Had been to the Hindu Temple today. One of the first things that I noticed about the temple parking lot was that it resembled a used Honda and Toyota car showroom. These two Japanese auto powerhouses have to thank the Indians all around the US for their exceptional sales. And this observation is true about any temple in the US. Pittsburgh Balaji Temple, Aurora Balaji Temple, Lemont Rama Temple etc are the few huge temples that I have visited and have been pleasantly shocked to see the number of Hondas and Toyotas in the parking lots. Lexus and Mercedes are also catching up. Seems the Indian diaspora is not gravely affected by the recession. They were/are smart about the money they earned.
Talking about car sales, almost everyone from GM to Ford to Chrysler to Toyota to Honda to Nissan have seen their car sales decline by double digits. American automakers are struggling to sell their "bad" products to the consumers and this time unlike earlier years, the consumer knows better. Only Subaru and Hyundai have shown positive sales but thats partly because they did not have a huge market and the fact that both these car makers have good cars.
Nothing significant to talk about this weekend. Was strictly OK. Got all of the videos and photos saved from the India trip and that was a mini-project by itself. Kirti shows up next week for Valentine's day and I hope there are no Sri Ram Sene or Bajrang Dal or Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or Shiv Sena activists to disrupt our weekend. I fear for the health and lives of couples in all cities across India who wish to celebrate Valentine's day. Hope it goes without any unruly incidents and that people can come out in the open and enjoy the day.
Talking about car sales, almost everyone from GM to Ford to Chrysler to Toyota to Honda to Nissan have seen their car sales decline by double digits. American automakers are struggling to sell their "bad" products to the consumers and this time unlike earlier years, the consumer knows better. Only Subaru and Hyundai have shown positive sales but thats partly because they did not have a huge market and the fact that both these car makers have good cars.
Nothing significant to talk about this weekend. Was strictly OK. Got all of the videos and photos saved from the India trip and that was a mini-project by itself. Kirti shows up next week for Valentine's day and I hope there are no Sri Ram Sene or Bajrang Dal or Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or Shiv Sena activists to disrupt our weekend. I fear for the health and lives of couples in all cities across India who wish to celebrate Valentine's day. Hope it goes without any unruly incidents and that people can come out in the open and enjoy the day.
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Yeah Indians are smart when it comes to investment. My dad must have missed the bus somewhere ;)
PS: I am AB+ve too :D
All dad's are smart dude...there must be a big pile stored under your bed. Did you check there :)