Member55

Toyota is already #1. My small business made more money than GM during the last two quarters.

So, instaed of the UAW giving up some of their benefits now I should not only pay for my own health ins. but partialy for theirs too. NO THANKS.

goblue1999 saved me a lot of time. Thanks.

It's all about demand and supply, it's your responsibility to supply a skill that is in demand. Take ma as an example, I have a skill that pays more than 8 bucks so I would refuse your offer because the market is willing to pay me more than that. There are jobs for people with no skills too, you just have to be realistic about what you're worth. That's where the problem starts, when people with High school diploma or less expects to be paid $60k a year. There is nothing sad about it, if a family with two working adults is living on 28k it's their own fault.

Oh my god, best post ever. :)

The market should decide how much somebody is worth. If you're not happy with what the market is willing to pay you acquire a skill that pays more. maybe you should.

Racing is used by manufacturers to showcase their engineering capabilities. If you can design a V10 engine spinning at 20000 RPM what makes you think that the same engineers couldn't design a nice V8 4.5L spinning at 6500 RPM(just an example). All I'm trying to say is that Honda not having a V8 engine is not due to their inability to make one. It's just a business decision. I don't even care if it's right or wrong decision. But, based on their market success they had their share of correct business decisions.

Do you know with which engine manufacturer Mclaren dominated the F1 for years a decade ago?

Even Toyota couldn't afford changing models every 2 years.

Honda F1 V10 3.0 NA engine is well above 900 hp so I'm sure they know a thing or two about making a good engine. BTW, it takes much more than a good engine to be successfull in F1.

Who was helping them with those cars?

That was FWD. http://www.cheersandgears.com/public/style_emoticons//AH-HA_wink.gif

If two companies control 70-80% of market co-developing anything will bring government's attention real quick.

My guess is they will switch to the Ford/GM A6 as soon as it is available.

What percentage of Toyota or Honda models get 30 or more MPG and what percentage of GM models can do the same?

At one point Gm and Ford will have to do stuff like this more often. Years ago they wouldn't be able to something like this because of monopoly issues but considering their market share today that shouldn't be a problem any more.

Awesome, thanks again. :)

That would be great, thank you. :)

Yeah, I know. There were 52 members when I started registration process but two people beat me to it. :)

Member53=Nick C.