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Now if we can only get Ford to ditch their crappy dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter.

TPP dead.

Ford abandoning plans to move factories/jobs to Mexico.

Peaceful, constructive relations with Russia.

Trump has not even been sworn in yet.

#Winning (Big League)

zzyzzx is deplorable says

dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter

Complicated crap like this is going to be the early death of these cars. They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater. I think it's called accretion. Once a system is made complicated, there's is no end to its expansion. You had four-speed automatics, so then you had five, then six, then seven and now eight. You got air bags, but now you have air bags here and air bags there and air bags where the sun doesn't shine and like Ed Wallace said since they first came around in 1991, there has never been a six monthe period in which there wasn't some kind of bad press about them. All cars have to have a tire pressure warning light, et al and et al.
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P N Dr Lo R says

You got air bags, but now you have air bags here and air bags there and air bags where the sun doesn't shine and like Ed Wallace said since they first came around in 1991

Yeah, but if your air bags don't work, you can at least disconnect them. It's not like you need them.

P N Dr Lo R says

I think it's called accretion

An internet search does not confirm this???? I do not doubt that there is a word of phrase for this.

P N Dr Lo R says

They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater.

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure. Yes, but I suspect that touch screens and infotainment systems will prove to be a much weaker link in a lot of cars. I also wonder how DIY friendly CVT repairs are as well. Yes, I occasionally fix automatic transmissions, but so far they have all been regular 4 speed automatic transmission with lockup type torque converters.

Let me ask. One of my best friends is best in trade trading domains

OK...he just called me , and he says 5K is good

rando says

Seems like Donald is rewarding Priebus' fairness in resisting proposed RNC rule changes specifically to block one candidate: Trump.

If I went back and researched I'm sure I could dig up 10 bullet point examples of a sneaky little committees trying to meet with Reince to have him unilaterally rule in their favor that would have railroaded Donald Tump's chances. From the first straw poll to Republican convention to even entertaining Mitt Romney and his post primaries Never Trump rehash.

Nobody has watched Reince as closely as I have. I would have been ready to go Taxi Driver on him had he done what the Establishment GOP wanted him to do on numerous occasions. Even as the News hearkened that nobody was legally bound to pay Trump a never mind. The media was so 100% in on just hijacking Donald Trump's campaign and give it to someone more deserving. By time it was all over,
I really had tremendous respect for Reince, I'm sure he must have turned down Millions, Tens of Millions even.

Jamie Diamond for Secretary of Everything!

Boycott those Who think different!

The only people I'm afraid of in America are White Liberals.

Well I'm more afraid of my self, because if they pull half of the Bullshit they are pulling on people, I'll knock their damned heads off.
That's how our Dad's used to talk. "I'll knock your head off!" We were so great back then. Pussies!

zzyzzx is deplorable says

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure. Yes, but I suspect that touch screens and infotainment systems will prove to be a much weaker link in a lot of cars.

Actually, a manual transmission today is almost impossible to find--and the clutch is considered a wear item like tires and not covered by warranty. Again, on Ed Wallace's show I remember someone calling in with a horror story about their manual shift car with a bad clutch was going to cost in the neighborhood of $3,000 to fix--they were currently wrangling with the dealer to no avail. And any kind of electronics just adds to the complexity and are likely to give trouble. Remember when people used to drive out pleased as punch with radio heater and overdrive?

P N Dr Lo R says

Complicated crap like this is going to be the early death of these cars. They'll be so expensive to repair when the car is ten years old, it'll never be a decent beater.

i've given up on buying new cars, and have turned to leasing exclusively. depreciation and maintenance cost after your typical loan term ends is just too much to handle vs. a fixed payment without any repair or maintenance bills beyond consumables.

plus, you get the new stuff every 3 years or so. my car has google earth in the dash where the gauges are supposed to be. it's amazing now, but will surely be old-fashioned in 36 months or less.

zzyzzx is deplorable says

If you get one with a manual transmission, then that would eliminate that as a point of early failure.

i like my dual-clutch auto trans, just have to tip in the right way with the pedal. or, put the car in sport mode and just drive a little harder.

had a few modern stick shifts in the recent past, and while they are more engaging they can't really pull everyday duty in populated areas. clutch wears out fast in SoCal traffic conditions, and the labor to repair is gonna cost you no matter what.

anonymous says

Need some more links ?

Nah, I need some more memes and cat pictures.

zzyzzx is deplorable says

Now if we can only get Ford to ditch their crappy dual clutch "automatic" transmission and put in something good like a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter.

I love dual-clutch cogwheel-based (steel-all-the-way-through) automatic transmissions. They are highly efficient. Hydraulic torque converters waste a lot of energy, as is clear from the lousy MPG they get.

Not sure if there is much real data on repair and maintenance costs yet.

I'm happy that Ford changed their mind about the plant. Unlike Republicans and Obama, I want Trump to succeed with policies that are good for the American worker.

