<![CDATA[Comments from thatguy01]]> <![CDATA[Comments from thatguy01]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on The Junked Cars Of Limerick, Maine]]> If the title and the badges match the grille, the Vega Panelwagon is a Monza, after rusted fenders and the Vaporizin' 2300 poisoned the Vega name good and hard.

The good news is that the Imp will not go straight from here to the crusher. The bad news is that it will go to a demo derby first.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Which Dead US Automotive Nameplates Should Remain Buried?]]> @bzrchero GT: Edsel went two for four with its model lines:

"Pacer" and "Citation": fail

"Ranger": still in play

"Corsair": incomplete (US only)

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Which Dead US Automotive Nameplates Should Remain Buried?]]> Love the Sniff Petrol reports from the DEE-troit Auto Show:

"Yeah, we got trucks, and we also got some shit that faggots might like, when they aren't taking it up the ass from a spotted owl."

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Which Dead US Automotive Nameplates Should Remain Buried?]]> @biminitwst: Patrician, Clipper, and Caribbean? Dynamite names.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on F1 Chief Max Mosley Doesn't Like Nazi-Themed Sex Parties After All]]> @Shakεy: [Any amount of any foreign currency] is a lot of American money, except in Zimbabwe.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on 1970 Chevrolet Impala]]> @Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity: '71 E-bodies were the last til the FWDs.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Which Dead US Automotive Nameplates Should Remain Buried?]]> @Mad_Science: GM got even with those ancestors by designing the Aztek so one look gives you small pox.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on One Ford: Way Forward Or Way Too Late?]]> @max-hiding-in-the-forrest32: The Malibu has a little bit of the Jetta "Now let's draw straight lines from the rear door to the back bumper." Which is weird, because the Jetta looks that way because it's a US-oriented variation of a car that the ROTW prefers as a hatch. But the cross-section of the Malibu's trunk still has a million-dollar look, IMO, even if the detailing is bland.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on One Ford, Explained: Jalopnik's Ford Announcement Cheat Sheet]]> @UDMan: The question is what the former truck buyers will drive. They aren't gonna start walking. Will they sign new paper at the same store where they turn in their leases, or will they walk next door and switch to Camrys? They might objectively consider a Sonata, if you take off all the slanty-H badges, but they will not buy Rios, and they will not buy cars that say, "I fucked up, and now I'm poor."

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on One Ford: Way Forward Or Way Too Late?]]> @danio3834: Even if fuel prices crash, new personal-use trucks will stay in the dumper because of low resale/residual and clean lease returns.

Like the housing market, it will take several years to clear the pipeline, and banks may never believe in truck residuals again. On a three-year lease, $6K in residual ~= $200/mo.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on A Word On The Blacks And Mongolians Story...]]> We'll take the blacks and Mongolians, but not the Irish.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on 50 Year Old Nancy Lieberman Coming to a WNBA Court Near You]]> "He lives in a condominium in Dallas Texas with Nancy Lieberman!"

/Mahorn'd
//Phranc'd

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on 1970 Chevrolet Impala]]> @beercheck: It's what we live for, because girls don't want to hear about it, or see all those cool model airplanes we've built.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on BREAKING! Ford Reports $8.7 Billion Net Loss For Second Quarter 2008, Bringing Six European Small Vehicles Stateside]]> @ViergangFuchs: Still betting on Ford's big comeback with the buyers who are holding out for the 2009 F-150?

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Commenter Of The Day: Gotta Have Priorities Edition]]> @Van Sarockin: Or a little red bruise, depending on the source.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on One Ford, Explained: Jalopnik's Ford Announcement Cheat Sheet]]> @htrodblder: The exchange rate makes importing into the US effectively impossible for workaday cars today.

In fact, it would be really sweet if we could take advantage of the dollar=peso exchange rate to use the excess US capacity of the Detroit 3, but the rest of the world won't buy Eddie Bauer Crew Cabs.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on One Ford: Way Forward Or Way Too Late?]]> It could work. And it's the only option anyway, because the market for new trucks as personal transportation is dead until all the existing leases expire and the lease returns are resold. 2012 at the earliest. Ford would bleed out before 2012.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on 1970 Chevrolet Impala]]> @beercheck: The fuselage cars in 71 had a different chassis.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on 1970 Chevrolet Impala]]> @goatrope: The broken engine mounts/jammed throttles started with new body/chassis in 65, and lasted through the end of this generation in 1970.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> Someone was looking at the Hot Wheels catalog.

