VW Is GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! Workers Strike & Plants To Close!

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2024

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  • @willl.3353
    @willl.3353 Місяць тому +19

    Henry Ford kinda had it right. Make your vehicles affordable to your employees. Simple. Because that was the targeted market range.

    • @RespectfullyHumble
      @RespectfullyHumble Місяць тому +1

      @@willl.3353 Unfortunately his ancestors got it wrong 😔! By pricing the Lightning EV pickup trucks too high and unobtainable by the average American assembly line workers! What a shame indeed. Henry Ford is not Resting in Peace he's looking from above saying look WTF have you done to my company 🙄!

  • @HanselFinancial
    @HanselFinancial Місяць тому +39

    This is crazy!! And the news is saying our economy is strong…based on the car market, I don’t buy it!

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому +8

      The car makers and bankers and politicians are painting a positive picture but that’s to help stimulate buying

    • @Shadforlife
      @Shadforlife Місяць тому +3

      I totally agree!

    • @twiki1559
      @twiki1559 Місяць тому

      It wasn't a bad economy. It was greed by VW management.

    • @cynthiawylie3584
      @cynthiawylie3584 Місяць тому

      Socialism ALWAYS fails.

  • @markdavey2107
    @markdavey2107 Місяць тому +18

    Majority of the population can't afford the price of cars today ..we are at the breaking point ..mass layoffs and all sales tank

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому +3

      In the mean time, GM is selling the Chevy Trax like hotcakes. At 21K ( base model), you get a lot for the $$$. Who cares about the power lift gates and lane assist sensors. The less the better. Crank windows and manual seat adjustments works fine. Never breaks down. Buyers also need to get down to earth and realize that half of those options aren't necessary.

    • @ilovebarcelona9256
      @ilovebarcelona9256 Місяць тому

      @@bmw803 That's why your government has put surcharges on Chinese cars. So you can buy a car with fewer features and still pay a lot for it. A Chinese car is much cheaper and has more features. But you can't complain since you put him in the presidency.

  • @dmcmac9619
    @dmcmac9619 Місяць тому +19

    EV mandates are forcing legacy auto companies out of business

    • @oceanwave4502
      @oceanwave4502 Місяць тому +1

      Withou the mandate, it would take forever for German cars to move to EV era. And when they move there, it would be already too late as many ohers would have established their ecosystem.

  • @dave3657
    @dave3657 Місяць тому +10

    What made VW what it is, was small economical cars. They need to produce what will sell, ICE vehicles.
    As far as the unions, they need to realize a 90% paycheck is always better than a 0% paycheck.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому +2

      Agreed about Unions, but my problem is that top managers don't produce anything and they collect a salary of 10 workers. They never seem to have issues with paying their big salaries and bonuses. But, the worker making the product is always a problem. Maybe trim management and administration. Also, VW was affordability for high precision and outstanding handling/stability of cars on freeways. Between a Corolla and a Jetta, it's night and day.

  • @joshuatelem8796
    @joshuatelem8796 Місяць тому +4

    It all comes down to this, VW wants to produce their cars overseas because the German government has made it very expensive to produce their cars on home soil.

    • @Embargoman
      @Embargoman Місяць тому

      Yes, and to it’s advantage the UAW is eying Chattanooga Plant into what will be of all the workforce; and yet Puebla is ready to also export one way or the other Volkswagen might look to Thailand to replace Germany.

  • @dg7438
    @dg7438 Місяць тому +5

    I'm a huge VW fan, from the Golf 2.5 to the TSI turbo I had, fun & reliable, nothing but great cars, but sad to see them not use common sense & decontenting.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому

      Wish we could see the TDI come back to North America. These were their best cars.

  • @SuperBonefinger
    @SuperBonefinger Місяць тому +19

    Executives: Quick, we'll turn this around by launching a $80K EV bus!

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому

      Haha indeed and trucks same thing

    • @lot2196
      @lot2196 Місяць тому +1

      That's exactly what they are doing. Less vehicles at outrageous prices brought them record profits a few years ago. They won't go back. They would rather face bankruptcy. They all know a bailout is waiting.

