Author Topic: Wow.... i wish it wasnt true (Read 1366 times)

bkbandit · « **Reply #45 on:** June 13, 2006, 01:04:24 AM »

NOw that i think about it, nintendo is comin out with there new system and are goin to sell it somethin like 250 bucks. The xbox when it first came out was like 4 5 hunder bucks. Nintendo has to be takin a lost.

1K3 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 13, 2006, 02:40:49 AM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit
NOw that i think about it, nintendo is comin out with there new system and are goin to sell it somethin like 250 bucks. The xbox when it first came out was like 4 5 hunder bucks. Nintendo has to be takin a lost.

http://wii.nintendo.com/philosophy.html

NINTENDO's Wii (that's right... Nintendo Wii !) console specs will not be as powerful as Xbox-360 and Playstation 3. Nintendo instead is relying on their revolutionary control interface to regain their lost market share to SONY/MICROSOFT and get more old people to play video games. Nintendo will not try to compete against other console solely on raw CPU power

BTW the new Playstation 3 will be priced at $600:eek:

SirLoin · « **Reply #47 on:** June 13, 2006, 06:00:36 AM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
BK, part of the problem with the current US auto industry are the unions.

The main problem is that the Automakers are paying the unions BILLIONS of dollars to do nothing. And I mean that quite literally.

I was reading an article a month or two back about a program the automakers and the unions had devised to keep useless people still on the payroll. The gist was that some people's jobs had been replaced, or phased out, or just not there anymore. The problem is that these people are still paid the same wages to literally sit in a room all day, and do nothing until the day they retire with full benefits.

Bollocks..Automakers don't give a red penny to unions(they get it from dues paying members)

"..useless people.."..If someone's job gets eliminated they get to sit around in a room all day until they retire? Bollocks...Said "Useless Person"gets to bid on job postings based on seniority..

Useless people sitting around in rooms sounds like management.

lazs2 · « **Reply #48 on:** June 13, 2006, 09:32:12 AM »

tikky... I don't know or care what a liter is but there are production American cars that put out 550 hp... what 1 liter jap car can you go to the local dealer and buy that has that kind of HP?

The new standards for HP ratings came out and as usual... the japs all had to downrate their hp ratings and the Americans mostly had to rate theirs up.

Even rich... I wouldn't want to be a jap.

lazs

bkbandit · « **Reply #49 on:** June 13, 2006, 10:15:03 AM »

yea american cars r more powerful but they make u pay for it. The mustang and the camaro aimed at ur high school and college student. NOt anymore. A guy told me that in the about 86 he worked and saved his money through his last 2 years of high school and was able to grab an 81 in fantastic shape with modds on it for a great price. I have seen some for sale adds in the papaer for 02s and they want like 26 grand:O . A v8 (300 something horse power) camaro or mustang shouldnt cost over 20 grand. How much could it cost for a manchine to put together a mustang. The vette has went from americans favorite sports car to a wanna be super car at 80 grand. There doin retro cars to get back to the roots and there forgeting one thing, the price. In the 80s a new camaro was about 12 14 grand, in the early 90s it was about 24 grand and the last ones that came out were in the low 30s. Mustangs and camaros arent race cars, there just cars with enough power to have fun with.

That ps3 is goin to be 600? I bet with the power there packin into these manchines they will last for another 7 years.

lazs2 · « **Reply #50 on:** June 13, 2006, 10:29:23 AM »

If you want to you can buy a 86-93 Mustang for maybe 5 grand and another 5 grand will give you 400+ hp and a nice stereo to go with your air conditioning..

But you are correct.. the companies are blowing it... they need to sell a strippo sedan along the idea of the original GTO and Roadrunner and SS Chevelle... something that can be built from the order form but starts out cheap... No power windows or cup holders or leather or GPS or even ac and all that... Big V8... tough tranny and rear end... heavy duty suspension and strippo interior. No radio or power anything... Something a kid can make payments on.

lazs

Maverick · « **Reply #51 on:** June 13, 2006, 12:10:24 PM »

I don't know what high school you all went to but when I was going to high school there was no freaking way I could afford a new car. This was at the peak of the pony car time period as well. The mustang, camaro, charger / challenger were all way beyond a high school kids finances and I worked every summer all summer long to pay for gas, insurance and other expenses for the remainder of the year. Stripped or not a new car was beyond the average high school kids means.

Hangtime · « **Reply #52 on:** June 13, 2006, 12:58:35 PM »

^^ Yup.

Whatever happened to working, establishing yourself and THEN buying a car on payments?

I was 28 before I bought a new car.. took 3 years to pay it off. Have paid cash for every vehicle since.. and never again bought 'new'.

This nonsense of living well beyond your means is like a sickness.. high school kids with car payments?

Crazy.

bkbandit · « **Reply #53 on:** June 13, 2006, 03:32:39 PM »

LAZS YES, give me a joe performance car. A 350 small block bullet proof tranny with a hardcore rear. A single disc cd player with 2 speakers in the doors cant cost much to mass produce. My biggest opinion in that would be leather seats. No power seats, windows or locks.These cars are about smokeing tires not checkin ur make up in the mirror. A simple car like this is what u need. How much could the big three want for a car like this.

I just wish our country could produce somethin else to be proud of other then the f22 and the abrams tank. Yea the ford gt is a great car but i cant afford that. If u want anythin good here u hav to either pay for it in blood or by somethin from over seas.

lazs2 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 14, 2006, 09:49:46 AM »

I wasn't talking about high school kids... I was talking about "kids" with their first car that they buy on payment plans.

We all had hopped up old cars in High school and motorcycles... it was pretty neat when one of the guys would get to take out big brothers SS 396 Chevelle or goat or 440/383 roadrunner....

When we got out of high school there were specialty lots that sold thrashed muscle cars.. "Bill Parkers 4 speeds" was where I bought a low millage SS/RS 350 4 speed 67 camaro with a burned out clutch (half a days work) for the princely sum of $1400 dollars.... I believe it worked out to about $60 a month payment with my chevy II tradin...

There were lots with nothing but vettes.... Nothing but hot rods and nothing but 4 speeds....

Just like now..... life was good.

lazs