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]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Please Refrain From Soiling The Spirit Of The Olympics With Your Hirsute Homosexuality]]> @Methodology: Ironically, they're flipping a pancake to decide which one gets you.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Guy, Yes, Maybe, Guy, Guy (Your Results May Vary)]]> @Napoleon's Battle Plan: UCLA, or girls?

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Bill Gates Buys Stake In AutoNation, Plans To Become Used Car Salesman]]> IIRC, the pic of Gates getting into the Focus is from a mock documentary about his last day at work.

Aside from the joke of him clearing his desk into a cardboard box and getting into his modest car, most of the jokes are about Bill looking for something new to do and getting the brushoff from Bono, Jon Stewart, etc.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on First 2009 Corvette ZR1 Rolls Off Assembly Line To Thunderous Media Silence]]> @NovaloadMissesPolar: If elected, he has promised to learn to use OnStar.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on A Tatra T87 History Lesson From Professor Leno]]> @marc2068: "a Ford Festiva with a Taurus SHO engine amidship.An American R5)"

...built from a Korean car with a Japanese engine.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @LandofMinos, I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it: GM already made that happen with the Dustbuster vans.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @P161911: IIRC, Saabs are off the employee plan now because of the exchange rate.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Mercury To Become Ford's Saturn, Jill Wagner Celebrates]]> @charles_barrett: You've just outed Jim Rome, bro.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @Van Sarockin: GM stuck with the El Camino until the end of the G-body (RWD A-body) production. It sold well enough to continue, but not to retool or have a dedicated manufacturing line. The El Camino became redundant because of cheaper smaller trucks and luxurious bigger trucks, and no direct competition from Ranchero.

It's a lot like what happened to the Camaro. Except for racers, Camaro buyers switched to trucks.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Here In California, We're Crushin' Thunderbirds!]]> @charles_barrett: You should see what Ms Martin can do with a Volvo.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @Rock517: For what it was, the GTO was reasonably priced. But the Mustang was thousands cheaper and served the same market.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @Rock517: The GTO was mostly built in Aussie dollars, but sold in American dollars. From the announcement of the GTO in 2002 to the introduction in 2004, the US dollar lost about 30 percent of its value in Australia.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Top Gear Unveils "Throne Of Gratitude," Honors UK Anti-Speed Camera City Councilman]]> The best part about the local traffic circles is treating them as a triple apex.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Ten Worst Things Automakers Do To Make Their Cars Seem Cheap]]> @Stuntdriver: If I were choosing a powered (centralized) feature, windows would be near last, ahead of seats. Power mirrors are very easy and quick to adjust precisely, esp while you're moving. They're esp important for adjusting the right hand mirror.

I'd also choose power (centralized) locks before windows, except in a very tight car like a Miata. Eliminating the window crank from the footwell is a plus in a tight car, esp if you can reach the right hand lock button while belted in the driver's seat.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Mercury To Become Ford's Saturn, Jill Wagner Celebrates]]> Maybe Ford should draft architectural plans for easily remodeling Hummer dealerships to L-M.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Mercury To Become Ford's Saturn, Jill Wagner Celebrates]]> Fine concept. The weak link is the L-M dealer body, and who can blame them? Mercury has smelled like death for years.

If the chains that sell cars in big cities can be persuaded that Mercury will give them hot products in two to four years, they should be able to plan for storefronts.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Ten Worst Things Automakers Do To Make Their Cars Seem Cheap]]> @HurtsSoGood: Yeah, I've been involved with projects that had a priceleader designed only for lowball advertising.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on Ten Worst Things Automakers Do To Make Their Cars Seem Cheap]]> @mytdawg: Yeah, but at least you were branded with a cool car name: MG

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @SeanKHotay: The need for modern drivetrains was a symptom of the end of the Gladiator Wagoneers, not the cause. It was a low-volume, expensive, Range Rover-type status car, but it didn't share parts with other Chrysler products. Chrysler had already postponed the ZJ Grand Cherokee because they needed to invest in the crown jewels, the minivans. And after the ZJ, they needed a competitive passenger car (the Intrepid and Concorde). And they needed a competitive full-size truck.

From an investment perspective, modernizing the Gladiator was about the same as investing in the Corvette.

]]> <![CDATA[thatguy01 commented on How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck]]> @Tanshanomi: She's the lucky one on the inside. It's everyone else who suffers.

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