next year. I know the car I want, but my first one is going to be mostly someone's hand-me-down fixed up for a good price, just to get me around. I'd like an SUV or an Escalade; I like cadellacs alot and Blazers as well. Fun stuff!!!
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/19/2008 5:25:03 PM
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Ninjaearth
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At this point as long as it has a nice engine, working heat, and a working radio then I'll take it....and it must be dirt cheap at this point. The plan is to buy a car once I make my transition to Kansas in June so that way I can start off by having a car with my life there. So, I'm going to see how that goes when the time comes.
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RE: The Garage-come on in - 11/20/2008 10:17:29 AM
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Howdy, y'all.
I'm Jeff. I hope y'all don't mind a country boy droppin' in all unannounced and such. I just happened to wander in from Iraq and thought a garage was a much better place to hang my hat for a bit.
My Marines and I have been dealin' with a bunch of terrorist nonsense these days. We're kinda gettin' to wonder how the other half of the world is doin'. Really ain't much goin' on when you're stuck in the sandbox, but some garage chat sure sounds invitin'. Mind if I have a cup of that brew y'got a-brewin'?
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