    • @johnw4067
      @johnw4067 Місяць тому +1

      Thats before the $20k markup dealers will add. You do want to be the first on your block with the newest VW don't you? Nevermind it will lose half its value in 2-3 years and you will be in debt up to your eyeballs.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому

      ​@@johnw4067. It works as long as you have STOOPID people willing to get in debt.

  • @AndrewGibson22
    @AndrewGibson22 Місяць тому +4

    My wife wanted to buy a new VW but was told she needed to wait 12 months for a Polo, T-Roc or T- Cross and 18 months for a Golf. They are not struggling to sell cars, the dealers just can’t get cars to sell.

  • @albutterfield5965
    @albutterfield5965 Місяць тому +9

    For me the EV makers have to fix 2 big issues, one being the lack of charging station and two being the super high cost of battery replacement. I don't think that the majority of people are on board with EV's yet

    • @heather333
      @heather333 Місяць тому

      The tiny range of approc 250 miles per charge is also a major turn off. Also, battery efficiency in cold climates is a significant problem.

    • @andyfreeze4072
      @andyfreeze4072 Місяць тому

      well, if you want to satisfy 100% of all motoring needs yes, but you badly miss the point, 80% of needs can be met now. Besides, your now wrong on both items. Pay attention to whats happening now, not 5-6 years ago. Do you know why the chinese can now make EVs under $20,000? The price of batteries is constantly reducing......there are 68,000 official charging stations in the USA.....how many homes have a power point or two..........and increasing by 1000 per week. There are 178,000 gas stations in the USA........and decreasing.......check your facts before thinking like rip van winkle

  • @AngelsRapture
    @AngelsRapture Місяць тому +1

    Customers don’t want the pathetic attempts at EVs legacy auto are pushing. While folks are living paycheck to paycheck, all the companies are deciding that a 40K vehicle is now going to sell for 80k. They blew the EV transition. Meanwhile Tesla is growing and racing to design the process to create very affordable electric vehicles AND MAKE IMPRESSIVE PROFITS.

  • @YOUneedJESUS1
    @YOUneedJESUS1 Місяць тому +7

    I will NEVER buy an EV. Driving an 8,000 to 10,000 vehicle in the snow is DANGEROUS! the closest charge station is 42mi away. In winter we get weeks of -30°F with -50°F wind chill so batter range drops to 100mi. Don't have a garage to plug it in at home. They cost 40% more than gas to buy, they cost 50% more to insure, they need $1000 set of tires every year. They cost 100% more to register every year. They cost more to fill up, it takes 4 hrs to fill up instead of 40 sec. Plus they burn to the ground in a crash. I'll buy a camary hybrid that gets 50mpg for half the price. And works everywhere. And I could travel with it.

    • @ilovebarcelona9256
      @ilovebarcelona9256 Місяць тому

      Statistically, in an EV, the incidence of fire is lower than in combustion or hybrid cars. Now, in hybrids, the incidence of fire is higher than in combustion or electric cars.

  • @CMBBmc-jd6ur
    @CMBBmc-jd6ur Місяць тому +1

    Always nice to watch and listen to you.

  • @dithmart17
    @dithmart17 Місяць тому +2

    I won't be buying a car anytime soon and my car is paid off...

  • @JCPaintGuy
    @JCPaintGuy Місяць тому +2

    The unions bear a significant responsibility in terms of company profits and the cost of vehicles. Ridiculous benefits demands, ridiculous pension demands, concessions demanded on numbers of employees to kept artificially high - all of these things, coupled with bloated management staff and stratospheric salaries for executives - all of it plays into the insane cost of vehicles. Add in unrealistic government mandates, the hoax of “climate change,” over regulation, and unsustainable government spending - all of it has pushed conditions the breaking point. $80,000 for a RAM Power Wagon? $90,000 for an F-150? $75,000 for a Jeep Wrangler? The average working family simply cannot afford these overpriced, overhyped, and in many cases, poor quality and high recall rate vehicles. All of them; workers, unions, and the government are at fault.

  • @heather333
    @heather333 Місяць тому +1

    EVs are fine for inner city use, but for long distance travel they are hopeless. Most have a range of 250 miles before a complete recharge. Even in a small geograpgic country like the UK, this range is stupid. A trip from the south coast to Scotland will take three days!

