Think they need an automotive parody writer?

This might be the only way to sell even fewer Slates.

Diary Entry - 07/05/1984 | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute A Repub. leadership reception in the A.M.—did a receiving line & individual photos. Then to A.F.1 & off to Mount Clemens Mich.—Selfridge Air Nat. Guard Base. Helicoptered to Warren Mich. the Gen. Moto...

The Reagan library website includes an except from his dairy on the day he visited GM's headquarters and test drove a Saturn concept car:

www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reaga...

I've driven a variety of cars but not many repeats.

At @motorweek.bsky.social we seemingly had Dodge Challengers every few months, but I don't remember how many different ones. 4 or 5 maybe? I've also driven 4 Tesla Model S's.

I've driven most major AMC models, but not many repeats.

plot twist:

Let's read a book together!

update: I bought six

Me, when seeing a pile of day-old rotisserie chickens at the store on sale for 66% off:

Springtime is here! 🌱 Time for a drive.

Good. They never should've gotten rid of it.

Multiple quarters of data SHOWED that Frito-Lay was losing customers and money, but management refused to lower prices, because they'd gotten addicted to those thicker margins. They finally did back down, but only after the losses were too painful to ignore.

Guess it'll be the same for automakers.

Frito-Lay admitted during earnings calls they were raising prices faster than inflation the last few years because "the customer would tolerate it."

Then suddenly Doritos were $7.49 a bag and people quit buying them. They hemorrhaged a ton of sales, all become of short term greed.

It's like fast food restaurants selling $12 burgers because value items have no margins. But once you stop making $2 burgers, that muscle atrophies and you forget how to do it.

The profits are so tempting that $12 becomes $14, then $16... Then customers tap out, and there's no way to get them back.

In other words, the amount your Mach-E will depreciate in the first 2 years could pay for the gas to keep your Explorer.