Comments on: While America Slept. Saturday, December 20, 2008 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-december-20-2008/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:11:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: 50merc http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-december-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1070182 50merc Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:21:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=193182#comment-1070182 "There are 117 days worth of Accords in the U.S. Even the Civic, which had waiting lists in September, now has a 90 day supply." Maybe that's why the local Honda dealer's storage lots appear to be jammed full. I wonder if they're still pasting $500 to $1000 additional dealer markup/wax job stickers on the windows. “There are 117 days worth of Accords in the U.S. Even the Civic, which had waiting lists in September, now has a 90 day supply.”

Maybe that’s why the local Honda dealer’s storage lots appear to be jammed full. I wonder if they’re still pasting $500 to $1000 additional dealer markup/wax job stickers on the windows.

]]> By: John Horner http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-december-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1069561 John Horner Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:28:46 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=193182#comment-1069561 "Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200b program" What kind of a crazy country do we live in where anyone in the financial industry can just knock on the door of the government and get money, yet manufacturing companies are put through the grinder for it? Not to say I'm in favor of car bailouts, but the disconnect between the way to two industries are treated is maddening. I guess bankers are just inclined to help each other while at the same time prescribing "hard medicine" to the poor fools who actually make stuff! “Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200b program”

What kind of a crazy country do we live in where anyone in the financial industry can just knock on the door of the government and get money, yet manufacturing companies are put through the grinder for it? Not to say I’m in favor of car bailouts, but the disconnect between the way to two industries are treated is maddening.

I guess bankers are just inclined to help each other while at the same time prescribing “hard medicine” to the poor fools who actually make stuff!

]]> By: SpacemanSpiff http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-december-20-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1069401 SpacemanSpiff Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:30:03 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=193182#comment-1069401 That's sad about the Toy-bar-oupe delay. Everytime I see a current or upcoming FWD car that halfway interests me, I think to myself: "How disapointed would I be if I bought that new Mazda3/ElantraTouring/Cube/Soul/etc and a year later Toy-baru come out with a 944/240SX succesor?" And the answer is always, <strong>REALLY UPSET!</strong> Now another year or more to wait means I may not be able to hold out that long... The 2000 A4 is getting a little long in the tooth. Note to Toyota & Subaru - I'm tall! Please please make sure that this car has 944 levels of headroom, do not emulate the 240SX on this! That’s sad about the Toy-bar-oupe delay. Everytime I see a current or upcoming FWD car that halfway interests me, I think to myself:
“How disapointed would I be if I bought that new Mazda3/ElantraTouring/Cube/Soul/etc and a year later Toy-baru come out with a 944/240SX succesor?”
And the answer is always, REALLY UPSET!
Now another year or more to wait means I may not be able to hold out that long… The 2000 A4 is getting a little long in the tooth.

Note to Toyota & Subaru – I’m tall! Please please make sure that this car has 944 levels of headroom, do not emulate the 240SX on this!

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