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Know also, that inauguration day back in Hoover's day was March 4, not January 20.
Most historians thought his wife burned all his presidential papers, but they were stored in Ohio and not available to study until the mid-'60's. Historians who've read his papers have come away with an improved opinion of him.
To me, interesting overview of Harding's presidency, from a latter-day standpoint:
https://fee.org/articles/the-strange-presidency-of-warren-g-harding/
20th Century U.S. history class over, sorry! LOL
Perhaps the next comparison is Nixon and the war on the press.
My prediction is that a) It won't help any jobs in the US; and b) It will backfire and hurt our economy big time.
Of course, tarriffs haven't happened yet.
A level playing field helps, of course.
Corporations do whatever they want. They don't listen to presidents They do what's best for them and their stockholders--one way or the other they'll look out for #1, you can be sure.
http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/detroit-auto-show/2017/01/08/fca-invest-1b-michigan-ohio-plants-confirms-jeep-pickup-grand-wagoneer-wagoneer/96319702/
Not specifically auto-related, but steel plant in Steubenville, OH reopened a month or so ago and is producing steel, first time since 2009. That's all good for that area of the state.
Anytime I hear about going back "to the good old days" I'm suspicious of a shell game going on. I think to enter the future, the auto industry needs to think about the future---and obviously that means higher fuel efficiency, more EVs, more hydrogen cars, more efficient plant operations.
Poor Steubenville.... if ever there was a victim of corporate plundering, that town was it.
I mean, even in your optimism, will Detroit ever be Motor City again? Pretty unlikely. But one day it could be something else.
Fairly expensive, but I like the story the website tells about the city and the company.
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The people I mentioned earlier weren't necessarily movers-and-shakers, but maybe engineeers, tool-and-die makers, draftsmen, foremen at a plant, that kind of thing. Not showy people but successful. I admire that for what it is.
My dad used to always say, "There's money in this town, but a lot of people don't show it". I'm reminded of a nice fellow pretty well-known in town, bachelor, who worked in Human Resources for the railcar builder in our town. He lived in his parents' old home, on a nice, shady, brick street on the east end. Always drove two-door Chevys, Malibus and Caprices, with blackwall tires, LOL. When he died a few years back, he left something like $15 million to the college and town. I figured he was comfortable, but not that much.
Sounds like the benefactor wasn't a complete miser anyway, at least he wasn't buying blackwall Chevettes
My wife and I have long-joked that there are more old hippies per square mile here than anywhere else we've ever been. I've heard people call here "The Berkeley of the Midwest", LOL.
My wife is originally from Frankenmuth, MI and as I've said before, I'm from about an hour-and-a-half due east of Kent; Greenville, PA.
https://www.mouseplanet.com/7105/Looking_Glass
These were the first "crossovers" (sorta)--another trend that American automakers got into a bit late in the game.
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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I remember for many years that Chrysler supposedly had invented the minivan. Except that VW had a small van way before that. Three rows, sliding door on the right side, rear liftgate. Sure, basically a beetle with a boxy body, but it's not like Chrysler was anywhere near first.
Boy, I, especially, would not wanted to have been involved in a frontal accident in any of those early vans, VW, GM, anybody, back then.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
CR, criticized by many as biased in these forums in years past, has the Cruze as the highest overall rated Compact car, and the LaCrosse as the highest rated large sedan. The Buick Regal is the highest rated entry/premium car, tied with the Audi A4.
A really improved showing for GM from say 10 years ago, good job to them!
One thing about the Cruze that has me a little perplexed, although we are delighted with ours so far--it shows only 'average' customer satisfaction per CR. I wonder how much of that might be related to the stop-start feature. I'm used to it now, but one does it feel it come back on. Somewhere I read, can't recall where, that it was the smoothest whatever-magazine had ever tested. I'd hate to feel the worst!
I've mentioned it before, but my Cobalt from 2008 was the most reliable, cheap-to-buy, and cheap-to-operate car I ever owned. I still own an '09 for my daughter. Matter of fact, for road/tire noise, both our Cobalts are quieter than either our new Cruze or our '11 Malibu. I do think in the rush to eliminate weight since then, soundproofing has come out. The ignition switch fiasco was handled poorly along the way, but I never worried about having the issue in either of my cars.
My car has it too, but as a warm diesel doesn't seem to "crank" like a gas car when warm, it's a pretty instant starting procedure.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive