Comments on: Daily Podcast: Tiswas Can’t Come Soon Enough

By: lfbowman11

lfbowman11 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:01:56 +0000

I own a Geo, mileage avg. is 50 mpg. You can buy a Toyota gas model that gets 37 mpg, it cost 12K and the Prius for 24K. Who would be brain dead enough to buy the Prius. Free gas for the first 100,000 miles. Then replace the batteries for another free 60,000 miles.
I have worked at car dealerships for 30 years, including Toyota stores. The Toyota car is not anymore reliable than the U. S. models. The first cars from Japan were simple vehicles. They developed their reputation from this starting point. Put on all the fancy options and they are all the same. They all use some of the same parts, assembled by the same people.
When you buy a foreign car the profit goes overseas. The profit is the future.

By: peteski

peteski — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:19:00 +0000

Three or six times a podcast – you mention a car post or an article post somewhere – how about linking what the hell you’re talking about in that paragraph somewhere – good idea?

By: GS650G

GS650G — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:13 +0000

Wow, tough crowd here.

I think Saturn was a great idea, but GM and the UAW destroyed the brand as well.

By: Joshvar

Joshvar — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:18:56 +0000

And start using Skype…or something else 21st century :)

-Listener #9

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:47:36 +0000

Ah, the Lola (my four-year-old) intercession. I certainly HOPE that’s what he means.

Yes. Turning to speak to someone else besides the other person in the podcast is…lame. :/ The bathroom reference is to isolate yourself from the environment…

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:36:54 +0000

Ah, the Lola (my four-year-old) intercession. I certainly HOPE that’s what he means.

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:29:53 +0000

I think he means the “Hold on, WHAT?”

By: Jordan Tenenbaum

Jordan Tenenbaum — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:53:08 +0000

BlueBrat :

Mr. Farago needs to lock himself in the bathroom when doing these podcasts.

Isn’t that what Bob Lutz would do?

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:49:21 +0000

BlueBrat :

Mr. Farago needs to lock himself in the bathroom when doing these podcasts.

Uh, how do you mean that?

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:47:55 +0000

Mr. Farago needs to lock himself in the bathroom when doing these podcasts.

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:14:59 +0000

For the record, I want a Pontiac El Camino.

If it comes with a clutch, I buy it.

By: Frank Williams

Frank Williams — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:22:38 +0000

The Spring Hill assembly plant is where they’re building the Chevy Traverse. Why they’re not building them at the Delta Township plant where they build the other three Lambdas is beyond me. There wouldn’t be any added workload because the bulk of Traverse sales will come from cannibalizing the other three.

Or maybe that’s GM’s plan. Once Traverse eats enough of the others’ sales, they’ll be able to cut production back enough to justify closing Delta Township and shift all production to Spring Hill where operating expenses are lower.