Bernie Madoff for Treasury Secretary!

http://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2015/10/25/trump-falsely-credits-himself-ford-plant/

Saying Donald Trump has a big ego would be as revelatory as saying the sun rises in the east. That Donald Trump exaggerates his accomplishments and downplays his own failures would pretty much make him like the average politician. But there are times when a person’s hubris gets to the point where it reaches the level of the absurd. For Donald Trump, it’s taking credit for a business move made by Ford that he had absolutely nothing to do with. It’s one thing for a person who actually holds office and who is implementing policy to believe their policies have...

Barbi Benton for Secretary of Pussy Grabbing!

Yes. TRump would never do that.

Damn jazz, the media really has you all worked up over nothing

Relax. And don't talk about your president like that

APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE says

IHLlary Lost Because People Are Sick of Presidents Who SUCK! BANKSTER! COCK!

Trump will grab bankster pussy without asking, and they'll like it.

Swollen Egos? Get the fuck out of here, no ego gets to be more swollen than MINE!

So, didn't Ben run for president? How would that have made him feel with his lack of experience, had he won?

I hope nobody from the Bush admin lands in the Trump camp. I would rather Trump get his advice from Obama.

Myopia cannot be cured.

Rumors and Propaganda abound. Dems try to polarize while their president blames the nominated of not traveling to enough states. Infighting with Dems is needed so that the Millenials dont burn down all the Universities, and inner cities.

If the Snowflakes set up an attack on Jan 20ths, the Snowflakes will blame it on Trump. Love Trumps Hate, but the Propaganda of 60 Million People hates the US, but loves the one that created the division - Sir Obama and Mr and Mrs Clinton.

Dems try to have rock concerts with multiple celebs in the last week. Polling is pure propaganda.

Characterizing the selection of leaders is going to have to happen in 100 days.

The Dynasty of Clintons, Obamas, Alinskyistic hate and deception is over! Get used to good faith and a United States. The divided states proposed by Alinsky did not work.

Alinskys rules: Ridicule your opponent.

OK -- your ridiculous.

I don't care if it's just Donald running through the Whitehouse yelling "where in the hell is the Goddamed remote to the TV" for the next 8 years.
He's done a fantastic job.

When they go Low they love it.

Entitlemented says

The Dynasty of Clintons, Obamas, Alinskyistic hate and deception is over! Get used to good faith and a United States. The divided states proposed by Alinsky did not work.

Saul Alinsky was a globalist before his time, maybe a Zionist, Zionism not being a religion. Obama didn't take away guns, although he was in on the Sandy Hook Hoax. But don't be fooled, the entire globalist cabal controls both parties. So we will see how Trump will be different. I don't think fascism is different from the Netanyahu apartheid state, do you? Trump and Netanyahu seem to get along just fine.

I'm more 'amused' by the fact a young earth creationist could be offered Secretary of Education.

http://jpupdates.com/2016/11/14/netanyahu-praises-president-elect-trump-as-candidate-appoints-anti-semitic-chief-adviser/

This is crazy, but so was the alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy in WW2. They were all fascists, and all agreed in the principle that racial supremacy was right and good. They just didn't agree on who was supreme. This is exactly what is happening with Trump and Netanyahu, IMO. And if that is the case, there will be trouble in the world.

Sure Bernie would be good. He too exploited the same disconnect as Trump. Yet the establishment put its heavy thumb on the scale in favor of Hillary.
This is hardly an argument that there is no disconnect and no swamp.

Strategist says

She would have won if she was tough on the terrorists.

I haven't seen much terrorism lately.

You should look at these stats, Strategist:

http://www.wickedzionism.com/2015/12/zionist-obama-crime-continues-violent.html

I wonder what the secret government will make Trump do and I wonder if he will cooperate?

They could be right, but we hope Trump just does what he likes to do, get good ratings.

Williams also denied reports that Carson had been offered a role, adding that “he was never offered a specific position.”

“Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience, he’s never run a federal agency. The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency,” he said.

Donald Trump himself had previously suggested that Carson would join his team, saying that he hoped that Carson “will be very much involved with my administration.”

Sheisselstein in Himmelstein, Der Speigel sind flaming liburals!

Orange Messiah, stamp out this German pestilence.

Heraclitusstudent says

Once again, you are blaming voters who smelled for a crack in the system and went for it, rather than blaming the obvious disconnect on the elites.

It's always the leadership responsibility.

For people who are already in the ditch, the downside is more limited than you may think. What do they care if the institutions, the economy, or the rest of the world?

The poor folks are the same ones who previously supported abolition of unions and supported right to work states in the south that further weakened the unions. And Trump is a supporter of right to work approach as well. Vast majority of unions went against him. He is no friend of the working man. For the sake of the intellectual honesty, you must admit that this whole charade reeked of culture war way more than economics.

Lol holy crap, dude you're losing it

Relax

I agree with errc, jazz has been extremely triggly lately. He's really hyperventilating over this election! How about we start evaluating this German magazine cover by examining who owns said magazine and what their possible stake in the US election might be? I am betting it's a hugely wealthy oligarch whose pet projects and investments stand to lose from better trade deals.

#WashedUpPost

Where's the personal attacks? Hell I've stood up for you in the past. Don't forget to breathe