{"id":3745,"date":"2022-01-28T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T11:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2022-01-28T06:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T11:50:44","slug":"picking-a-new-vehicle-just-got-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3745","title":{"rendered":"Picking a New Vehicle Just Got Easier…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Picking<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is, of course, quite an understatement to say that the automotive industry is not what it once was in Michigan. But it still has an oversized influence on both our economy and our identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was listening to an episode of the “Armchair Expert<\/a>” podcast with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Documentary filmmaker, author, and activist Michael Moore\u00a0was the\u00a0guest. Say what you will about Moore, but he is undeniably a Michigander. Shepard was also born and raised here (as\u00a0well as his wife, Kristen Bell), so a lot of the episode was very inside baseball.\u00a0I don’t know how enjoyable it was for somebody not from Michigan, but I thought it was great \u2014 GM proving grounds, Kellogg’s, St Andrews Hall, Huntington Woods \u2014 yeah, I know what you’re talking about.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when I saw the news this week about the General Motors plan to invest $7 billion in Michigan<\/a> (with Ford\u00a0having announced a couple months ago their\u00a0intentions to invest in Tennessee and Kentucky), I was inspired. Only somebody from Michigan would truly understand the GM\/Ford rivalry. Again, not what it once was, but\u00a0it is in our Michigander\u00a0DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, sure, GM isn’t necessarily more loyal to our state than Ford \u2014 both are big businesses most heavily influenced by where the tax breaks and government incentives are plentiful. But it was good news about automotive jobs, which (like a summer day on a lake UpNorth) just naturally makes us feel good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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