FDjake,
“Positive (in his usual LET’S CHANGE THE SUBJECT when I’m getting my @ss handed to me way)”
Let me get this right, I change the subject??? :shocked Fdjake, this is what you are KNOWN for… I quote the actual posts TO keep it on topic of the post I am responding to… Look what happend when your were challenged to provide PROOF that I “outright lied”… as you have every other time you tried. you CHANGED THE SUBJECT…
With regards to “getting my @ss handed to me”, I’ll let others be the judge of that, we’ll just let you continue thinking that to appease your insecure mentality… :rolleyes (me thinks a little more projection on your part)… :biggrin
"The Goverment is giving out MONEY to REGULAR AMERICANS… "
No, the government is giving out money to SOME Americans, specifically, those who can AFFORD to buy a new car… low income (typically those with cash or credit problems) are NEGATIVELY AFFECTED by this program BECAUSE the government is destroying these cars making the USED Car market, the one these people buy from, MORE EXPENSIVE to the tune of 10-15%… So, not only do these people get to pay for the $4500 for people who CAN afford to buy a car, they get to pay MORE for the used car, and MORE for the financing of the used car…
So, instead of DESTROYING these cars, the government could JUST AS WELL, GIVE the cars to people who need them, ESPECIALLY those who use the excuse of not having transportation to get to work as a reason not to…
So, to quote a liberal mantra - “the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer”… All with Obama’s blessing…
“If ANYONE knows of a single person in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA that has taken their $12,000.00 2009 Mercedes SMART CAR to a local Mercedes Benz dealer and TRADED it in for the $4500,00 cash for clunkers gives them…”
Why would ANYONE trade in a 2009 Smart Car (which was most likely bought for fuel efficiency) they just bought, for another??? On top of this, they COULDN’T IF THEY WANTED TO, as it DOES NOT MEET THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS!.. :banghead
“Bama made the INCORRECT statement that the GOVERMENT wants to put people in DEATH TRAPS…”
No, he was correct as he was referring to SMALL CARS, which the government DOES want people to drive, and is structuring GM (government motors) to accomplish this under the auspice of fuel efficiency, but with that AUTOMATICALLY COMES the SAFETY concerns, as larger vehicles - SUV’s, Minivans, Construction Vehicles, Semi-Trucks, etc. are NOT going away…
“a SMALL new car is actually SAFER than the OLD big cars these people are driving”
While I love the technology and innovations that go into these vehicles, I’d take an SUV or Minivan over these SMALL cars any day of the week…
“CASH FOR CLUNKERS is getting people OUT of older BIG cars that get fewer miles per gallon, putting them in Smaller SAFER more FUEL efficient NEW cars”
The only problem with this argument Fdjake, is that there are still LARGER vehicles being sold… Not to mention industrial traffic which SHARE the roads with these smaller cars, and which will just increase over time… I’m not so much worried about me crashing as I am about the other guy crashing into me, and the SMALLER the vehicle I am driving, the likelyhood of me and family being killed or severely injured INCREASES, not decreases…
“The “smart car” Postive chose to post a picture of has been a sales DISASTER…”
Actually, CONSUMER REPORTS chose that pic for THEIR article… nice try… see for yourself…
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/04/iihs-crash-tests-show-car-size-matters.html
“They sold a few of them last summer when gas was $4.00/gallon…But…THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!!!”
Over for now. but creeping back up… I was paying $1.62/gal for gas a month before Obama took office, I am now paying $2.55/gal nine months later… that a 58% INCREASE, which puts at 63% of the $4.00 mark… From what I’ve read on this, oil is forecasted to go up to $85/$90 range in the next 6 months, so that will put gas at close to $3/gal…
“Unemployment levels are slightly improving month after month, the hourly work week is moving UP, New homes sales are UP, construction spending is UP,
consumer confidence is improving…”
Concumer confidence has FALLEN for the past two months, but I certainly hope things get better…
“If I were buying a car for my son or daughter here’s the short list of things I’sd want… A 5 star crash rating for… off set, side, and rear end collisions.”
Well, that negates the Ford Focus & Fusion… but the F150 (i.e. - the LARGER vehicle) received five stars for BOTH front and side impact…
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2008/12/2009-ford-f-150.html
as did Ford’s SUV’s (i.e. - the LARGER vehicle)…
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28911
Interesting how the SMALLER cars did not… So, get your kids a truck, minivan or SUV if you want to keep them the safest… and make it a FORD, not GM (government motors)…
One thing we’ll give you credit for FDjake, you called that Ford had the products in the pipeline… :beer