  • @heather333
    @heather333 Місяць тому +1

    It turns out the European based insurance companies have made an agreement to stop insuring diesel/ petrol or hybrid cars after 2033. Is that true?

  • @KNIGHTOFELEMIA-i7i
    @KNIGHTOFELEMIA-i7i Місяць тому +6

    As a consumer I can't do European cars no matter expensive or basic like VW. They work well for a while then they become an expensive parts cannon, expensive to repair. My ex had a VW beetle she told me that her car was under warranty for a part that had to come from Germany it took a while. But the part was $3500 if it wasn't under warranty and it was something to with the passenger door. My neighbor had two BMW's and had to drive to Calgary just to get the oil changed. Would have been cheaper to do it himself. I know there are people out there who love European cars but I would rather buy Japanese or American made cars even though some of them are starting to be built in Mexico.

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому

      Yes a lot of euro cars do cost a lot to fix. Labour is often higher as are the oarts. Fun to drive but costly…..

    • @Theywaswrong
      @Theywaswrong Місяць тому

      Dealership network is too small, parts too expensive, not enough trained shop mechanics. And if the quality is no better than a GM product...why bother with it.

    • @airbourne2
      @airbourne2 Місяць тому

      There was a time when Mercedes were expensive but people paid it because they lasted forever. Newer Mercedes will not last that long.

  • @davidaguilar8363
    @davidaguilar8363 Місяць тому +1

    I would like to know, how upper management is help the cause. Are they giving up their bonuses or cutting their enormous salaries?

  • @Theywaswrong
    @Theywaswrong Місяць тому +2

    I'm not buying an EV. No way. Crazy depreciation. Even if I trade or sell it while it's still under warranty, the loss of value because of battery replacement kills the resale market. I'm not getting stuck with an EV. And I won't look at a used one unless it's free and the battery cost has dropped hugely.

  • @doubler4064
    @doubler4064 Місяць тому +1

    opinions: I extended my lease for 3 months hoping prices would drop but they havent. Now my extension is up the end of the month. I can always buy my Q50 for a decent price 5K under what they go for. But I was wondering if there were ANY good deals out there so I dont have to.

    • @lot2196
      @lot2196 Місяць тому

      No. Don't believe any of this "dealers are suffering" stuff. They are doing fine.

  • @markdavey2107
    @markdavey2107 Місяць тому +2

    The heard needs thinned out..2 many auto makers..and unions cause alot of the cost issues ..that's why so many more manufacturers will move plants overseas

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому

      The heard of overpaid and useless managers needs to be trimmed. They collect big $$$ and don't produce the vehicles. Also, tell accountants to shut the fuck up and do the accounting. When accountants run the show, you're in shit

  • @danielpilachowski2424
    @danielpilachowski2424 Місяць тому +1

    Stalantis will purchase Volkswagen.

  • @markday5797
    @markday5797 Місяць тому

    Q to my self do I hang on to my 2019 GTI or move on before it is worth next to nothing. Like Stellantes.

  • @Amador-u2p
    @Amador-u2p Місяць тому +1

    If they make good car people will buy if not they don't care they get honda or Toyota or other yunk that doesn't have the check engine light on every day

  • @Vincent-ke5zn
    @Vincent-ke5zn Місяць тому +8

    I won't miss VW, don't bother me at all

  • @pierrelabbe3173
    @pierrelabbe3173 Місяць тому +2

    Love M.T.L 100/100=
    $$$$=? A SUIVRE
    MONTRÉAL QUÉBEC 😮

  • @1HeatWalk
    @1HeatWalk Місяць тому +3

    VW is huge. What is going to happen to Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and other car brands under VW?

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому

      They'll end up selling a few. FORD did the same in mid 2000s. It worked well until Allan Mullaly left the company and retired.

    • @oskar4404
      @oskar4404 Місяць тому

      Maybe quality goes first not profit..

  • @QuattroSG
    @QuattroSG Місяць тому +1

    A GTI or Golf R not made in Wolfsburg isn’t worth buying. I bet VW will consider offshoring the model eventually if things get worse.

