# Maximum Bob......out **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924 "2010-03-03T14:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/1 "2010-03-03T14:25:11Z")
Looks like Bob Lutz is retiring after 47 years in the automotive industry at 78 years old. From the 3 series at BMW to the Viper at Dodge, Bob has his footprint on the industry. He has been a senior exec at 4 major car companies (GM and Ford being the other 2). He was a jet fighter pilot in the 50’s and reportedly still does fly over of the GM proving grounds for fun (has a Aero Vodochody L-39 and a Czechoslovakian jet fighter trainer). He never pulls a punch and tells it how he see it, from calling global warming “a total crock of shit” to blaming the most recent GM recall on a “partially owned by Toyota” supplier. Not a bad career and definitely a guy I would like to sit and have a pop with. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/2 "2010-03-03T14:26:46Z")
it’s soda. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/3 "2010-03-03T14:28:43Z")
Shut your fucking hole! j/k ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/4 "2010-03-03T14:28:59Z")
That is fine, most likely he would have a beer and I would have a Coke. But call it what you will. ---
**Author:** ![heylick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/heylick/32/5290_2.png) [@heylick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/heylick)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/5 "2010-03-03T15:11:18Z")
what an accomplished man. He’ll be missed by the automotive industry. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/6 "2010-03-03T15:30:36Z")
think i can fill his spot? who should i send my resume to? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/7 "2010-03-03T15:49:22Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/8 "2010-03-03T16:27:54Z")
A sad day for the automotive industry. :tup: to a great automotive pioneer. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maximum-bob-out/79924/9 "2010-03-04T15:23:44Z")
My Uncle Jim knows Bob well and said he was a major driving force for the entire industry, not just the one’s he worked for. Great guy and the car business would not be the same without him. He fly’s a P-51 Mustang as well as maintaining it himself. Wow.