Just joshin’ comrade. Yaris was a fine enough car. I’m just always a bit bitter when I don’t win a pitch, especially when part of “too expensive” is my client’s mark-up of my rate. Also, it was very weird for them to intro Yaris and the quite similar Scion (lost that pitch too) at the same time. Think Coke coming out with Orange Crush and Orange Nehi at once. Any idea where that Taunus image was shot? Auto World in Brussels? FYI, that service department “tour” is de rigueur in the business. I could explain why, but you wouldn’t believe it.

Can I be Barney to your Fred? I always had a thing for Betty (nee O’Shale) Rubble and her ragged mini dresses. Yabba-dabba-do! I’d put Bam-bam up for adoption-adoption. By the way, ask me about foundling Swee’Pea’s paternity some time. I have special knowledge acquired from my home multiverse, but protected information by virtue of HIPPA regulations

Comrade Kaiser Flintstone,
Where do I begin? Remember how Peggy in “Peggy Sue Got Married,” reacted when her dad drove home in a new Edsel…? Yaris, for whose launch I wrote a compelling, creative and ultimately rejected ride, drive and
warehouse rave event (too expensive), is/was the Edsel of its time, just without the horse-collar grille (really the only simile — among many– I can use in polite company) and push-button transmission. Did they try to sell you “accessories” from their required showcase?

Keiser,

How did you know I follow the Steelers? They don’t have ‘the Bus’ anymore, but I’m looking forward to seeing what N. Harris can do. Man it sure looks like the Delta variant is causing chaos once again. Stores and shops are all mandated to have people wear masks again. I’ll be surprised if we see half full stadiums this year. I hate being pessimistic, but I don’t think we are going to get back to normal for some time. I hope I’m wrong about that!

Imported vehicles were down over 13% last year, Domestic vehicle sales were down almost 9%. 85% of Palladium is used in catalytic converters, I didn’t state it was the preferred metal to use! I also stated that sales were in decline, not demand for the product. Hell, that’s part of the reason why we can’t get our Morgans and Peace dollars till October/November. Staff and shifts are in decline.

Platinum is the preferred catalyst. Auto sales are increasing at a steady pace. Scarcity of advanced chips is the current limiting factor industry wide, although some manufactures are limited by production capacity constraints. Vehicles are sold before they are even built. Bottom line: Vehicle sales are NOT in decline, with the exception of conventional sedans — Ford, for one, has stopped building sedans — no one wants them except the most, um, mature buyers…everyone else lusts for big, fat SUVs or rough and tugged pickups because they’re so efficient at burning up fuel and injecting carbon, sulfer and other noxious gasses into the air we breathe. Isn’t it clever how those who shreik about saddling our children with the burden of an increasing national debt entirely ignore the burden and devestation things like rising sea levels, wild fires, deadly super storms and mass climate-change immigration exodus will bring. I can hardly wait for Canada to build a border wall that the US pays for.