  • @bmw803
    @bmw803 Місяць тому +1

    Perhaps they can get rid of some useless managers. Downsize their real estate and especially pay freezes for top managers. It's always the front liners that are somehow a financial problem.. but, no issues overpaying top managers and massive bonuses. The workers produce the cars. Not managers.

  • @brianwashere7966
    @brianwashere7966 Місяць тому +9

    The mandates are being ignored.... Yeah, because those cars only fit the lifestyle of very few. And the clowns making the mandates will have NO CHOICE but to keep pushing the date back FOREVER or they won't be reelected.

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому +3

      Yes the dates were a nice idea but…..I believe they are going out the window

    • @RespectfullyHumble
      @RespectfullyHumble Місяць тому

      @@brianwashere7966 Yeah the very few and extremely wealthy customers are the only ones that can afford the so called, "affordable", Cybertruck! It's a toy truck for the wealthy Class Elites only. Off limits to Middle Class customers! 😌

  • @kendetulio4009
    @kendetulio4009 Місяць тому +2

    I can count the number of VW I see on the road on 1 finger. Unions can't force people to buy them.

    • @bmw803
      @bmw803 Місяць тому

      Top managers could also take a pay freeze and they can also trim in the administration. That's where the financial problems are. Then, produce proper cars and it will cost less in warranty claims too.

  • @toddrobinson9170
    @toddrobinson9170 Місяць тому +1

    @Volkswagen maybe you lot should i don't knowgo back to what made you lot great inf the first place perhaps the tdi's need to make a comeback also the new 9th gen golf being ev only wrong move make it available with both a manual option.

  • @frankiebflat5728
    @frankiebflat5728 Місяць тому +2

    With all these dead batteries going into our land fills will be the death of us all

    • @ghoppal7
      @ghoppal7 3 дні тому

      The battery are recycled to make new batteries.

  • @markstewart3501
    @markstewart3501 Місяць тому +1

    When single people have to spend $400 a month for food. Do you think that people can afford new or used cars NO! TIME FOR CAR MAKERS AND EMPLOYEES TO WAKE UP!

  • @hellomeatrobots
    @hellomeatrobots Місяць тому +2

    Who could have possibly predicted that trying to meet increasingly strict emissions standards with diesel cars that couldn't possibly meet those standards was a bad idea? Where did VW's executives go to business school? But at least they have the massive Chinese market to fall back on and oh no it's over 50% EVs now and no one wants VWs because they put all their effort into cars no one wants now.

  • @kolesplace
    @kolesplace Місяць тому +1

    Its the unions that causes these kinds of disasters. VW should close down the union plants and move them to somewhere they don't have the union problem. Send that work to a place where people want to work and make a living.

  • @daveknight1154
    @daveknight1154 Місяць тому +1

    Full steam ahead for battery plants in Ontario. Our Federal and Provincial government has invested heavy in the VW battery pant in St Thomas Ontario and Stalantis in Windsor Ontario. Looks like two losers to me.

  • @geometryexplainseverything4926
    @geometryexplainseverything4926 Місяць тому +1

    Yes soon......

  • @lucastherexcat
    @lucastherexcat Місяць тому +2

    Do not forget that sanctions stop sales to the Russian Federation.

  • @cindymerritt4708
    @cindymerritt4708 Місяць тому

    But yet, Scout Motors is still being constructed in Blythewood SC to make the new Scout EV.

  • @markdavey2107
    @markdavey2107 Місяць тому +1

    Tax cuts and incentives only adds to the inflation

  • @Theywaswrong
    @Theywaswrong Місяць тому +1

    VW is simply does not build a quality product. In the US, their dealership network is too small, too sparse. All companies are experiencing quality problems, but VW is one of the worst.

  • @twiki1559
    @twiki1559 Місяць тому +10

    I literally can't drive five miles without seeing a Tesla on the road. Plenty are being bought.

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому +8

      Some places like California have a lot while other places not very many

    • @robshaw2990
      @robshaw2990 Місяць тому +4

      Where do you live?
      Here in Nebraska they are like trying to find a needle in a haystack

    • @RespectfullyHumble
      @RespectfullyHumble Місяць тому +3

      ​@@robshaw2990 Same here in Casper Wyoming!

