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bones33 What would it take to make... 10-01-2007, 10:08 AM

McPatrick I don't think that small cars... 10-01-2007, 10:14 AM

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101mpg He stole my line. :D ... 02-27-2008, 07:57 PM

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jbum sometimes I wish there was a... 10-01-2007, 11:59 AM

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bones33 I think we all agree that... 10-01-2007, 12:38 PM

baddog671 Actually, there is a... 10-01-2007, 01:33 PM

Nerds laugh at me Marketing. Add the 'cool'... 10-01-2007, 12:07 PM

northboundtrain I think it is total bs to say... 10-01-2007, 01:44 PM

bones33 With the slow attrition of... 10-01-2007, 02:27 PM

itjstagame My thoughts exactly and to me... 10-02-2007, 12:30 PM

MorningGaser Sorry but I think you have it... 10-02-2007, 01:16 PM

SVOboy You can't just say something... 10-02-2007, 01:21 PM

MorningGaser Inappropriate language on... 10-11-2007, 07:39 PM

northboundtrain There is no doubt a segment... 10-02-2007, 06:29 PM

CoyoteX A rough idea of a... 10-02-2007, 06:58 PM

StorminMatt This is PRECISELY the kind of... 10-29-2007, 12:25 AM

2TonJellyBean In Canada, Mercedes sells the... 10-01-2007, 03:32 PM

VetteOwner i dunno my chevettes heater... 10-01-2007, 03:37 PM

VetteOwner well, way i see it is this:... 10-01-2007, 03:35 PM

Erdrick I personally think that the... 10-01-2007, 03:53 PM

trebuchet03 The Hummer is a symbol of... 10-01-2007, 04:28 PM

Nerds laugh at me So what would my Photoshopped... 10-01-2007, 04:46 PM

oneinchsidehop Coffee though nose to... 10-02-2007, 03:27 AM

rvanengen My $0.02 10-01-2007, 04:48 PM

cfg83 rvanengen - When I... 10-01-2007, 06:37 PM

GasSavers_Ryland Who was it that pointed out... 10-02-2007, 06:03 AM

Peakster I talked to a balloon pilot... 10-01-2007, 06:41 PM

jcp123 Better interior room Better... 10-01-2007, 07:11 PM

trebuchet03 They test both belted and... 10-01-2007, 09:28 PM

cfg83 trebuchet03 - Ok,... 10-01-2007, 10:16 PM

rvanengen True...that is what is... 10-03-2007, 01:31 PM

rvanengen And again...we just need some... 10-03-2007, 01:36 PM

trebuchet03 That is actually a really... 10-03-2007, 01:51 PM

trebuchet03 Sure, that's completely... 10-02-2007, 12:26 PM

swng IMHO,the Toyota Yaris is... 10-02-2007, 01:35 PM

VetteOwner thast the problem right there... 10-02-2007, 07:36 PM

trebuchet03 New Beetle... For people that... 10-02-2007, 07:46 PM

SVOboy Somehow I always saw you as... 10-02-2007, 08:50 PM

Mike T I've always driven small... 10-02-2007, 07:57 PM

VetteOwner lol see i couldnt buy one,... 10-11-2007, 07:51 PM

Mike T Couple times a day sometimes,... 10-13-2007, 11:07 AM

trebuchet03 Two wheels and a crank...... 10-11-2007, 08:11 PM

VetteOwner LOL now i learned at a young... 10-11-2007, 08:19 PM

omgwtfbyobbq Ya just need the right tires.... 10-12-2007, 08:36 AM

trebuchet03 Or just get rid of one of... 10-12-2007, 08:39 AM

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Snax Like these! I have no... 10-13-2007, 03:29 PM

WisJim I would only consider a new... 10-12-2007, 08:03 AM

omgwtfbyobbq Haha! I remember that. IIRC,... 10-12-2007, 08:42 AM

ffvben my wife likes the big trucks... 10-13-2007, 09:03 AM

DarbyWalters DIESELS with torque...good... 10-13-2007, 11:33 AM

Colby I love the mileage of my '82... 10-13-2007, 12:17 PM

Snax I start feeling physically... 10-13-2007, 03:24 PM

DarbyWalters You are much safer breathing... 10-15-2007, 10:06 AM

Colby Gas at $6 or $7 a gallon. ... 10-13-2007, 11:58 AM

thisisntjared huh??? 10-13-2007, 01:17 PM

1993CivicVX Aren't small cars really... 10-13-2007, 03:26 PM

1993CivicVX Yaris does 0-60 in 10.8... 10-13-2007, 05:17 PM

omgwtfbyobbq It's a bigger car that has to... 10-13-2007, 11:32 PM

northboundtrain Does anyone know roughly the... 10-14-2007, 06:16 AM

MorningGaser Lets bring truth to your... 10-15-2007, 09:06 AM

brucepick Re. the 4'11" woman driving a... 10-13-2007, 03:44 PM

bowtieguy "What would it take..." a... 10-13-2007, 04:13 PM

Snax I disagree with that last... 10-13-2007, 04:42 PM

bowtieguy key words: MIDDLE CLASS ... 10-13-2007, 05:05 PM

SL8Brick My automotive requirements... 10-25-2007, 07:42 AM

VetteOwner lol boo automatic!:D 4... 10-25-2007, 12:52 PM

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rvanengen Call your congress... 10-14-2007, 05:57 PM

