The Morning Sh!*t Post

"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17) 02/27/2018 at 10:23 • Filed to: What is the tag?

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We need Ash back, but I am trying.

Turd 1: The Germans Can Now Ban The Diesels

German towns and cities are now legally allowed to ban diesels within their limits. Thanks VW. I bet this will be a mess due to the popularity of diesels in Germany. Do you just change the badges on your car?

Turd 2: Aston Wants To Sell A Chunk

Aston was profitable last year for the first time since 2010, so the plan is to cash in on that and sell all or part of the company. And the other plan is to try and stay profitable selling 7,000-14,000 cars per year.

Turd 3: GM And Korean Unions Are Getting Down To Brass Tacks

A couple weeks ago GM said they are leaving Korea. They are bargining with the Union and the govn’t. Maybe they won’t leave. Is GM playing hard ball or do they plan on only selling trucks in ‘Merica as their long term global business plan?

Turd 4: Porsche Still Wants Diesel, However

Though VW is trying to kill diesels because they can’t successfully build diesels Porsche who makes big expensive family cars wants to sell diesels to rich soccer moms. Maybe Porsche and VW should communicate instead of have passive aggressive fights?

Turd 5: The German Government Is Getting Paranoid About Chinese Investment

Because, Geely bought a big chunk (they now have the biggest chunk) of Daimler. A closed government controlled economy vs an open free economy...

Flush: Happy Birthday

Ralph Nadar, you’re a turd.

Lingering Stench: How would you feel if diesels were banned from your town?

This post only took me 15 min verses the usual 30.

Party-vi > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 10:30

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BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Party-vi 02/27/2018 at 10:31

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vondon302 > Party-vi 02/27/2018 at 10:35

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Aid

punkgoose17 > Party-vi 02/27/2018 at 10:37

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Thank you. I fixed it. I was tempted to leave it though.

Future next gen S2000 owner > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 10:43

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Turd #5

I’m all in favor of free trade but if one country is being an asshole about it, we should equally be assholes back.

fintail > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 10:49

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A closed government controlled economy - like China?

Given the history of our most favored “partner” and Geely’s copycar history, the German hobby of tinfoil hat paranoia might have reason to exist here.

punkgoose17 > Future next gen S2000 owner 02/27/2018 at 10:56

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I am really not a fan or the requirement to partner with a Chinese company to sell vehicles in China and the high tariffs they have on non-Chinese produced cars. The Geely purchase of Daimler stock is actually pretty fair and I am okay with it.

punkgoose17 > fintail 02/27/2018 at 10:56

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I am really not a fan or the requirement to partner with a Chinese company to sell vehicles in China and the high tariffs they have on non-Chinese produced cars. The Geely purchase of Daimler stock is actually pretty fair and I am okay with it.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 10:59

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What happened to Ash?

fintail > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 11:00

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It’s the least open least free economy in the relatively developed world. Not something anyone should strive for.

I’m not sure if I can look at the stock purchase as fair (when a similar purchase in the other direction is prohibited) or as anything better than embezzled money from that locale being laundered in west coast real estate. What’s the real motivation?  Many see the DCX era as a nadir for MB, this might be the start of a repeat.

punkgoose17 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/27/2018 at 11:08

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He is fighting the Evil Dead

punkgoose17 > fintail 02/27/2018 at 11:13

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Very good point. I was thinking other Porsche and VW bought portions of each other for control, but MB cannot buy back into a Chinese company for leverage.

fintail > punkgoose17 02/27/2018 at 11:20

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Yes, there’s no chance of reciprocity. I also have IP concerns.