Oracle of Delphi

What you asked for was not a big deal. It was my pleasure to help! :AH-HA_wink: http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/naias/terra_naias.html

You sure you want to go with me? The person I was taking was going to give me some perks after the show! Besides, I thought BNL was there on the 18th not the 19th.

I can't be the lowest form of excrement known to man, the TURDRA is!

What does pop think of that, or better yet, mom? :rotflmao:

Screw those shows, come to Delaware we had our 1st one last year, at the Riverfront in Wilmington! :rotflmao:

I don't have a problem with the slogan, but why do I have it as an icon for C&G? I've only been here for 14 months. Seems longer to some of you, doesn't it? Time is a funny thing! TICK-TICK, :AH-HA_wink:

Weird on my Firefox for this site, I have the NBC Peacock and it says "Cheers and Gears Fresh Ideas for a Better GM" :rotflmao: It really does!

ocnblu, I have no words! I'm so sorry for you!

John K. Teahen Jr. Automotive News November 26, 2007 - 12:01 am ET I've read it in the newspapers; I've heard it on the radio; I've seen it on TV. It's great news, the best in years. But I don't believe it. The headlines say, "Detroit 3 back on track" and "New contract puts Detroit back in the ballgame." Not quite. Not by a long shot. I'm not knocking the new labor contracts. They're excellent, and they certainly will help General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC as they claw their way back toward respectability. The contracts cut Detroit's manufacturing, overhead and labor costs. I hope they will help GM, Ford and Chrysler overcome their staggering losses. But this is a sales business as well as a manufacturing business and a money business, and the new contracts will do nothing to help Detroit 3 sales. The companies must do that all by themselves. Sales success can be summed up in one word: Product. Product. Product. OK, three words, but you get the idea. GM's in the lead Product is the one thing that the Detroit 3, on the whole, do not have. General Motors is well on its way with the Chevrolet Malibu, Cadillac CTS, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook. And don't overlook the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. Neither will ever be a big seller, but halo/niche vehicles are mighty important. As we trailed a Sky down the freeway a few days ago, a friend remarked, "I sure never expected to see the Saturn name on a car like that." GM still has a ways to go, but it has made a good start. Turn to Ford and Chrysler, and the picture changes. The Dodge Avenger is doing pretty well. So is the four-door Jeep Wrangler. Forget the rest. Jim Press, you have work to do. Ford Motor can point to the Ford Fusion sedan and Edge crossover and the Lincoln MKX crossover. The rest of the fleet isn't much help. The ball is in your court, Jim Farley. For much too long, Ford has relied on the F-series pickup and the Explorer SUV. They still sell pretty well (the F series is the nation's leader), but the days of 900,000 F series and 400,000 Explorers are gone. Replacements for that volume? None at present. It brings us back to my favorite gripe: The Detroit 3 are in trouble because they quit on cars for a decade and a half; all efforts went to trucks. It was a good decision from a financial standpoint because trucks bring more profit than cars. But the market is switching back to cars, and most of the Detroit 3 are so far out in left field that they can hardly see home plate. Chasing the defectors Lead time compounds the problem. You can't just press a computer key and have a fine new fleet of cars on the road. It takes years and years. There's another extreme difficulty: winning back those who left your ranks during the who-needs-cars years. In 1987, the domestic cars of the Big 3 had 67.6 percent of the car market. In the first 10 months of this year, they had 37.9 percent of a market that was about 25 percent smaller. You'd be right if you said the Detroit 3 are barely a factor in the car market anymore. Where did all the Big 3 car owners go? That's easy. Chevy owners are driving Toyotas; Ford drivers are tooling about in Hondas; one-time Chrysler partisans have switched to Nissans and Mazdas. They like their Japanese cars, and it's hard as you-know-what to get them even to think of the brand they deserted. Any auto sales executive will tell you that winning back a defector is just about the toughest sales job in the world. Your car must be so much better than the competition's that the consumer just can't resist. At the moment, Ford and Chrysler have nothing like that. GM? We'll wait and see. I hear the question: Those Japanese cars aren't any better than the domestic models in style, quality, equip-ment. Why should they be so hard to unseat? Because they now have the owners, and that gives them a lot of points. When was the last time you heard a Detroit brand brag about owner loyalty? They don't talk about it because it isn't there. To regain market share, the Detroit 3 must beat the foreign cars on desirability. And that won't be easy.

To bad VW/Audi has the TT name locked up. I would love to have a Pontiac TT, as in TICK-TOCK! :AH-HA_wink:

Well she is a great asset as I climb that corporate ladder, especially at parties, she's great at small talk. Run into us with that wide collar of yours?

Trust me, you don't want any ties to GM, because then you would have ties to me! Oh and I love you 68, no matter what those other people say! :AH-HA_wink:

I don't drink hot drinks, I find they destroy the natural oils in your face and make you look twice as old as you are! :rotflmao:

Guess who I'm bringing with me NOS? No, it's not my Mother-In-Law either!

Are you refering to me Sir? I've been called way worse, just ask my Mother-In-Law!

Now what kind of surprise would that be for you young man? I bet you want to know what your Christmas presents will be too, don't you?

Oh, well if I had a choice, I don't think I would like to be adjusted mechanically. I would much prefer the hands on treatment!

This show will be here before you know it. Who's going? I will be there for the industry preview on on the 16th and 17th and I will also be there a couple of other days during the public show too. I will have my bullet proof vest on in case you Holden fans take a shot at me. LINK: http://www.naias.com/

I saw a Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic campus, is there a Sherman College of Gay Chiropractic campus? I actually thought about that when I saw the Straight sign!

Well I have a confession, when I drive now in the USA, if you own a foreign vehicle that is not badged as GM, I will not let you in my lane if you're trying to get over. Also If you drive a foreign vehicle that is not badged as GM I will not stop to help if you are broken down. Last Friday as I tooled around Spartanburg, SC, I came upon a broken down Tundra on the side of the road, I looked over at the guy, we made eye contact, I felt he wanted me to stop, but I drove on. I stuck to my new rule, no GM badge on your car, no help of any kind from me. I'm torn on this new policy of mine because it goes against my upbringing, I'm interested in what you would do. Would you do the same as I did, or would you stop to help him?

My understanding is that the "G" in G6 stood for Grand Am 6th generation. In any event I hate the G names.

The G8 will not come with HUD.

Well you can't ask for a nicer birthday than spending it with friends and family. How is your Grandma doing, I hope a little better at least. I told a friend here the other day about the deer hitting your vehicle and he told me that over where he lives a woman was driving her 2001 Firebird and a deer ran out in front of her, she it it, and the deer rolled up onto the hood and it's feet went trough the windshield, it then kicked the woman to death. What a horrible way to go. I'll keep your Grandma in my prayers, and yes I do pray!

Next time!