    • @ReaveIdono
      @ReaveIdono Місяць тому +2

      I don't see many in NJ.

    • @jayha7071
      @jayha7071 Місяць тому +2

      I recently spent a month in California from the Phillipines, tesla are everywhere

  • @HiPlains1
    @HiPlains1 Місяць тому +1

    VW's problems go way back to the crap they used to make at the westmorland plant in the 80's. The junk that came out of that plant is why Americans steered far away from the brand (me included). They never have got control of cost of ownership and the higher repair costs that have plagued the brand for decades. At this point, perception is a bitch. They can't reverse what is already done. They should leave the market and work on what little they have in the EU. They can keep Audi as its a better built brand from the same company.

  • @mikefoehr235
    @mikefoehr235 Місяць тому +1

    If VW goes under...huge blow. Main rival to Toyota

  • @floydzoglman703
    @floydzoglman703 Місяць тому +2

    Too big to fail?

  • @stefanforest7582
    @stefanforest7582 Місяць тому +1

    VW, according to US consumer report -> one of the worst brands in the US. Low quality and very high spare part costs.

  • @seang3538
    @seang3538 Місяць тому +2

    EV's has caused this!

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому +1

      Which came from environmentalists and politicians

  • @Kevin-mk6jo
    @Kevin-mk6jo Місяць тому +1

    Nothing to see here folks... it is election year and economy is just fine...

  • @SeanG-v3d
    @SeanG-v3d Місяць тому +2

    EV's has caused this.

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому

      Really it’s from federal leaders

  • @Technocrat.
    @Technocrat. Місяць тому +1

    Is not Volkswagen made in Mexico. Or do they still actually build Volkswagens in the EU.
    EV's work great in big cities and Europe as countries are small, but in North America, nope, too big to travel city to city.
    I do like the Atlas, but hate the safety collision electronics, as when a little snow gets in sensor alarms go nuts. Not smart enough to disable themselves.
    And the Atlas can't carry heavy loads. Had a rental for my work plus parts and tools and almost lost control after running over a duvet in the road and Atlas started bouncing around all over the road out of control.
    Rear suspension too weak

  • @lexchaotica190
    @lexchaotica190 Місяць тому +4

    Revenge of the nordstream...

  • @henryquezada8482
    @henryquezada8482 Місяць тому +6

    Because the make trash cars

  • @frankiebflat5728
    @frankiebflat5728 Місяць тому +1

    Damn

  • @OldDarkHouse-t7h
    @OldDarkHouse-t7h Місяць тому +1

    VW needs to abandon EV's and build simple low tech gas cars without all the gingerbread, at a low price, then they car turn it around, but if they insist on building cars no one wants, or can't afford, their fate is sealed.

  • @dampergoldenrod4156
    @dampergoldenrod4156 Місяць тому +2

    The weight of EVs are going to cause more deaths with collisions even though they are smaller than SUVs or trucks

    • @mr.foxwiz1653
      @mr.foxwiz1653 Місяць тому

      Ha ha ha ha. SUV’S and trucks are heavier than EV’s. Oopsie

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому

      Thanks

  • @bandolero_pdx
    @bandolero_pdx Місяць тому +1

    Hahaha I always dislike volkswagen hahaha in Mexico people see those cars like ferraris 😂😂😂

  • @edwardkrochmal8268
    @edwardkrochmal8268 Місяць тому +4

    It's all because a hole CEO and Boardmembers want more money for their Benefits. They don't give a shit about buyers.
    The other problem as all Manufacturers put so many added options that fail.
    Manufacturers top brass want their stock prices to rise based on people buying poorly made vehicles.
    WTF, CEO'S making cheap vehicles with parts that fail.
    My best advice is to wait till Manufacturers make dependable vehicle.

    • @markholubetz
      @markholubetz  Місяць тому

      Yes I agree, as always if you need, the. You need but if you can keep running what you have, then why not?

  • @sidrosen9075
    @sidrosen9075 Місяць тому

    Economy is in the crapper.

