Read this, then VOTE!!!!!!

[JSUnlimited]

oops, didn't realize this was an old dead thread. I usually read the whole thing too

Well don't feel bad, Ill help you out... Wife drives a Suburban and I drive a 2500HD.

Oh, was this post old?

 

[hilld]

Wife - Audi A4
Me - Audi S6
Business - Ford F350

 

[archerm3]

, you thought it was going to be something else, nope.

Taking a Poll/Vote to see what you and your spouse/significant other are driving (make of your vehicle, don't need the model). Don't need anything more, no reasons or explanations as it could turn politikal and Lord forbid grown men get politikal!!!!

Again, just the "make" please.

I'm doing a paper and this is "research".


Wife and I : Toyota

Toyota
Pontiac
BMW
Chevy
Geo

 

[txdon]

Maybe this will work .....
STOP, DO NOT POST

(until Podunkadunk tells us what he is researching)

 

[jinman]

Maybe Podunkadunk "voted" with his feet.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Gentlemen (and ladies if there be any viewing this thread); I think we've been left hanging.

 

[ronjhall]

2 Chevy
1 Pontiac

 

[Podunkadunk]

At least tell us when (approx) the later date will be.

Guys, you haven't been duped. However I've been duped...by the Auto Industry bailout AND the "Cash for Clunkers" program! I aborted the project months ago, and didn't think to come back and let you guys know, because I thought for sure the thread would be dead and buried by now....boy was I wrong and I apologize.

I am going to school for a MS in Management. I "was" doing a long term study on the makes of Americans' vehicles, their choices and why.

Part II of the question was going to posted in November 2009, roughly one year from the original post. The question was going to be:

1. If you traded/sold/donated the vehicle(s) that you previously posted, what did you buy as a replacement and why?

Well, as you can probably surmise by my previous statement about me being duped, the "Bailout Crisis" of the American Auto Industry, well, pretty much all the big 3, coupled with the Cash for Clunkers program screwed everything up.

People who may not have traded, did. Also, they may have traded for an import rather than American (which as we all know is what happened with the majority who participated in the program). Because of the bailout crisis and lowered consumer confidence in a weak American Auto Industy, many people who were loyal Big 3 fans may have chosen not to buy from a company who was bankrupt and in the red, or who were concerned about sloppy workmanship from an employee who wouldn't have a job long, or were concerned about warranty issues. The list of reasons is long. I know you are all a smart bunch of folk. I know it won't take a rocket scientist though to figure out the reasoning behind me canning my research. There are too many variables now. With the bailout and cash for clunkers, I can assume, which is all I can do, that a choice of another vehicle has been altered by any of the many influences related to those two programs. I needed choices made "just because" and not because they are getting a good deal from Uncle Sam, or because they are afraid to buy from a company who is on the rocks.

So, I apologize for letting this drag on. I'm very sorry. I haven't been on much in quite a while and as I said earlier, I thought this thread would be dead and buried.

Podunk

 

[laen64]

So Podunk you caused the American Govt to select the Auto Bail out with the development of your thread!


Hmmm!

LOL just kidding

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Thanks for posting back, Podunkadunk. There's still a lot of good data in the history of this thread. It's too bad you can't still make use of it in light of the state of the industry.

One of my favorite quotes is from Frank Westheimer: "When you get a result that you expect you have another result, but when you get a result you don't expect you have a discovery."