Comments on: Money can’t buy them love (or “how cash alone won’t cure Detroit”) http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/ I think I've got it Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:07:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: John http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-39 John Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:35:26 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=203#comment-39 I've always thought that too! The smallest should be excursion, then expedition! I’ve always thought that too! The smallest should be excursion, then expedition!

]]> By: ailec http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-38 ailec Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:40:03 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=203#comment-38 "...then the Expedition, then the ginormus Excursion..." . And while we're talking about cars, did it ever strike anyone else that it is bizarre that Ford named the larger vehicle "Excursion"? I mean, if I said to you that I was going on an Expedition, doesn't that sound more extensive than just a mere Excursion? :P “…then the Expedition, then the ginormus Excursion…”
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And while we’re talking about cars, did it ever strike anyone else that it is bizarre that Ford named the larger vehicle “Excursion”? I mean, if I said to you that I was going on an Expedition, doesn’t that sound more extensive than just a mere Excursion?

:P

]]> By: ailec http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-37 ailec Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:38:19 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=203#comment-37 hmmmm the url didn't quite work like I wanted, so here it is: http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car_news/honda_and_toyota_models_top_mpg_chart_car_news Car & Driver article, about fleet mpg. hmmmm the url didn’t quite work like I wanted, so here it is:

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car_news/honda_and_toyota_models_top_mpg_chart_car_news

Car & Driver article, about fleet mpg.

]]> By: ailec http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-36 ailec Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:37:12 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=203#comment-36 You know, sometimes companies go under. It happens. Or they re-organize. For awhile it seemed like there was always some airline doing this. I agree with you, it's a combination of things, the interplay of the big 3 telling "us" we needed SUVs, and the US literally buying into that. The unions, oh definitely the unions. The relatively-speaking lower price of gasoline in the US compared to foreign countries. Even things like the raising of the speed limits above 55 mph. Sure, you get places faster (and time is money in some cases), but trying to displace all that frontal mass of air gets significantly harder (if you've ever tried to ride a bicycle really fast, you get this idea quickly LOL). So, we raised the speed limit, to hell with the sucking sound of less efficiency of your auto's engine, and why not go for a larger car while you're at it to be "safer" at those high speeds, too? *sigh* . <a href="http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car_news/honda_and_toyota_models_top_mpg_chart_car_news" title="Car and Driver, Honda and Toyota Models Top MPG Chart" rel="nofollow"> I wish I knew how they come up with these fleet numbers... is it an average of just the various models per company? or is it adjusted for how many of each kind they sell? (and I hope that above url-y thing worked out :P ) You know, sometimes companies go under. It happens.
Or they re-organize. For awhile it seemed like there was always some airline doing this.
I agree with you, it’s a combination of things, the interplay of the big 3 telling “us” we needed SUVs, and the US literally buying into that. The unions, oh definitely the unions. The relatively-speaking lower price of gasoline in the US compared to foreign countries.
Even things like the raising of the speed limits above 55 mph. Sure, you get places faster (and time is money in some cases), but trying to displace all that frontal mass of air gets significantly harder (if you’ve ever tried to ride a bicycle really fast, you get this idea quickly LOL). So, we raised the speed limit, to hell with the sucking sound of less efficiency of your auto’s engine, and why not go for a larger car while you’re at it to be “safer” at those high speeds, too?
*sigh*
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I wish I knew how they come up with these fleet numbers… is it an average of just the various models per company? or is it adjusted for how many of each kind they sell?
(and I hope that above url-y thing worked out :P )

]]> By: Sharkey! http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/11/money-cant-buy-them-love-or-how-cash-alone-wont-cure-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Sharkey! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=203#comment-35 Meh. We've already let the electronics industry COMPLETELY go in America. Even Apple doesn't manufacture here anymore. Let Detroit go. Then we can support the whole state of Michigan on Welfare and Medicaid! Why do I hear a big giant toilet flushing everywhere I go these days? Meh.
We’ve already let the electronics industry COMPLETELY go in America. Even Apple doesn’t manufacture here anymore.

Let Detroit go. Then we can support the whole state of Michigan on Welfare and Medicaid!

Why do I hear a big giant toilet flushing everywhere I go these days?

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