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I can see scapegoating Daimler, Cerebus, and the 2008/09 meltdown, but what are the excuses for Chrysler's first round of bailouts, at a time as I understand it, the other Big 2 didn't need bailouts.

Less of a bailout and more loan guarantees. Chrysler paid back the loans early.

Correct - the loans came from private banks, and Uncle Sam guaranteed them. As noted, they were paid back early, mainly because of the success of the K-Car, and all its derivatives.

I can see scapegoating Daimler, Cerebus, and the 2008/09 meltdown, but what are the excuses for Chrysler's first round of bailouts, at a time as I understand it, the other Big 2 didn't need bailouts.

Less of a bailout and more loan guarantees. Chrysler paid back the loans early.

Totally speculation but I think Chrysler and would have fared better had Bob Lutz led instead of Eaton.

Oh, absolutely! There was a chapter or two devoted to just that topic in the book - Eaton came over from GM Europe, IIRC, and brought a lot of that corporate mentality with him.

I’m not a fancy car wash products type of guy. Whatever Walmart sells (Turtle Wax, Meguiars, etc) does just fine for my leased cars.

The one exception is Ardex Speedy VOC for the tire shine. I’ve found nothing that works better. It’s hard to get though. Either EBay or when I was in the campground there was a guy who distributed for them. I used to get a gallon at his cost.

For the cleaning the rims and tires I used to use Spray Nine but have shifted to Simple Green as it’s much cheaper.

Who knew that selling car care products and accessories could be so profitable? I used to keep up with the wash/wax/protectant debates you would find online where those who cared obsessively about such things would talk about "the best!" products to use for whatever purpose. I don't remember many Griot products being mentioned in those discussions; it was usually even more obscure stuff. I did get their catalog once and seem to recall being impressed by the price points they were asking. Stuff wasn't cheap, which I guess explains how the founder could afford to buy 6-figure cars for his collection.

@explorerx4 said:
@qbrozen,
Agree with you on the 300K opening bid. Probably a shill.

Re: The Cobra R, original was around 01, naturally aspirated 5.4 @ 385 HP.
03/04 Terminator Cobra had a supercharged 4.6 with 390 HP.
05 Ford GT had a supercharged 5.4 with 540 HP.
I would tread very, very carefully with someone claiming to have a 700 HP example.

It is a particular group I’m in. All fully built cars for sale. Seller took a cobra r engine and built it with forged internals, etc.