Ford Funny

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Remembered this from my youth. You may or may not think it funny. The subject matter could of course be changed to suite your fancy.

[Vintagesleds.com]

[Ski of Plenty]

Here's my favorite: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If it weren't for Chevys our tools would rust.

[74sno-pro]

yah yah yah about the chevy,,,,,,,,My favorite is Dodge,,,which means to avoid,,,,,,,look it up in the dictionary,,,,,,,,hahaha         and this from a Mopar or no car guy,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[hotdoo]

Always like the Chevy WT's,which meant with tools!

[wolff67]

With Tools?? 

[Jetson]

F ound
O n
R eservation
D ismantled

D rips
O il
D rops
G rease
E verywhere

[kawidave]

First
On
Race
Day

[leannmean]

FIx
OR
Repair
Daily

Found
On
Road
Dead

F#cked
Over
Road
Disaster

And I drive a ford😬

[kawidave]

On a quiet night in the mountains of Tennessee you can hear a checy rusting.

[moose17n]

F. ound O.n R.ussian D.ump---Failed  On  Race  Day------lol

[moose17n]

F. ound O.n R.ussian D.ump---Failed  On  Race  Day------lol

cool of your dad to write that poem

[jr37]

i used to use this one on my dad when he had Fords.  F'ing Owners Really Dumb 

I think he still loves me.

[rockbass99]

For Only Real Drivers

[rockbass99]

Actually it stands for:
     Don't need no stinkin' government bailout!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GHenry]

.... man this gets old, so here it is one more time.



A Ford TV ad slams competitors for accepting bailout funds, even though the company’s CEO lobbied for the bill. The company — the only one of the Big Three not to receive a bailout — feared a collapse of GM and Chrysler at the time would have hurt suppliers and, in turn, Ford itself. Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan R. Mulally also asked Congress for a “credit line” of up to $9 billion in case the economy worsened.

In other words, Ford was for government bailouts before it was against them.

Although Ford did not need money from the $80 billion bailout program, Ford did receive $5.9 billion in government loans in 2009 to retool its manufacturing plants to produce more fuel-efficient cars, and the company lobbied for and benefited from the cash-for-clunkers program — contrary to the ad’s testimonial that Ford is “standing on their own.”



So, did the taxpayers ever get any of this money back?   



A little more info -

The Automotive Industry Financing Program — which was created under the Troubled Asset Relief Program — provided $79.69 billion to GM, GMAC and Chrysler. So far, they have paid back a little more than half of the money, or about $40 billion, according to Treasury’s daily report for Sept. 16 on TARP funds.

Ford did not receive any money under AIFP, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t get any federal assistance.

In a Jan. 30, 2009, report on the bailout program, the Congressional Research Service noted that Ford “is counting on $5 billion from the DOE loan program to support a $14 billion plan to reorient its lineup toward more fuel-efficient vehicles.” On June 23, 2009, the Department of Energy announced it would provide $5.9 billion to Ford “to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio to produce 13 more fuel efficient models.”

In a business plan submitted to Congress in December 2008, Ford touted its $14 billion plan for fuel-efficient cars as a key part of its effort to turn the company around — noting that a big piece of the funding was coming from the DOE. The company’s business plan also urged Congress to pass legislation to provide “incentives for consumers to trade in older vehicles and move to more fuel-efficient vehicles.” About six months later — on June 24, 2009 — President Obama signed the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act that became known as the cash-for-clunkers program. A Department of Transportation report (table 10) said more than 90,000 Fords were purchased under the cash-for-clunkers program — second only to Toyota — as of December 2009.

Hampton sought to draw a difference between the bailout program and other government programs. “The government programs we participate in are to promote efforts that are beneficial to the entire nation,” she said. “The work we do on fuel efficiency benefits everyone. The bailout of our competitors was good for the industry and the nation’s economy, but we are proud that we didn’t need to use precious taxpayer money.”

We take no position on the merits of any of the federal programs geared to help U.S. automakers. This much is clear: Ford once supported a bailout program that it now denigrates.

Of course, most of you still complaining about an automotive bailout are probably still doing business with the lending / financial institutions that screwed you over far worse ...... but that's another story.  You sure don't want to look those numbers up, you might not sleep too well tonight.

GH out.