The Trabant. A piece of crap made in the former East Germany.
Problem is, no American with half-a-brain will buy it.
The Ford Trabant - comming soon to a dealer near you!
No thanks Mr. Ford, I take that Camry across the street. Adleast I know it will run to 200,000 miles before it needs a major repair.
(FLUSH....)
Fortunately though, it's hard to find a person with only half a brain. And as Dan Quale said, "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful."
People are free to decide to buy a Ford with whatever percentage of brain they have. Or they could buy a Geely in 2008 with a 1.5L engine for $10,000, roughly half a car for half the money. Perhaps folks with half a brain should buy a Geely.
Interesting nom de plume for such an opinion.....
Gather your foresight will likely result in same outcome.
For those of you with less widespread interests; google "The Producers"
Perhaps you'd care to explain how you came to make that connection.. between the POS Trabant (which was a POS primarily because there were no market force competitors, and the workers didnt care whether it was a POS or not) and the Ford proposal.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - The Trabant corollary WOULD be a good one if put into a certain context...
Like if the Federal Government nationaized Ford and put the UAW in charge.
I can see the UAW-Ford slogan now...
Quality is GOOD ENOUGH!
At least it has real metal on the skin and not just resin sculpted wool, and a four-cycle engine to boot! But careful people, it's not just a DVD player!
Backyard Mechanic wrote in news:Xns975466DCBCBBDpettyfogery@207.115.17.102:
no, no, no. That's GM!
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