"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message

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I love Chicago, but I'm prejudiced--I live an hour
and
one-half from it.

Ever been on 'the loop; during rush hour?



Labor rates are too high, and American auto companies
haven't
quite got it figured out yet that people want
reasonably-priced,
economically-operated automobiles,


Is that why half the cars on the road are big SUVs?

And when gasoline prices start knocking on $3, everyone
with them panics and
tries to trade for a Prius, but no one is interested in
taking them.

Have you niticed the car ads touting the 'bigger is
better'

Is that why Ford dropped the Excursion from their lineup?


Yes, it wasn't BIG enough.

Whatever happened to that monstrosity that International was going to build?
It was built on their biggest panel truck chassis and looked like a small
semi-tractor with a pickup bed. My son-in-law and I watched nubile young
females crawl up into the cab of that thing at the Chicago Auto Show for
about ten minutes. What a babe magnet, despite being four times the size of
a Ford Excursion.

Max