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Old 06-01-2018, 03:51 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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My family has been in the car business for years and German cars are way overrated. The dealers tended to get rid of them versus suffering the headaches of trying to keep them running and the angry returning customers. Funny when I was in Germany they all drove German cars. It's ok for them to be Patriotic, But not us?
Your family must be in the used car business. Many Germans don’t own cars and would never buy one. They also drive cars made in France and all over the EU, anything that’s reasonably priced and gets good gas mileage. Gas prices are $6.45 per gallon now. I have never encountered a German that is patriotic over a car.
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Old 06-01-2018, 03:55 PM
 
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110,000 US citizens work for German car manufacturer's making cars in factories INSIDE the US.

Trump is an idiot. He needs to be impeached and jailed as he is also a traitor and a criminal.
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Old 06-01-2018, 03:57 PM
 
Location: southern california
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It’s tariffs not a ban there is a difference
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Old 06-01-2018, 04:06 PM
 
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It’s tariffs not a ban there is a difference
Not when Trump gets involved.

"Trump has threatened to pursue German carmakers until there are "no Mercedes-Benz rolling down New York’s Fifth Avenue""
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Old 06-01-2018, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Not when Trump gets involved.

"Trump has threatened to pursue German carmakers until there are "no Mercedes-Benz rolling down New York’s Fifth Avenue""
That's just a bad headline.
It's tariffs.

This would make the used car market skyrocket for those cars.
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Old 06-01-2018, 05:03 PM
 
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Thanks for making my point. Ford sells 13000 Mustangs here before lunch.
Not really. Ford sold 82K Mustangs in the US during 2017 so it takes them 56.5 days to sell 13K units here.

Further, there isn't much of a market for a large 2 door sports car in Europe so that number is pretty good IMHO.
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Old 06-01-2018, 07:49 PM
 
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I haven't met too many dumb billionaires.
It's easy when daddy gives you a massive head start. Being rich is definitely not synonymous with being intelligent.

The real question is whether you've actually met even one.
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Old 06-01-2018, 08:33 PM
 
Location: Eugene, Oregon
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I think people need to understand Trump's style of negotiating. He says the most absurd things in order to get around to something mutually agreeable. He has no intentions of banning German or any other car but he does want something in return.

ETA: Others start off asking for what they want but end up getting far less. Demand the outrageous and negotiate down to what you really want all the while having your opponent think they got a good deal.
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Since you apparently believe you speak Trumpese, WHAT was he really saying when he promised time after time after time he'd have a far better than the ACA plan in place immediately after he too office? Was that a part of some secret message like the German car stuff allegedly is?

The dog whistles in Trumplian messages like this, are not comprehensible to our ears. But his cult listens to the right-wing talk-jocks and gets them decoded.
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Old 06-01-2018, 09:05 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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A needless trade war ended the importation of the classic VW Beetle to the USA decades ago. Hope the same doesn't happen again. Free Trade creates some losers but far more winners.
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Old 06-01-2018, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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110,000 US citizens work for German car manufacturer's making cars in factories INSIDE the US.

Trump is an idiot. He needs to be impeached and jailed as he is also a traitor and a criminal.
You really want us to believe your first statement after that hateful rant of yours? Oh, you forgot to mention Russian prostitute driving BMWs.
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