Snax Oh, and not to ignore... 10-13-2007, 04:47 PM

VetteOwner lol my ol 27 year old 1.6 L... 10-13-2007, 10:31 PM

Mike T Yeah, offering a new old... 10-13-2007, 10:53 PM

VetteOwner hehe id buy one! i dunno why... 10-14-2007, 06:09 PM

brucepick I gotta hand it to beatr911. ... 10-14-2007, 02:44 AM

Snax One thing that is likely to... 10-14-2007, 05:51 AM

Snax All I'm going to say is that... 10-14-2007, 08:17 PM

SVOboy I wouldn't consider CO2 an... 10-15-2007, 10:48 AM

omgwtfbyobbq Yeah... But the problem w/... 10-15-2007, 11:32 AM

rh77 "Take the Bus and Forget all... 10-15-2007, 12:13 PM

SVOboy Oh no, I wasn't bashing... 10-15-2007, 12:07 PM

omgwtfbyobbq Well ya, 2 stokes are worse... 10-15-2007, 12:25 PM

slurp812 Um, I don't post #'s for my 2... 10-15-2007, 12:56 PM

cfg83 SVOboy - Can you... 10-15-2007, 02:51 PM

DarbyWalters PM (Particulate Matter) and... 10-15-2007, 03:32 PM

SVOboy I'm being lazy and grouping... 10-15-2007, 03:53 PM

SVOboy Interesting...I read a thing... 10-15-2007, 12:19 PM

cfg83 SVOboy - I don't think... 10-15-2007, 02:49 PM

rvanengen It is kinda difficult to... 10-15-2007, 06:09 PM

rh77 Sucks! 10-15-2007, 06:27 PM

SVOboy It was just an anecdote... 10-15-2007, 06:13 PM

rvanengen That is one of the key points... 10-15-2007, 06:40 PM

rvanengen All that being said...let me... 10-15-2007, 07:02 PM

SVOboy I remember when they were... 10-15-2007, 06:36 PM

Snax I think #6 would make the... 10-15-2007, 07:17 PM

rvanengen perhaps add another item... ... 10-15-2007, 07:30 PM

bobc455 I have only scanned this... 10-17-2007, 12:25 PM

2TonJellyBean Well, if the rationale is to... 10-17-2007, 03:44 PM

Snax I love this idea, but likely... 10-17-2007, 04:26 PM

bowtieguy beatr911, heck of thread... 10-17-2007, 04:45 PM

VetteOwner yea i dont liek CR.... 10-17-2007, 08:08 PM

2000mc sounds alot more cohersed... 10-15-2007, 07:43 PM

rvanengen Well...ok, maybe the $1m per... 10-16-2007, 05:07 AM

bzipitidoo Quality. American... 10-16-2007, 06:54 AM

VetteOwner ok i have the slowest of the... 10-16-2007, 03:26 PM

omgwtfbyobbq Babelfish,... 10-17-2007, 12:11 AM

2TonJellyBean theclencher, if it weren't... 10-17-2007, 06:20 PM

rh77 My shift to Imports was... 10-17-2007, 07:21 PM

omgwtfbyobbq I find it offensive to my... 10-17-2007, 11:42 PM

rvanengen Heck...I find it offensive to... 10-18-2007, 06:07 AM

Snax Allot of the trouble with... 10-18-2007, 06:15 AM

bzipitidoo Some small domestics are... 10-18-2007, 05:05 PM

rvanengen I have known two people... 10-19-2007, 08:11 AM

bowtieguy Snax, this is precisely... 10-21-2007, 01:21 PM

SVOboy Not to beat a dead economic... 10-21-2007, 01:28 PM

Snax While I can understand the... 10-21-2007, 06:48 PM

rvanengen Renting a large vehicle when... 10-21-2007, 08:23 PM

bowtieguy SVOboy, on the contrary,... 10-21-2007, 02:11 PM

bowtieguy Treb, nice one! seems... 10-21-2007, 02:34 PM

trebuchet03 Trying to find middle ground... 10-21-2007, 02:53 PM

bowtieguy wonder how many people are in... 10-22-2007, 01:06 PM

rvanengen <begin rant> Well...the... 10-22-2007, 05:15 PM

omgwtfbyobbq Bullet control!... 10-22-2007, 05:26 PM

bowtieguy thank you and well said.... 10-23-2007, 12:32 PM

theclencher mebbe yoo shouda kept it... 10-22-2007, 10:15 PM

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bowtieguy clencher, you could NOT... 10-23-2007, 12:38 PM

