Chrysler - did Cerberus blow it?

Gee, a bigot heard from.

And a dumb one at that.

Wouldn't expect you to know anything.

So, burn any crosses lately?

 

There speaks a real connoisseur...

BTW, for us Europeans, what's a "rag head"?

DAS

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Lloyd Parker leases a Mercedes because he is "fiscally conservative".

Right Lloyd ?

Dave Milne, Scotland

 

Have you *ever* been in a Mercedes ?? Overpriced and expensive perhaps, but
you can't fault the ride. Certainly not if you come from the US which has a
history of deriving its ride quality from the marine industry and has been
slow to give up cart springs. Wait, that would be logging waggon springs.

Dave Milne, Scotland.

 

You appear stupid, since you obviously aren't aware what has been going
on.
While the Big 3 have shown token interest in reasonably sized cars the
"import" manufacturers have been building what consumers want at very
good quality.

Nothing to do with the NYSE or the UAW, just very poor management by the
Big 3.

 

You are very out of date when is comes to NA cars.
I rent a UK (sold, none made there anymore) car every year or so, thus I
know what I'm talking about.

 

I don't think the OP is necessarily "stupid"...he's right about greed
in US business, but you're right about Big 3 management...THEY'RE the
culprits, and have all the money in the world to deflect blame onto
the floor workers through Rockefeller-like "PR" campaigns and
sniveling to their press puppet, the WSJ...one of the least credible
news organs on the planet.

 

If you read my post carefully, you will note I said "was slow to give up"
not "hasn't given up".
Although you rent a UK car every year or so, I bet you don't drive nearly as
many of them as I do...

Dave Milne, Scotland

 

Is the low-sulfur diesel available all over the US yet?

DAS

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On the whole Mercs have been and are classy and timeless.

That's why a 20-yr-old Merc can still pass muster today.

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15ppm "Ultra-Low Sulfur" diesel was mandated in January 2007. I assume it
was mandated all over the country, that's what we have in Michigan.

 

Timeless is a nice way to put it. They certainly aren't out of style. 20
year old Mercs don't have any character lines on them anywhere, or any kind
of styling features. They weren't really styled at all, just basically a
block of soap.

I admit new ones are quite a bit more styled. I was just saying they didn't
actually use styling for a long time, say 1960 to 2000. I'm not saying I
didn't like the styling - I'm saying there wasn't any. If you don't put
lines on something, it's just flat.

 

We have it in OR also. What the ironic thing is, is that this mandate is
one of the reasons fuel prices went up - it's more costly to refine heavy
crude to get rid of the sulfur - yet the diesel prices here are lower than
gasoline.

Ted

 

I don't know what the knew mandate actually costs but in general diesel
is far cheaper to refine than gasoline.

 

Typically diesel prices go down in the summer because they are tied to home
heating oil.

 

Diesel here in Georgia was more expensive than premium unleaded a year
ago, about the same a month ago, and 20 cents a gal cheaper now. The
interesting thing is, diesel has stayed the same, around $2.80 a
gallon, while gas has gone up.

 

Yes.

BTW diesel is only very cheap to refine when it's a marginal product, as it
was in the old days.

Now that diesel demand is greater (in Europe, at least) than the proportion
in which it is produced in the cracking process it has become expensive.

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There is no such thing as "no styling". Something may be bland in the eyes
of the beholder, but that is a different matter.

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Exactly. Refineries can no longer get rid of unwanted sulfur by leaving
it in diesel....

 

Look at a Scion XB or Honda Element, and then say that again with a
straight face.

Oh yea, there IS such a thing as "no styling."