Auto industry

**liable** · 05-03-2009, 04:12 PM

Any one eles here getting effected from the downword spirl of the auto industry crashing

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:14 PM

Times are tough when Fiat are thinking of buying out GM.

**Matt** · 05-03-2009, 04:16 PM

No......

**T_Own** · 05-03-2009, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Damien_C

Times are tough when Fiat are thinking of buying out GM.

lol now that would be something.

no it doesn't affect me, if anything it will be helpful when i look for a new car this summer

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:22 PM

I'm not either as I'm not buying or selling. I generally just buy and not sell

**DSM4Life** · 05-03-2009, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by MAD MATT

No......

Repost...

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by T_Own

lol now that would be something.

no it doesn't affect me, if anything it will be helpful when i look for a new car this summer

They are didn't ya see the reports of them going to purchase them? Fiat want the plants and the dealer networks. To get back into the US market. And Fiat are in a good position as nearly every diesel engine made in Europe is built and designed by Fiat.

**T_Own** · 05-03-2009, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Damien_C

They are didn't ya see the reports of them going to purchase them? Fiat want the plants and the dealer networks. To get back into the US market. And Fiat are in a good position as nearly every diesel engine made in Europe is built and designed by Fiat.

no i don't meddle in it too much. it would take some serious reworking to get gm to make money again, but it would be nice to have some euro thinking over there (at gm)

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:34 PM

I love my Fiats but there Italians and well Italians are just mental. They do crazy things and business sometimes isn't the best thing they do or think thing through. But it will be exciting to see how they get on.

What you think of the F1 so far buddy?

***RAGE*** · 05-03-2009, 04:41 PM

nope, but I do feel bad for the ones that having to deal with the problems...

**liable** · 05-03-2009, 04:42 PM

Mi is going under,this has got to change quick
http://www.autonews.com/

**T_Own** · 05-03-2009, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Damien_C

I love my Fiats but there Italians and well Italians are just mental. They do crazy things and business sometimes isn't the best thing they do or think thing through. But it will be exciting to see how they get on.

What you think of the F1 so far buddy?

its ridiculous. my mclaren boys are getting shit on by their own engine and honda engineers haha. mclaren really put so much into making last year a big year for them, and it was amazing to watch, that they neglected putting enough effort into this years car. so i think this year will play out like its been going, but next year mclaren and ferrari should be back on top.

**jfalco** · 05-03-2009, 04:52 PM

Fix it again toney...

Geuss they had the last laugh. Didn't the deal between GM and Fiat go through already?

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:53 PM

Lol, Brawn is a genious. He did help MS to get everyone of his championship titles. So he has had a big thing to help the Brawn team ex honda to get along. But he has had a near on two year advantage over the rest of the field. And this KERS shit it a loada bollicks imo. Good season so far but Mclaren should be banned for lying to the stewards at a race.

But they will always come back like Ferrari. They are the back bone of F1 still is an exciting year. And the cars seem nice a twitchy

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by jfalco

Fix it again toney...

Geuss they had the last laugh. Didn't the deal between GM and Fiat go through already?

Fix It Again Tomrrow.

Nope it never went through, GM had to pay Fiat to get out of there deal.

**AandF6969** · 05-03-2009, 04:59 PM

Yep, I will never be buying another American-made car due to this whole bailout mess. They have enough of my support with their government loans.

**jfalco** · 05-03-2009, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Damien_C

Fix It Again Tomrrow.

My version has the added bonus of a racial slur.

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 05:15 PM

Lol, I know, It is one we use over here too. There is also **** it away today.

**mho** · 05-03-2009, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by liable

Any one eles here getting effected from the downword spirl of the auto industry crashing

Yes it sucks.

**T_Own** · 05-03-2009, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Damien_C

Lol, Brawn is a genious. He did help MS to get everyone of his championship titles. So he has had a big thing to help the Brawn team ex honda to get along. But he has had a near on two year advantage over the rest of the field. And this KERS shit it a loada bollicks imo. Good season so far but Mclaren should be banned for lying to the stewards at a race.

But they will always come back like Ferrari. They are the back bone of F1 still is an exciting year. And the cars seem nice a twitchy

banned is a little far fetched cause it was something so small too. the guy who told hamilton to do it got fired, and they lost a constructors point too, so i think thats bad enough. a few years ago they were found with a 750 page dossier on ferraris tech specs lol.. that season they were dropped from the constructors champ. and a 100 million dollar fine. so thats pretty serious right there.

but yeah, kers is pretty useless at this stage.

**DCI** · 05-03-2009, 05:55 PM

I know lol, And the man that gave them the Dossier was shot and rightly so in the eyes of an italian lol.

Ya I know but still would have made for a more entertaining season lol.

**DSM4Life** · 05-03-2009, 06:09 PM

**liable** · 05-03-2009, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by DSM4Life

wheres the phone???

**thecivilizedanimal** · 05-03-2009, 07:03 PM

i work for ford, we're doing alright ...

**jbm** · 05-03-2009, 07:45 PM

not affected no money to buy a car!

**CBGB** · 05-03-2009, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by AandF6969

Yep, I will never be buying another American-made car due to this whole bailout mess. They have enough of my support with their government loans.

GM and Chrysler took a bailout. Not Ford. Don't believe everything that the media tells you.

**CBGB** · 05-03-2009, 07:56 PM

I work for Ford.....kinda....Half of my building is hurting, the other is thriving.
Most of it because of the economy, not the company.

**AandF6969** · 05-03-2009, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by CBGB

GM and Chrysler took a bailout. Not Ford. Don't believe everything that the media tells you.

Yeah, I knew about that. Still probably wouldn't buy American.

**CBGB** · 05-03-2009, 09:35 PM

From the looks of it we may only have one option for "buying American" here shortly. Chrysler has not been an American company for years. If GM goes then all thats left is Ford.