[Rhodes22-list] Bob Skinner's Car, Elle's buttons

[Brad Haslett]

John,

The guy who brought Yugos to the US is behind the deal to bring the Chery to
the US (Chinese car).  I sat in one at the Dalian car show two years ago.
Not bad!  It never ends.

Brad


On 9/9/07, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> yugos??
>
> Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:  Ed,
>
> Look at the VIN number on your Focus. Correct me where I'm wrong but I
> believe yours was built in Mexico. The new ones are built in Wayne,
> Michigan. Honda builds cars in Ohio, Hyundai in Alabama, Toyota -
> everywhere in the US, Isuzu in Indiana, BMW in South Carolina, Mercedes
> Benz
> in Alabama, Nissan in Tennessee and Mississippi, Ford, GM, and Chrysler
> all
> over the world - the list goes on and on. The nameplate on a car is almost
> meaningless as to where the car is actually built. They all buy parts from
> China and elsewhere. I'm both a union member and a die hard conservative
> and mostly vote Republican as long as they support conservative causes.
> Even
> UAW members recognize that they have to compete in the world markets and
> Dems can't protect them from reality. Welcome, everyone, to the 21st
> century! Remind me what cars the Islamofascists build?
>
> Brad
>
> On 9/9/07, Tootle wrote:
> >
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > As a known Democrat, how can you consider any car not made by your labor
> > union brothers? That leaves only the Ford Focus.
> >
> > By chance, I have a '05 Ford Focus. It is an o.k. car. It meets many of
> > your requirements. Trunk is roomy. But the towing requirement I
> > question.
> > It is only a little 4 cylinder motor and when I go to the North Carolina
> > Mountains, such as yesterday, it is definitely underpowered going up N.
> C.
> > Hwy 215. You need to test drive any car you buy going from Rosman, NC to
> > the Blueridge Parkway.
> >
> > Attached is a picture from Mt Hardy (6110') looking at the Devil's
> > Courthouse just off Blue Ridge Parkway. That gray line between the Court
> > House and the mountain just to north is the Parkway. Come on down home
> > rather than go to foreign lands.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p12579072/Mount%2BHardy%2Blooking%2BDevil%2527s%2BCourt%2BHouse.JPG
> > Mount+Hardy+looking+Devil%27s+Court+House.JPG
> >
> > Elle:
> >
> > Your button's contained improper language. Just because you are going to
> > the Pope in Italy to ask pardon for you sin's does mean that you are
> free
> > to
> > use bad language.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
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