From time to time I want to post my random traffic light antics. Today's: revving Pokey's engine and exclaiming "I SWEAR TO GOD, THIS THING COULD...CUT YOUR LAWN"
In terms of current events: Warning, this has minimal humor and is really wordy: Chrysler is even screwed-er than the media is letting on. They were screwed-er than they were letting on when I wrote on my facebook (February 21 at 1:22pm) that they didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of making it to 2011. Also, when the auto-industry-stories initially hit the fan, most news outlets felt that Chrysler had a better chance at "turning its boat around" than GM because "their boat is smaller." Sorry media, English Channel this ain't. Chrysler has 4 divisions -- Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Dodge Trucks. Jeep and Dodge Trucks make absolutely nothing but SUVs and trucks -- vehicle segments whose sales are hurting the worst in the current downturn. The Chrysler auto division has...three cars remaining in its lineup -- a shitty midsize car (Sebring), a badge-engineered van (Town & Country), and an upscale-but-poorly-engineered full size car (the 300). The Dodge division has its ups and downs, but the most troubling thing is that their recent decisions are absolutely clueless. While the PT Loser is an average car, the fact is that it was one of the few that Chrysler had that fit in with whats going to be the future of the American auto industry. Rather than redesign it for a new model year (it went an entire decade without a redesign other than changing the shapes of the headlamps), they just axed it. Retaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarded. Also: Chrysler has hamstrung its R&D efforts with the recent bankruptcy declaration and were behind in engineering anyway. Don't think Fiat can save them either -- they have 0 cars that will be marketable in the current US market, and I'm not too certain Chryler has many in its worldwide lineup than can be successful in Europe.
Awesome x 2 (to make up for yesterday's lack of awesome):
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