Thank you, I appreciate a good debate that doesn’t resort to attacks as well. And I do agree that statistically there is a larger percentage of Boomers that did vote as they did, and think as they do, and have helped in the destruction of more than a few generation’s work on bettering the world, especially for their…

I don’t know what generation you are statistically a part of, and really, I don’t care. Your age has no real issue with your political aspirations, nor does the age group of any other person fundamentally change the reality that we are programmed to think of generations, or races, or any other thing than wealth, as…

Not fundamentally disagreeing, but the idea of a corporation having the rights of an individual only came into fruition after Citizen’s United. Up to that point, it was assumed that as an Artificial Person - which was how a corporation was defined- the corporate veil could be pierced and individuals behind the…

Ah, but in 1950, only 8% of the population was 65, while in 2020 the population was about 16.5%, or more than double the amount of people due to the increase in both population and numbers living to 65.

Well, you could google the answer, but to save you all the hard work:

Wow, such misplaced anger, young man.

As opposed to young people with no experience, little valuable education that teaches skills that are useful, and only open minded to those who think the same as they do? Pray tell, is that what you mean?

Well, only if that heart attack was a widowmaker, sudden and lethal, or the lung cancer stage 4 and metastatic. Because health care costs money, too, and if it is on the company’s policy, it raises their rates. So die, die quickly, and we will give 50% of what we would have paid out to your widow. Thanks for playing,…

Exactly. The corporations gave the workers exactly what they all said they wanted, the same thing teenagers ask for, then regret when it is gifted.

That only works if the person facing mandatory retirement can afford to retire.

1st Gear: Tesla Is Joining The S&P 500, And It’s Expected To Cause A Bit Of Whiplash

Not saying you are wrong, as you are not wrong, but just because it is the way it was done in the past does not mean that there are not benefits to changing the current franchise system.

You may be correct that some dealers have franchise agreements that forbid the OEM from starting their own marketing channel, but that is something that can be worked out, and quite easily, just like how GM is making Cadillac dealers upgrade to keep franchises. They can force compliance with new rules and effectively…

I think that GM, sensing the changing tide on the whole dealer issue, is making some well deserved changes to the dynamic of how the end user experiences sales. People are turning more and more to online shopping, and other OEMs have shown a bit of success in only selling without conventional dealerships (cough,…

Well, then it is an easy resolution for the automakers. Stop doing wireless access on the telematics. Stop spying on us, and problem solved. What the OEMs fear is that users will figure out that the OEMs are monetising the data they are collecting wirelessly from the cars, selling it to whoever they choose, and figure…

Well, I really don’t think I am predicting any doom and gloom, and I seem to have some others in the business backing up my assessments, along with sales figures to back them up as well.

Well, reliability of Fiat and Alfa, while not stellar, really seems to be okay. Early ones did not fare as well as later ones, which is true for any car. The Alfas suffered from reliability issues to the cars they gave out to the press, as those were the early ones and they were horribly unreliable. It was about the…

Oddly, I am one of the old dudes, and I actually own and drive a 500.

Again, perhaps you need a small lesson in history. Specifically, GM selling Vauxhalls at Pontiac dealers and Opels at Buick dealers. Fine product, the European model from the company owned by GM. Now, the Vauxhalls were only sold in America for a couple of years, before GM came out with their own US made compacts, and…

As much as I would love to believe as you do, just look at Fiat’s lack of success here as the model for what would happen with Citroen, DS, or Peugeot being sold here. As long as the hype is against them, the French have about as much chance as the Italians did when Fiat came back. Nobody considered that Fiat was a…