DOHC,

Killer B

Bonds
Bonilla
&

Sid Bream ring a bell. Jay Bell got mentioned but not initially as a killer "B", just a B.

 

Get out more? And miss all the fun here? No way. Besides, I've already been nearly everywhere I've wanted to go...Canada, Europe, the Islands, the Panama Canal, Asia...the only thing left is the land of OZ.

 

Bill,

where is Oz.

 

San Antonio, TX....Home of the "Wondertruck" made by the Munchkins themselves....

 

LOL .....On L. Frank Baum's filing cabinet!


Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz stories. While sitting at his desk, trying to think up a mystical name for the place he was describing...he glanced at his filing cabinet. The label on the bottom drawer read O-Z.



Oz is also a slang term for Australia.

 

"Toyota will be American when.......

1. When revenues and profits aren't reflected in yen or some other none USD currency.
2. When the stock is listed on the NYSE as domestic.
3. When the company employs more Americans than non-Americans.
4. When the bulk of company structure is within the shores of the US.
5. When the company headquarters resides within the shores of the US.
6. When the bulk of the company partnerships and relationships heavily reside within the shores of the US.
7. When the company contributes more to the GNP than American equivalents.
8. When the company produces substantially more cars in the US than they import.

9. When the company meets the above criteria, then the company can be considered good for America and Americans.

Till then it's a token effort at best and an attempt to shroud and cloud the less informed that these companies have magically become American and are somehow great for our future and well being."


Not bad, but you leave so much out to bolster your cause.

As long as some af that "Yen" returns here as opposed to the Dollar leaving the country, it's fine with me. (again, who's adding jobs and who is trimming their U.S. workforce)

Stocks.........yes, the NYSE spurs our economy. But as individuals we may invest in Toy or whomever..


I'm almost positive that Ford employs as many workers worldwide as the do Americans.

The fact that any "American" company imports at all....

4 and 5 are redundant.....so is Haliburton not American any longer??


Why bulk??? Nice spin. The fact that "Domestic" automakers are partners with Japanese (or other) makers is of importance here.....you pledge your loyalty but the companies you worship don't....


GNP.........when Ford spends 2 billion to build the MAZDA based cars in Mexico.....nevermind.

 

You forgot..."Back home again...in Innnn..d...iana..." where Tundras are also built.

Those "Munchkins" are your fellow American citizens, being paid in American dollars, to build Toyota Tundras. That helps the US economy more than GM building trucks in Canada, eh?

 

Um, who employs more Americans? GM or Toyota?

 

I would hope GM does....After all, while I own nothing GM at the present (and never owned a Toyota), my family owned Olds & Cadillac dealerships for 80 years.

I sold my last Olds last year, a 1968 88 2dr HT with 40k original miles. Find me a 1950 88 Club Coupe. Good luck!

 

They do, by a HUGE margin. And even the 20 year projection shows that huge margin is sustained.

 

We build the only good GM trucks up here.

 

Just came across an article written today that states that
FORD beat toyota in quality rankings> I would post it but don't have the capability
to do so.

 

Who wrote the article? Where did it appear? Is it an ad, or an actual story?

Is it the article comparing Fusion to Camry (and Accord)?

Provenance IS everything.

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vmax2007

More "Spin".. GM contains 76% Domestic content, Toyota (as a whole) contains 48% on average. Dodge is still American based on this...read on..

Your as graceful as a ballerina on crack on how you dance around statements presented to you.

What Toyota isn't American? Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Chalk another up for the ME. When has anyone stated that Toyota is more "American" than Chevy, Ford, or Dodge? Once again, taken out of context.

Research domestic content in the Tundra compared to GMC. I don't actually know what your beloved research will uncover but if and when you do, feel free to post it so we know the facts.

So providing jobs and livehood to your fellow Americans must be the ploy to "shroud" and "cloud". You remind me of another member we once had here had this paranoia of Toyota ( as a whole ) trying to take over America.

Maybe chalk those #'s up to GM being around in America for how many years? Having their global headquarters in the US. Comparing a company that is basically just setting up shop on US soil and one that has been around for nearly 100 years really doesn't make any sense.

 

I drove from Hamilton to Kingston, and there was an auto factory along the way (south side of the highway)...is that the one? Or is that a Ford factory? I don't recall.

EDIT: Domestic content on Tundra: 75% It's on the Monroney sticker by law.