Showing posts with label trucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trucks. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

obama understands the car market?

I hear on the radio this morning that obama is now lecturing the auto industry on what kind of vehicles they should be making.
“You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks,” Obama said during a town hall forum in Cannon Falls, Minn. “There is a place for SUVs and trucks, but as gas prices keep on going up, you have got to understand the market. People are going to try to save money.”
So let me ask you, let's say you are Ford and you sell the ever loving hell out of F150 trucks and Expedition SUVs, are you going to stop making them and bulk up on the Escort? Umm, no. That would be stupid. Demand drives the market.

obama once again proves that he is a dumbass. Business makes what sells. That's how it works. I'm thinking the people in the auto industry are in a much better position to "understand the market" than obama is. It's what they do. It's what they have done for the last 108 years.

But don't forget, obama "saved" the auto industry.
“When I came into office they were talking about the liquidation of GM and Chrysler, and a lot of folks said you can’t help them, and it’s a waste of the government’s money to try and help them,” Obama said Monday. “But what I said was, we can’t afford to lose up to a million jobs in this country, particularly in the Midwest.”

The president said his administration “turned around” the U.S. auto industry and is calling on automakers to change the way they do business.
So now they owe him? They are supposed to do what he says even though it would kill their business? OMG, is there anything this guy isn't an expert on? What an asshole...

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Logo Trucks - What do you think?

Lately I've been kicking around a kind of patina finish on my 1968 Chevy Truck, with a logo design on each door. Check these out and tell me what you think...






I'm not sure exactly what the logo would look like, but I have been considering the one below as well as others.
But maybe without the outer yellow circle, and it would be faded looking. I'm also considering putting something like "Billybob's Garage" or "Billybob's Texaco" above the logo.

I go back and forth on this. Some days I can really get into the nostalgia of a patina truck with a logo. Other days I think they all need decent paint jobs...

Thursday, May 5, 2011

The International Scout...

I've seen a couple of International Scouts around lately. While they are a little different, they are a fine looking automobile. Here are a few for you to enjoy...