yellowtail3 BS. Shared some design... 02-27-2008, 07:16 PM

VetteOwner i dunno my dad had an 82.... 10-18-2007, 05:48 PM

skewbe It's probably because Dad... 10-18-2007, 07:36 PM

StorminMatt Want to sell more small cars?... 10-18-2007, 09:56 PM

1993CivicVX Oh come on, everyone knows... 10-20-2007, 05:39 AM

mcouture To make small cars more... 10-20-2007, 08:04 AM

rvanengen Correct! There needs to be... 10-20-2007, 10:03 AM

VetteOwner hehe buicks are some of the... 10-20-2007, 12:33 PM

mcouture I personally believe there is... 10-20-2007, 01:01 PM

rvanengen I think the barrier you are... 10-20-2007, 02:16 PM

bowtieguy do not mean to jack this... 10-20-2007, 04:34 PM

omgwtfbyobbq If by way over you mean... 10-20-2007, 04:56 PM

bowtieguy thanks. 29 to 34(5mpg... 10-20-2007, 05:14 PM

brucepick Yeah, as someone else said,... 10-21-2007, 11:18 AM

omgwtfbyobbq Mine locks at the same engine... 10-20-2007, 05:34 PM

theclencher i would love to see a big 3.8... 10-20-2007, 05:55 PM

omgwtfbyobbq *cough*4300 w/ a T56*cough*... 10-20-2007, 06:26 PM

theclencher yes! i wuz thinking of the... 10-20-2007, 06:29 PM

omgwtfbyobbq I think the trans out of a... 10-20-2007, 07:05 PM

Snax It's my belief that the only... 10-21-2007, 08:40 AM

theclencher too bad that for most... 10-21-2007, 10:16 AM

trebuchet03 OR, the way it worked in... 10-21-2007, 02:23 PM

Three6Eight I think if gas hit $5 a lot... 10-22-2007, 12:50 AM

theclencher https://www.cbsnews.com/stories... 10-22-2007, 09:08 AM

trebuchet03 Why make such a car if... 10-23-2007, 10:32 AM

rvanengen New car sales are already... 10-23-2007, 05:32 PM

2TonJellyBean It's sad to say, but in order... 10-24-2007, 04:33 AM

skewbe Please just try and be open... 10-23-2007, 03:59 PM

bowtieguy i believe Telco, like myself,... 10-24-2007, 02:14 PM

skewbe I don't love the earth for... 10-26-2007, 04:30 AM

bowtieguy was going to argue the... 10-26-2007, 01:33 PM

2TonJellyBean bowtieguy, if we didn't have... 10-23-2007, 04:14 PM

trebuchet03 I'm not talking about a flat... 10-24-2007, 05:49 AM

rvanengen That is an increase in the... 10-25-2007, 07:51 PM

trebuchet03 Link us up to that study... 10-25-2007, 09:06 PM

rvanengen Original quote had a link to... 10-25-2007, 09:30 PM

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brucepick Snax made a good point:... 10-24-2007, 08:17 AM

bowtieguy Randall, you can't go... 10-24-2007, 02:24 PM

ajohnmeyer In a nationwide survey this... 10-24-2007, 07:28 PM

bowtieguy this just affirms my point... 10-25-2007, 06:50 AM

rvanengen Well...you could already say... 10-25-2007, 07:41 PM

csrmel small cars will never be... 10-24-2007, 07:49 PM

rh77 I have to chime in... 10-24-2007, 09:13 PM

trebuchet03 Additionally, if we (as a... 10-25-2007, 12:42 PM

bowtieguy excellent point! also, we... 10-25-2007, 06:55 AM

Snax bowtieguy has me thinking... 10-26-2007, 06:19 AM

rvanengen DING DING DING!!! Give the... 10-26-2007, 09:14 AM

trebuchet03 This is very true... but... 10-26-2007, 10:50 AM

skewbe Problem is that tarrifs are a... 10-26-2007, 10:00 AM

rvanengen Basically, the right of one... 10-26-2007, 10:02 AM

trebuchet03 The justification? It let... 10-26-2007, 10:56 AM

cfg83 trebuchet03 - Doesn't... 10-26-2007, 12:25 PM

trebuchet03 There's a lot of Free trade... 10-26-2007, 03:46 PM

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cfg83 ajohnmeyer - 110%... 10-28-2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SVOboy

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You can't just say something like that either way. There is much more too it than can be summed up in one sentence, and anyone who tries to talk about such relationships and pretends to know the answer is likely full of crap anyway...

Inappropriate language on your part...go take a marketing class, then we can talk, and agree ;-)

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