Comments on: Car Wars

By: Darla

Darla — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:11:40 +0000

1) We’re going in the wrong direction.

2) Public safety is job #1.

3) I like the friends I have now.

4) The Burmese are migrating to MY city so we need to fill the refrigerators in their apartments until their foodstamps kick-in, so we need YOUR food.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-16-burma-refugee_N.htm

http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=8974960

http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2007/10/13/one_thing_from_burma.html

4) I’d like to have little China town’s around Indianapolis….

5) I’m going to China to look for more Asians to exploit MY city.

“In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;

And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;

And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;

And then . . . they came for me . . .

And by that time there was no one left to speak up.”

WAKEUP Indianapolis, extreme partisianship, racial segregation and elitism makes it easy for politicians to abuse us! We’ve got three LONG years to go!

By: zorki1

zorki1 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:48:53 +0000

Exactly who’s going to be driving these 85 new cars?

By: IndyErnie

IndyErnie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:34:51 +0000

Silly I don’t think so. Jerry you paid a premium and didn’t get much if any discount in the sticker price of that Hybrid. You probably paid over sticker just to get it. At four dollars a gallon it will take years to offset the premium what you paid. At two dollars a gallon it will take twice as long. Don’t get me wrong hybrids are OK its just that the new car buyer pays through the nose and the resale isn’t that much higher five years down the road than the gas burner.
Silly or not 25 yrs in the business has taught me to look at every aspect of the purchase, but you believe what ever makes you happy.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:59:33 +0000

As someone who has worked in law enforcement, I can tell you that I would _never_ use my personal vehicle for anything department related, even if they paid me. Sometimes the process of being covered under your employer’s insurance policy can be a pain. Plus, if I have a good deal on a car, I lose that as soon as it gets totaled. So while my employer would likely pay out, they are only going to pay out book value if the other driver is uninsured and has no money. Unless I get a written contract with a set price I would get if the vehicle is totaled, I am not driving it for official duties. This is why government provide vehicles to employees. I do agree that sometimes this is abused: Buying of SUVs when there is no need for such a vehicle, buying them and letting people take them home, etc..

By: John Howard

John Howard — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:19:51 +0000

‘Imports’ seem to have higher resale values, too.

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:02:04 +0000

I own a 2008 Camry Hybrid, only to save on gas and when it was $2 a gallon, and it was made in Kentucky. The 10 year payoff statement from Ernie is silly. My first foreign car, with much reluction. The majority of the parts were also made in the US, which you can’t say about the big three.

By: Mauri

Mauri — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:43:29 +0000

If the city really wants to save bucks, then they should look into NGV(natural gas) vehicles manufactured by GM, FORD, CHRYSLER,and HONDA(here in Indiana). They are just barely more expensive that regular gas vehicles and their maintenance records are much better especially engine maintenance.

By: zorki1

zorki1 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:06:57 +0000

I kinda think Mitch owns the ethanol debacle,but your right , foreign drivers, Honda engines,Brazilian ethanol,85 Toyotas,and Ballard on his way to China.LOL

By: Daw-g

Daw-g — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:57:22 +0000

>LOL, Ive heard the republican whine commercial on the radio about the 500
.
Republican? I thought it was a corn/ethanol association of some sort pushing the commercial. But the commercial is funny. The IRL has foreign drivers whose names people can’t even pronounce properly and they want us to be upset that ethanol is coming from Brazil? LOL…okay.

By: zorki1

zorki1 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:53:24 +0000

LOL, Ive heard the republican whine commercial on the radio about the 500 using ethanol from Brazil,then Ballard turns around and buys 85 TOYOTAS, what a hoot.Maybe Brazil makes better ethanol, isnt that the arguement by the right about American cars?