  • @joedobbins870
    @joedobbins870 Місяць тому +1

    Be should leave North American market!

  • @bh2155
    @bh2155 Місяць тому +2

    VW is not going out of business. Why lie and create drama to get viewers

    • @mr.foxwiz1653
      @mr.foxwiz1653 Місяць тому +2

      That’s what all the UA-cam people do to get clicks. It’s annoying

    • @bh2155
      @bh2155 Місяць тому

      @@mr.foxwiz1653 Right, this guy use to do vehicle reliability videos which were good. However you can only make so many videos about unreliable Audi and BMW. Now he is resorting to "click bait" videos to keep his channel running

  • @shanemitchell5807
    @shanemitchell5807 Місяць тому

    Greed and arrogance is finally coming home to roost.

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 Місяць тому

    I can't speak for Europe but Volkswagen sold in North America that are made in Mexico are garbage in the last 20 years anyway. And I'm not saying it's because they are made in Mexico ,those are modern facilities. I'm saying probably because the design sucks.

  • @thefullmonty4250
    @thefullmonty4250 Місяць тому

    When you produce shit boxes what do you expect!!!!!

  • @michaelpiwcewicz1412
    @michaelpiwcewicz1412 Місяць тому +2

    VOTE TRUMP LAKE2024 CHEVY RULES

  • @83mhz
    @83mhz Місяць тому

    Educate yourself. VW Group: $360 BILLION in annual sales. $60 Billion in liquidity. 20% of Germany's industrial production. 300,000 group employees within Germany. YTD operating profit more that $7 Billion... Volkswagen Group is NOT going out of business. The employees are NOT on strike. With their high cost and jacked up governance structure, they may not pull down the gross profit percentage of Toyota. But "going out of business" is not in it's future. What the company said was, is that they "have one to two years to get their costs in line or they may not be able to remain competitive in the expected industry environment" and "will likely not be able to finance internally the huge future needed investments in the final transition". Do the research. It's amusing to me how armchair yahoos hype up news items to get the hits on their "look at me - I need attention" UA-cam channels. Dude go sit down.

  • @jeffreycheng5984
    @jeffreycheng5984 Місяць тому

    VW's are trash! They are a gigantic pain in the ass to work on, and the parts are super expensive.

  • @GlenScart
    @GlenScart Місяць тому

    You got it all wrong, you are not understanding the real issues with electric VW. Their software stinks, it has a lot bugs, style of cars is old and boring. Battery size is small. Quality is terrible. Why would you buy one of these when you can buy Tesla for small price?

    • @BillLaBrie
      @BillLaBrie Місяць тому

      I don’t think VW realized that software isn’t a part you design and machine and install at the factory and pretty much leave alone for the production run-like a subframe or a suspension arm or something.

  • @prankmonkey650
    @prankmonkey650 Місяць тому

    It’s ok, trump can undo the horrible EV mandate.

    • @jeannettelee2806
      @jeannettelee2806 Місяць тому

      Isn’t Trump bff with Tesla’s owner the , biggest welfare recipient of America. X

  • @Flavbean
    @Flavbean Місяць тому

    Sounds like negotiating tactics. Hopefully, the union and their members stand strong!

  • @bjornhelgason1879
    @bjornhelgason1879 Місяць тому

    who cares

  • @markdavey2107
    @markdavey2107 Місяць тому +1

    Said for the past 2 years ..EV will be the biggest blunder in the automotive industry...it will sink alot of the companies who went all in the EV

  • @peterkennedy5596
    @peterkennedy5596 Місяць тому +1

    Let’s see in the last year you’ve predicted Ford would go out of business. GM would go out of business dodge Jeep would go out of business. Volkswagen would go out of business and you’ve been wrong every time so maybe you should shut up and stop predicting. Because you don’t know squat.

  • @Riley_Babe
    @Riley_Babe Місяць тому +3

    fcking clickbait, blocked

    • @mr.foxwiz1653
      @mr.foxwiz1653 Місяць тому

      They all do it. It’s all about the money and only about the money

    • @Riley_Babe
      @Riley_Babe Місяць тому

      @@mr.foxwiz1653 This clown is payed by Ford, I bet. Worst quality in the world...