[Mr. Wyndham]

This is all being blown out of proportion. Even the most insignificant bad news travels like wildfire...much to my disappointment.

I think most of it, is that we're so used to being buttered-up by automakers, government, and our "superiors" (rolleyes); being told things that are all sugar-coated. That the minute somebody like Bob Lutz takes charge, who isn't going to sugar coat things, we take it as oh so terrible news. You think there weren't delays in other projects? You think there weren't issues and changed minds about cars before Lutz, and CAFE? huh.....we just weren't told then.

Alpha isn't even off the ground yet. So, Lutz tells it like it is, he says: "There may be delays." Would anybody expect a brand new platform to go off without a hitch from start to finish?? No. And all of a sudden, it means that Alpha has now fallen Victim to CAFE, and is in dire Peril.(to some people) It's like a weatherman saying - "there are storm clouds in the sky...so it might rain."..................Apparently that means that we're all going to drown from a massive global-wide flood.

My favorite lately on other boards is how Zeta is dead. Not dying, not being closely watched, but dead. Gimme a break.....

I guess all I'm saying, is: realize that 90% of the info we're given, is given to us by the media. An institution who's sole perogative is to maintain ratings, and popularity. Such goals require 'spicing up' of facts. And they know how much more effective Bad news is at producing those results. So, believe half of what you read (i.e. the sole facts), and then question/wait to see/ignore the other half - cause that's our beloved media making ratings.

EDIT: I also want to make it very clear that this was not directed at anybody here. We have been VERY good in this dept. It's just that I've just finished the rounds for today - and if I believed everything I've read on other car forums; well, hell - we've entered the Apocolypse. I'm very tired of reading it all.