Comments on: While America Slept. Saturday, November 22, 2008 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-november-22-2008/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:01:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: y2kdcar http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-november-22-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-976981 y2kdcar Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:16:17 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=162912#comment-976981 <em><strong>Just say no:</strong> Bernhard Mattes, chief of Ford Motor Co.’s German unit, would also make quick friends in DC. He says that Ford Deutschland can survive just fine, thank you, without a bailout from the German government, AP reports via Yahoo. Ford wouldn’t turn down a share of the loan package by the European Union, if offered. The consensus in Europe is the package is dead in the water, because it needs the consensus from the non auto making members. Dream on. And read on …</em> If I were Alan Mulally, Herr Mattes's name would be first on my list of salaried employees to be involuntarily terminated in December. Just say no: Bernhard Mattes, chief of Ford Motor Co.’s German unit, would also make quick friends in DC. He says that Ford Deutschland can survive just fine, thank you, without a bailout from the German government, AP reports via Yahoo. Ford wouldn’t turn down a share of the loan package by the European Union, if offered. The consensus in Europe is the package is dead in the water, because it needs the consensus from the non auto making members. Dream on. And read on …

If I were Alan Mulally, Herr Mattes’s name would be first on my list of salaried employees to be involuntarily terminated in December.

]]> By: rpn453 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/while-america-slept-saturday-november-22-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-976751 rpn453 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:24:41 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=162912#comment-976751 I'll never own a car without a spare tire. That slime crap only works in some situations, and makes a mess out of the tire. I’ll never own a car without a spare tire. That slime crap only works in some situations, and makes a mess out of the tire.

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