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re: Trump needs to save the auto industry and make American cars great again
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:03 am to Summer of Jimbo
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:03 am to Summer of Jimbo
I guarantee if Toyota was still putting the 5.7 in the new Tundra, they wouldn’t be scrambling to repair or replace a crap 6 cyl. The government needs to stop with the cafe standards when they run around in armor plated vehicles that get 5 mph and fly jets all over the country.
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:04 am to Summer of Jimbo
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No. China is a communist country with a history of human rights violations and they build with slave labor. Our industry can’t compete with that.
China will also engage in unfair trade by supplementing Chinese imports from the CCP budget in order to take the place of American Companies in the market. Once they are established in the American marketplace, they will gradually raise prices.
The CCP has been doing this to American workers for decades, but the Massie supporters can't grasp concepts other than "muh fee trade".
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:21 am to Summer of Jimbo
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Give me a new straight side GMC truck with real buttons, a normal shifter and normally aspirated V8 that gets 10 mpg and doesn’t turn off at every red light if I want it .
And require makers to design cars that have certain parts to be easily repaired.
- Make oil filters and drain plugs in a location that when changing, oil doesnt run all over cross members or frame rails. It drains directly into a pan or bucket.
- Headlights should NOT require removal of bumpers, fenders or huge amounts of plastic shrouds. Replacing headlights should take less than 5 minutes.
- Car batteries in an easily replaceable location. Not under a seat or buried under the spare tire. For years they were under the hood in a spot that could be accessed.
- I would even require belts, spark plugs and coils, and air filters to be easily replaced.
Even if most people dont do these repairs themselves and use a shop, it would drastically reduce the cost and time to do those repairs. Instead of having to remove the engine to get to replace a hose.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:20 am to Summer of Jimbo
I don't want an EV or Hybrid. I'd like a new car that runs on gasoline. But they don't make those things anymore.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:47 am to Zach
A vee 6 4x4 , engine control module, fuel injection, back up camera, tire pressure monitoring. every thing else hand crank or analogue on a GMC Colorado body. That would be a vehicle that would last as long as the 15 year car note
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:55 am to Trevaylin
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A vee 6 4x4
I was recently shopping in the mid-size truck market. If you want a v6 your options are Ford and Nissan, throw in Honda if you'll accept AWD over 4wd.
That's it. Everybody else has 4 bangers.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:59 am to Summer of Jimbo
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Stop the electronic surveillance .
Brother, that is their favorite feature.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:00 pm to dstone12
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Make climate control with three frikin knobs.
1. Air temp
2. Air speed
3. What hole will it blow out of.
And bring back the damn ball cooler!
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:03 pm to Summer of Jimbo
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Stop the electronic surveillance .
Republicans and Democrats in the House voted for this. Only a few held out and opposed.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:06 pm to Flats
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But environmental regs aren't adding 8 way power seats, leather, folding mirrors, 360 cameras, etc. That's just the stuff people want.
They want all that crap and then complain about what it cost.
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:09 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I'm torn on this one. I'm partial to the big three because of where I live, but if China is putting out great inexpensive EVs that are better than anything we have here, doesn't the American consumer deserve to have that choice?
Depends on how free market one truly is.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:11 pm to Flats
My 2012 Colorado has a 5 cylinder , 24 mpg, and pretty much matches the specs I wrote. Figure I can get another 4 years on it.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:11 pm to Old Money
I'm ok with Chinese EVs if they're built here
We build other foreign vehicles here. We're not stopping this China automotive industry from taking off
Let them build factories here and build out charging infrastructure here as well for all I care.
We build other foreign vehicles here. We're not stopping this China automotive industry from taking off
Let them build factories here and build out charging infrastructure here as well for all I care.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 12:44 pm to dstone12
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Make climate control with three frikin knobs.
1. Air temp
2. Air speed
3. What hole will it blow out of.
I love this about my Ram Bighorn. I can adjust everything without even taking my eyes off the road. I got my wife a Platinum Armada thinking i'd like all the bells and whistles. It just made me realize i don't want all that in my next truck.
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 1:18 pm to Summer of Jimbo
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Stop the electronic surveillance .
Kaboom!! I like it a lot.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 1:23 pm to Barneyrb
same can be said about all the data centers being installed. I would rather have EV than AI taking over.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 3:56 pm to Timeoday
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Kaboom!! I like it a lot.
Don’t get me started on all the Flock cameras
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:00 pm to texas tortilla
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i heard chinese batteries were much better on their ev cars.
I’m willing to bet they were able to ‘improve’ all these EVs because they stole the initial technology from us.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 4:53 pm to alphaandomega
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And require makers to design cars that
That's the direct cause for half the stuff everybody is complaining about. We need the government less involved, not more.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:01 pm to Bunk Moreland
I'm good with that, but if the car companies get into trouble again like in 2008 -09. Let their asses fail
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