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Originally posted by Rara:
Does your brother work at Nummi? I'm guessing because it is one of the few auto industry ties to the Bay Area.
I grew up in the Santa Rosa area and went to High School in Antioch; I interviewed at Nummi right out of college, but decided it wasn't for me.
He works for Daimler (worked for Daimler pre-Chrysler merger) and is actually working in Stuttgart, has been for the last 16-months on tour from his US office. His speciality was drivelines & axles. He got his PE, went back to school to learn EE at night and now works with transmission sensors/speedometers. Works quite a bit in the field when issues arise as most everything he works on is low-production or new-production
How you can stand living in the upper-midwest is beyond me? Been to Detroit twice lived in the mid-west for 3yrs and couldn't wait to get back to the west-coast, especially Cali.
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars ~ Hobart Brown
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Originally posted by Fmr12B:
How you can stand living in the upper-midwest is beyond me? Been to Detroit twice lived in the mid-west for 3yrs and couldn't wait to get back to the west-coast, especially Cali.
I second that. Grew up here, but spent a year in the Bay Area, only place I've ever missed. I'm a west coaster at heart, trapped in a mid-west existance.
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Originally posted by ESC:
Originally posted by Fmr12B:
How you can stand living in the upper-midwest is beyond me? Been to Detroit twice lived in the mid-west for 3yrs and couldn't wait to get back to the west-coast, especially Cali.
I second that. Grew up here, but spent a year in the Bay Area, only place I've ever missed. I'm a west coaster at heart, trapped in a mid-west existance.
I really can't stand Michigan. The only things I like here are some friends and the car culture.
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"Absolut Rara."
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Hey Fmr12b, I was wondering about this: Quote:
I read yesterday the YR to YR Mustang sales were only up 19% for the month of Nov. I expected a much larger gain as the '05 was was released last month.
So, I kept digging around here, and I found out, that it is actually only up 12% overall for the month of Nov. BUT, here's the kicker, retail sales to individuals is up by over 50% for Mustangs in Nov. It seems that last year around this time, rental fleets purchased a rather large number of base Mustangs . . . sort of cooks the numbers a bit.
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Originally posted by Rara:
Hey Fmr12b,
I was wondering about this:
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I read yesterday the YR to YR Mustang sales were only up 19% for the month of Nov. I expected a much larger gain as the '05 was was released last month.
So, I kept digging around here, and I found out, that it is actually only up 12% overall for the month of Nov. BUT, here's the kicker, retail sales to individuals is up by over 50% for Mustangs in Nov. It seems that last year around this time, rental fleets purchased a rather large number of base Mustangs . . . sort of cooks the numbers a bit.
I work in finance/audit as a consultant to the tech companies out here and totally understand the numbers are always gonna be estimates that generally make the companies look beeter, espeically at the end of a products life.
Is Ford keeping the '05 Stangs out of Hertz's hands? I'm assuming they are shipping to them as we speak!
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400hp Mustangs are great but I'd rather have a 400hp Contour.  How many of those do you see.  And for those opinions we don't like, we should just skip 'em! Hey it's a mouse people...USE IT!
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Originally posted by Rara:
I second that. Grew up here, but spent a year in the Bay Area, only place I've ever missed. I'm a west coaster at heart, trapped in a mid-west existance.
I really can't stand Michigan. The only things I like here are some friends and the car culture.
Yet you and Dave tell me I should move there 
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400hp in anything is nice in my opinion!i would love to be in michigan myself for the car culture.Rara we need a ford gt block for the 05,any chances  .The name of the shop btw is Haywood Custom Speed.
(2)1994 mustang GTs 2001 gt convertible loaded.www.haywoodspeed.com
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Originally posted by Honkeytonk Monkey:
Originally posted by Rara:
I second that. Grew up here, but spent a year in the Bay Area, only place I've ever missed. I'm a west coaster at heart, trapped in a mid-west existance.
I really can't stand Michigan. The only things I like here are some friends and the car culture.
Yet you and Dave tell me I should move there
i love it here. i've lived in NYC, connecticut, and ohio. MI is still my fav! 
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