reality

even in old age there is much to be learned about oneself.   i recently found out that some people truly hate it when i state that what they believe or want to believe is true is not.  one should not knock done another person's  idea of truth (especially if it is a cherished belief and most emphatically if it is a long held religious belief).  they hate you for it and you do not change their minds.  and besides, they want their statement valued.  i am beginning to think life is not about truth but something else altogether.  

so now when someone says Chrysler is owned by Ford when it is really owned by Fiat, i just keep silent. or that all the major car companies made Jeep at one time or another i don't respond even though i am pretty sure that GM never made a jeep.  other car companies like Willy's, Chrysler, Kaiser, AMC, did and one man was involved in all those companies.....Chrysler.  Ford did make jeeps at first because  the government didn't think Willy's could produce enough, but they were made to Willy's specifications.  

Chrysler's story is really interesting.  in the beginning Chrysler worked for GM but then was involved in many other car companies before forming Chrysler corporation.   (Willy's, Kaiser, Maxwell-Chalmers, AMC)  Chrysler company has been in and out of many other car companies.  hard to keep track, but they have had or still have association with Mitsubishi, Lamborghini, Daimler-Benz, and Peugeot. and now they belong to Fiat.  

So now jeep is made by an Italian company.  i still like jeeps and if it wasn't so hard to get into the jeep wrangler i would still have one.  i think it is my favorite car of all the cars i have owned.  totally illogical.