NYbenzzz

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...icle-1.3196928

i wonder if it will affect the C class, since they are being assembled in alabama these days if i'm not mistaken.


anyways, thought to share this, as it might affect potential benz buyers.

MASSC450

Trump is just a big bag of wind...just about everything he's proposed since taking office he's backed down from, changed his position on...or just outright failed to get passed. All he's accomplished so far has been through executive order.

As for that 35% tariff...he specially mentioned BMW's new plant in Mexico slated to open in 2018 to produce the next generation 3 Series.

Mike5215

Never going to happen. But if it did, it would put thousands of American auto workers, primarily in the south, out of work while simultaneously making used Mercedes, BMWs and Audis a very hot commodity.

removedCFGaccount

Somewhere in Vance, a snicker was heard....

Polestar

You're fake news:

Trump has accomplished quite a lot, but you'll never hear it from the destroy Trump media sources to which you listen.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-100-days.html

MASSC450

Well, since you went there first...

Speaking of fake news...you posted a link from Fox News! How about that wall Mexico was supposed to pay for! Thanks for proving my point about all the executive orders Trump has signed, you know...executive orders the Repukelicans complained about President Obama signing when he was president. Pot, kettle...

All that Russian loving idiot knows what to do is push people around...





Keep drinking that Kool-Aid!

dieseldoc

+1

removedCFGaccount

Apolitical forum....

MASSC450

Poledancer went there first...

removedCFGaccount

So, you are equally culpable.

At least I didn't rat you out like....

MASSC450

You deserved it...you were out of control polluting my thread with stupid OT crap, like when you used to be "Maritime".

I warned you multiple times, and you still kept it up.

removedCFGaccount

My, what a little hair trigger...you always travel the moral high road.

I like you Solly....

The tax will never be enacted, and I'm no rat.

MASSC450

Only towards you honey...

removedCFGaccount

Ha, ha. Well, I'm no rat.

NYbenzzz

i didn't mean to bring politics into this forum, was just giving a heads up.

my bad fellas, never again. LOL

removedCFGaccount

Well, I didn't rat you out.

But, don't expect the tax.

MASSC450

No harm done..we're all adults here, right?



I'm in agreement with others as to Trumps 35% tariff will never pass.

removedCFGaccount

I'm thinking moral hazard, and no tax, but that's just me. Hose Bama? Not likely.

Mike5215

Yeah, this forum is one of the last safe vestiges of sanity. I really don't want to know how various members feel politically because once I know I can't un-know.

NYbenzzz

1 thing i failed to take into consideration is that most people in here are pretty well educated (considering we can all afford benzes)........and thus the arguments are a lot more constructive than say............reddit or any gaming forums (i've been a gamer for 30 years).

But when it comes to politics and football, all rules are thrown out the window, lol

Thlian

Naaaaahhh......

removedCFGaccount

Oh, so you think he'll hose Bama? Nah.

cenzo86

Since we're adults having adult conversations about the cost of our next cars...
This makes a great headline for #nevertrump, but the **** talking he did about German car companies doesn't mean anything immediately. Taxing imported cars mean more incentive for the parent company to manufacture in the US. If prices increase for one car company, manufacturers in the US will also be able to get a higher price point for cars not taxed at the higher rate. Since the market is adjusting to the higher price point, cars will be better and more advanced, particularly US cars.
Most importantly, tariff on new imported cars will drive up the price of classic imported cars. This means a classic car market that continues to rise for the foreseeable future.
Fear not my communist friends, capitalism will make driving better.
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MASSC450

All I see the 35% tariff accomplishing is driving up the cost of automobiles when all the other manufacturers follow suit to the price increases.

I guess certain people in government today know very little about American history, and what actually started the great depression of the 1930's. Hell, our fearless leader didn't even know President Andrew Jackson died before the Civil War even started!

Mike5215

Trumps messaging is rarely intended for general consumption (where the average middle schooler could pick it apart as fantasy). He's almost always targeting his base directly. They buy pretty much whatever he's selling, although like everything else...the Wall, the Muslim ban, the budget, healthcare repeal, election fraud prevention..,it's not happening because A, Trump has almost zero comprehension about policy or legislation and B, he doesn't care because he knows his base doesn't care. The message isn't an opening bid for the thing; it's the thing in its entirety.

He can be safely ignored. There will never be a tariff on German cars or anything else under this administration.