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Re: I am guessing [guss]

by akangl on Mon Oct 06 23:30:59 PDT 2008

Nope, no return of Zippy :cry: I did consider a Focus briefly, but no, not what we were looking for. I sold the Taurus privately and shopped the truck a bit, managed to eeeekkkk another $3k out of the 2 of them. Soooo, decided to go with the Civic EX (dealer didn't have an LX and hubby secretly wanted a sunroof, lol). Anyway, bought a 2009 Civic EX coupe 5-spd, nice car, fun to drive and exactly what hubby wanted. Got a fair deal considering the demand, they were sure happy I unloaded the truck somewhere else..........it was just what EVERY Honda dealer wants *rolls eyes* a 6-spd diesel dually, lol. We've cut our debt, insurance, and payment by a lot so I'm happy. Hope to have the Civic paid off in 2 years. Sold my horse trailer this morning for what I wanted out of it, was kind of a sad moment though, I really liked that trailer. However I can buy a truck and smaller horse trailer for what I sold it for. That's my next mission, to find a decent older truck and horse trailer............ I think I've renewed my membership card and my presidency, lol. However, the Pilot will stay no matter what, I luvs my Pilot! :blush:

Re: gR8! [tagman]

by carnaught on Mon Oct 06 20:02:14 PDT 2008

.......well, it looks like they might have to wait until Washington and Wall Street destroy it first. Mission accomplished.

Re: 2008 MDX Paid [jacobm]

by bsjak01 on Mon Oct 06 14:55:14 PDT 2008

Mission Viejo Acura

Bush is not the problem with the economy,

by gagrice on Sun Oct 05 14:27:16 PDT 2008

It is Congress that dropped the ball: September 11, 2003 New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae By STEPHEN LABATON The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios. The plan is an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt -- is broken. A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates. Reflecting the changing political climate, both Fannie Mae and its leading rivals applauded the administration's package. The support from Fannie Mae came after a round of discussions between it and the administration and assurances from the Treasury that it would not seek to change the company's mission. After those assurances, Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae's chief executive, endorsed the shift of regulatory oversight to the Treasury Department, as well as other elements of the plan. ''We welcome the administration's approach outlined today,'' Mr. Raines said. The company opposes some smaller elements of the package, like one that eliminates the authority of the president to appoint 5 of the company's 18 board members. Company executives said that the company preferred having the president select some directors. The company is also likely to lobby against the efforts that give regulators too much authority to approve its products. Freddie Mac, whose accounting is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a United States attorney in Virginia, issued a statement calling the administration plan a ''responsible proposal.'' ''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'' Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed. ''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B6- 3&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print Guess who shot it down? A year later Raines was forced to retire under pressure from the SEC for cooking the books. And now it is costing tax payers half a trillion dollars to fix what the Bush administration tried to fix 5 years ago.

Re: June Auto Sales [oldfarmer50]

by elgatoloco on Thu Jul 03 21:57:34 PDT 2008

"...not necessarily Mitsu bashing..." Right you are. Hey, in his sales figure post he even called the Lancer "fuel efficient". Still, it's tough to have a realistic discussion with folks who cry Wolf when an industry hits a bump in the road and sales dry up. I'm not saying there won't be casualties but come on, most of the G-8 countries have way higher fuel prices than us and they continue to support a thriving auto industry. Market forces in a free economy will determine success here, plus the fact that, at this point in time, smaller is better. Major automobile manufacturers didn't get where they are today by closing up shop when the shit hits the fan and if Mitsu wants to be relevant worldwide they better learn to do what you said -- Put it together in a way that the buying public responds to. They've got the product! Build some of it here and ship in the rest! What's the mystery here? As far as the big 3, I think the media has to take some responsibility for whats happening to them right now. Every time (and right now it's EVERY frickin DAY) the news media discuss oil prices they mention the sales from GM, Ford and Chrysler being in the toilet. People read that over and over again and the perception soon becomes that these companies are losers, or stupid or both. Who wants to buy from a stupid, loser car company. Better to buy a new Suzuki Skanker to impress my loser, stupid neighbors who own a Tahoe. Ha Ha. Back to Mitsu.. I think if they can hang in there and produce a next generation Galant and Eclipse (for the world market) they will pull the revitalization plan off. Their electric i-Car will certainly be a factor in name recognition also and they need to stay on good terms with their other triple diamond sponsors like Mitsubishi Heavy and MBOT as well. I still like the 06 - 08 Eclipse style a wee bit more than the new 09's too. The front end is more minimalistic I think, and that just seems to promote the mission statement of the vehicle better. Wish my sister hadn't traded in her 07 GT for a Ralliart Galant, but she needed the extra room...for shopping.

Re: Saw the VENZA in person [tjones39]

by ecotrklvr on Sat Oct 04 12:08:20 PDT 2008

It's getting closer! Can hardly wait. Since you wrote "on display" I'm gussing there's no chance of sitting in it? I live in Mission Viejo and would go over to the show if I could just get a test-sit.