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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: claret1995 on April 23, 2009, 02:39:24 PM
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Gotta support them unions,well until we need to purchase a union made product .....
Then well you KNOW what is about to come
Is it just me or are new cars WAYYYYYYYY overpriced?
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-23-09 02:56 PM
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Is it just me or are new cars WAYYYYYYYY overpriced?
I was considering buying a new car (Chevy Malibu) but after doing some shopping and seeing the prices I am thinking...WTF?!
I would like to do my part to help American companies but dayum! I can not afford this!
I would think that if the prices were a little more reasonable...
Oh and BTW...a similar style Japanese car is in the same price range...go figure (no legacy or union costs...wtf is up with that?)
BUT BUT BUT IT IS UNION BUILT.CAN YOU HELP A UNION BRUDDER
ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-23-09 02:58 PM
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1. Yes, I'm very disappointed with the high prices of both the new Prius and Insights.
They're cost prohibitive for average working Americans.
Can't they make a hybrid and/or E car that is small and around $15,000 instead of $22,000?
It is that evil Cheney of Boosh or the Jews,
JANdad (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-23-09 03:04 PM
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6. I know...
It's not like I am shopping for a Caddy...it's a friggin Malibu!
My first house 10 years ago cost me 49000...a new car today is half that!
I would thing that if the govt really wanted to help the auto industry, they could subsidize the purchase of a new car...
Now you are getting in line,Taxpayer money from the union members,to you ,to the dealership,to the evil corporation
This is kinda a small fire but has some promise....because they are liars and idiots
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5519772
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Once again they want to take money from the wealthy to subsidize themselves and the union workers that build cars. If imported cars are about the same cost as American cars then why are more people buying foreign cars? Oh yeah, quality.
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So buying a foreign import is the way to go. Screw the unions.
BUT
Don't they hate NAFTA,Wal Mart etc etc.
Isn't the union the be all and end all.
:banghead:
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An interesting project idea.
Build your own electric car.
Buy an old non-working light vehicle.... a Miata maybe, strip out the motor, drive system and all. Put small electric motors in for each wheel, connected them to a limited battery system but connected that to a small gasoline generator. I'd love to see the MPG on that vs a gas engine running the car.
Hmm
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An interesting project idea.
Build your own electric car.
Buy an old non-working light vehicle.... a Miata maybe, strip out the motor, drive system and all. Put small electric motors in for each wheel, connected them to a limited battery system but connected that to a small gasoline generator. I'd love to see the MPG on that vs a gas engine running the car.
Hmm
Plenty of info on that idea already on the web, with sources for motors, deep-cycle batteries (though there are lots of plain lead-acid projects too) and charging circuitry. Doesn't make sense for me given the commuting distance I have, which also involves a lot of vertical change between start and end, but I'd certainly consider it if I had only 10 miles or so of fairly flat terrain to cover each way every day.
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true
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Bitchslapped for slipping through the cracks.
Welcome.
(possibly bitchslapped for having a labador as a avatar. That's more of a friendly slap on the back than a bitchslap, but it's not a hi-5 since it's a golden and not a black...er...I mean coloured lab).
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Bitchslapped for slipping through the cracks.
Welcome.
(possibly bitchslapped for having a labador as a avatar. That's more of a friendly slap on the back than a bitchslap, but it's not a hi-5 since it's a golden and not a black...er...I mean coloured lab).
Bitchslapped for not spelling Labrador properly. :tongue:
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Bitchslapped for not spelling Labrador properly. :tongue:
Awwwww SNAP! :popcorn: :lmao:
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Here's an idea for the Dummie... BUY USED! It's a much better option. I purchased a 1 year old vehicle from a car dealer... my car was only owned by the dealer itself, having been used as a loaner vehicle. About 10,600 miles, looked brand new, and only set me back $13,000 or so. This is for a red Mazda 6 (the "i" model). Oh noes, I bought a Japanese car... oh wait, what does that sticker on the side window say? oops, built by the UAW in Flat Rock, Michigan! :thatsright: :lmao:
I'm sure if the DUmmy did some actual research on Edmunds and AutoTrader, they could find a Malibu in their price range. Funny thing is, I was looking at the new Malibu too, but it was out of my price range... instead of bitching about it on a message board, I just kept my options open, looked elsewhere, and struck gold with my cute lil "rice burner." :p (my boyfriend's nickname for my car... jerkoff! :bird: )
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The new lumpenwagons should be out soon! It's a house and a car in one.
http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=5&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=1270a984dab8c806e9bb41cc13a24de1
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JANdad
My first house 10 years ago cost me 49000
$49K?!? Is that a house or a somewhat reinforced cardboard box?
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-23-09 03:04 PM
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I would thing that if the govt really wanted to help the auto industry, they could subsidize the purchase of a new car...
Dammit! If it weren't for the words "welfare", "help", "assistance", "benefits", or "subsidy", they wouldn't even HAVE a message board over there.
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$49K?!? Is that a house or a somewhat reinforced cardboard box?
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Remember DUmmies are out of sync with time so perhaps "10 years ago" in DUmmie time means something like 40 years ago to the rest of us? Skin's Island was formed from the collapsed mass of the hive intellect of ivory tower leftists which, I theorize, creates a time dilation effect whereby stuff that has appeared to have happened years ago to the rest of humanity is "news" to DUmmies.
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Remember DUmmies are out of sync with time so perhaps "10 years ago" in DUmmie time means something like 40 years ago to the rest of us? Skin's Island was formed from the collapsed mass of the hive intellect of ivory tower leftists which, I theorize, creates a time dilation effect whereby stuff that has appeared to have happened years ago to the rest of humanity is "news" to DUmmies.
Reasonable - it certainly explains how current events are somehow the last administrations fault.
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Remember DUmmies are out of sync with time so perhaps "10 years ago" in DUmmie time means something like 40 years ago to the rest of us?
Smoking dope all your adult life will do that to a person. The last time I saw a "house" for sale at that price, it was a doublewide wooden shack with a slab foundation ten miles outside of Murfreesboro, TN. If you work anywhere in Nashville, you would be looking at an hour commute on a good day. You could probably get a condominium ten years ago, but you would have been lucky to get a third bedroom.