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Trump tweet: "...lower the average price of a car to consumers by more than $3000"
twitter.com/realdonaldtrump ^
| 08/21/2019
| President Donald J. Trump
Posted on 08/21/2019 8:32:13 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
My proposal to the politically correct Automobile Companies would lower the average price of a car to consumers by more than $3000, while at the same time making the cars substantially safer. Engines would run smoother. Very little impact on the environment! Foolish executives!
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automobiles; trump; trumptweet; vehicles
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Does anyone know the details? Most obvious would be a relaxing of CAFE standards so that everything isn't running on a four-cylinder turbo.
To: Dr. Sivana
Yeah it seems like it’s part of another tweet that he never sent. It’s out of place with others he sent this morning . It would be great if the government didn’t mandate so many environmental codes into our autos!
To: Dr. Sivana
How about making cars beautiful again?................
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:37:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Red Badger
How about making cars beautiful again?.... Eye of the beholder.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:39:18 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Dr. Sivana
Relaxing or eliminating CAFE would be a huge win. Automakers are squeezing every ounce of weight possible out of cars. Ford made the rear refrigerant lines in my Expedition out of ALUMINUM! They just corroded and failed at five years and had to be replaced at a cost of $1,330. This is happening to many (most?) Ford Expeditions.
It’s ok to sock the consumer with many thousands of dollars of CAFE-caused failures if it saves just one gallon of gasoline.
To: glorgau
To: Red Badger
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:42:30 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: glorgau
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:42:52 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: Red Badger
I remember the days when you opened the hood and could actually see the oil filter.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:43:18 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
[Ford made the rear refrigerant lines in my Expedition out of ALUMINUM! They just corroded and failed at five years and had to be replaced at a cost of $1,330. This is happening to many (most?) Ford Expeditions.
It’s ok to sock the consumer with many thousands of dollars of CAFE-caused failures if it saves just one gallon of gasoline.]
I am gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that this was Ford’s fault. Gas mileage is always a concern to motorists because it’s a daily expense. You don’t see Toyota chintzing out on A/C components.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:44:09 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: headstamp 2
I remember the days when you opened the hood and could actually see the oil filter.And easily change spark plugs, points, brake pads, rotors, shocks, lights....
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:44:28 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Dr. Sivana
The Foolish executives are afraid the Dems will put a Hit on them if they help the Consumer
To: headstamp 2
“...lower the average price of a car to consumers by more than $3000”
I remember when you could buy a WHOLE NEW for under 10K!
The price of a car now is more than a house was in the 60s!!!
To: Dr. Sivana
.."so that everything isn't running on a four-cylinder turbo. "probably in reference to the ability to build sturdier (heavier) frames which would not pass CAFE standards. Not sure how heavier, safer equates to $3k cheaper.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:46:21 AM PDT
by
chiller
(As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)
To: 1Old Pro
And easily change spark plugs, points, brake pads, rotors, shocks, lights....
If you extend that to my '66 Dodge Dart, that includes water pump (30 min.), fuel pump (10 min.). Honestly though, I do not miss points or carburetors.
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:47:54 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
To: Red Badger
How about remanufacturing cars like the BMW 2002 probably for under 10k
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:48:08 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: 1Old Pro
And easily change spark plugs, points, brake pads, rotors, shocks, lights.... Because you had to change them every 3,000 miles....
To: Dr. Sivana
Trump is proposing rolling back Obama’s increased emission standards, but California is saying they will keep their stricter standards, and auto manufacturers are engineering their new models to comply with California
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:50:00 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: Dr. Sivana
Get rid of the new refrigerant used in AC and that could drop the price by more than a thousand...
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:50:33 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: uranium penguin
The price of a car now is more than a house was in the 60s!!! And the price of a house now?
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posted on
08/21/2019 8:51:33 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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