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Old 06-11-2024, 03:31 PM   #151
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Default Re: Ford CEO - Americans need to “get back in love” with small cars

At present - West Coast beginning counting - it's looking like Trump will win US election

That will throw cat amongst pigeons of EV policy in the states.
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Old 06-11-2024, 04:43 PM   #152
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I'm gonna LOL my chops off I tell you if so.
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Old 07-11-2024, 07:21 AM   #153
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Start chuckling cos here's the day 1 agenda and it can be done by executive order:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxc04ZO7ufA&t=229s

Wildcard is Elon getting close to Donny, Tesla will probably get special treatment.
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Old 07-11-2024, 08:56 AM   #154
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its a damn mighty HOOT !
What a friggin win - Elon made the call long call ago backing the horse he knew would agree making a special under the table agreement no doubt about it.
Never know what it is but you can bet his brand will have Import protection of some kind and other EV competitors not.
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Old 07-11-2024, 09:38 AM   #155
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Yep it might be tied to 'so long as you build it in America'.

They're going to drill on day 1.

Also, this win is bigger than the 1980 Reagan win apparently - look what happened to all the late 1970s green tech developed under Carter, and what happened with oil, when that occurred.
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Old 07-11-2024, 11:29 AM   #156
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In the end Farley's still an Idiot!
Still talking crap about how good EV sales are while repurposing a plant in Canada from building EV's to F350's & shutting down another shift for EV's in Michigan
Never seen a CEO with less vision
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In the end Farley's still an Idiot!
That idiot is getting paid a lot more than you.

Who’s the idiot ?
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That idiot is getting paid a lot more than you.

Who’s the idiot ?
So does the average onlyfans 'model' on the Gold Coast, quest is probably going to still be in his job in 12 months where as Jim Farley will be ousted and onto his next company to ruin because Ford CEO's never seem to go the distance before being replaced

if we determine whose an idiot by income then that puts this entire forum somewhere below that Mensa candidate Kanye West and all our politicians in Canberra.
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So does the average onlyfans 'model' on the Gold Coast, quest is probably going to still be in his job in 12 months where as Jim Farley will be ousted and onto his next company to ruin because Ford CEO's never seem to go the distance before being replaced

if we determine whose an idiot by income then that puts this entire forum somewhere below that Mensa candidate Kanye West and all our politicians in Canberra.
Franco (or your real name), you need to get a girlfriend, just saying.
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I’ve offered to set him up with a friend of a friend.
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I’ve offered to set him up with a friend of a friend.
Well we were shocked when our family friend “Joel” came out but each to their own I guess.
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Old 07-11-2024, 08:35 PM   #162
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Franco (or your real name), you need to get a girlfriend, just saying.
I just borrow yours from time to time, the older the chook the better the soup.

Great idea, since you've offered we can go looking for my future ex wife together,
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My next car will be a 2.5litre Mazda 3 or a Subaru wagon I think...

...told you, old
Five months later I ended up ordering a Mazda3 G25 Evolve SP Sedan, 2.5 litre/6sp auto...

The manual gearbox in the i30 is fine out my way, it's no good in suburbia if you have ligament issues with your left knee.

I haven't picked it up yet, maybe sometime next week...
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Five months later I ended up ordering a Mazda3 G25 Evolve SP Sedan, 2.5 litre/6sp auto...

The manual gearbox in the i30 is fine out my way, it's no good in suburbia if you have ligament issues with your left knee.

I haven't picked it up yet, maybe sometime next week...
One imagines if Ford still made hatches you'd have purchased Ford hatches instead of Hyundai and Mazda hatches post Fiesta ST
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One imagines if Ford still made hatches you'd have purchased Ford hatches instead of Hyundai and Mazda hatches post Fiesta ST
The new car is a sedan but yes

The Mazda3 hatch is nice but I wanted the extra boot space for suitcases…
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That idiot is getting paid a lot more than you.

Who’s the idiot ?
Sold all my shares in Ford when they started talking billions investment in EV's.
Used the money to buy Nvidia.
The return numbers say I'm not an idiot
Then again I may be an idiot for buying Ford shares in the first place
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Old 08-11-2024, 04:37 PM   #167
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That idiot is getting paid a lot more than you.

Who’s the idiot ?
If he were an idiot and I don't think he is, it's not the one being paid highly that's the problem, it's the one/or company board agreeing to pay them highly that's the real root cause of the problem.
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