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How true it is. :cool:polishsausage said:I'm all in favor of being a good American, and you truly are a good American for feeling the way that you do.
However, I personally would worry about yourself/myself FIRST!!. Do you really believe that the UAW is looking out for the best interest of the "American" people?.......heck no. They are looking to make the most money they can, and if it comes at the expense of the tax payers...then,...WHO CARES! That, in my opinion, is as unamerican as it gets. Therefore, go down to your favorite dealership and get what makes you and your wife happy.....no matter what brand it is. Worry about yourself, not a sinking ship.
Worry about yourself, not a sinking ship.
_JOE_ said:It's great to get input from those who are in the UAW. I take it you guys don't get much of a voice for the money you spend to keep the union operating? It seems to most of us on the outside that the UAW doesn't want to give up anything. At any rate, I don't feel that you guys are the problem. As you said, most of the union members are hard workers, the problems lie higher up.
It is common for those who have been long time domestic vehicle owners to realize how much better some "imports" are. I won't deny that a domestic can be driven over a quarter million miles. It is the amount of repairs required to keep the vehicle going(in a reason fashion). Some people don't seem to care if they ride around a rattle trap that leaks fluids all over. I see plenty of people who say they've never had any major repairs, only becuase they choose not fix the problems they have. This is the reason resale value is so bad on most domestics. A dealer has to factor in the cost of repairing a vehicle to resellable condition. That can be expensive if a vehicle has been neglected by someone who doesn't want to believe there beloved domestic automoblie needs to be repaired.
I don't think the domestic mfr's would be able save thier companies if everybody bought a new car. They'd piss the profits away on private jets, bonuses and multi-million dollar vacation homes while the company goes under. Polishsuasage said it best...
whenfoxforks-ruled said:Blaming the unions is the best bs that the big 3 can come up with. Of course unions may well have out lived their usefulness, but all them union guys that work at the offices get paid the same or better than than the guys who actually work. Like the ceo of gm would get behind a microphone and tell the press that any 5 ceos total payout is more than any issue with the uaw, that out sourcing all their parts, and investing outside our borders may not have been such a good idea? Maybe they will even make an electric car without a gasoline engine for back up? Lazy and greedy, go see: government and big business. Biggest issue, common sense does not always make good profits, on paper or graphs. And common sense, they do not teach that class at college.
whenfoxforks-ruled said:Blaming the unions is the best bs that the big 3 can come up with. Of course unions may well have out lived their usefulness, but all them union guys that work at the offices get paid the same or better than than the guys who actually work. Like the ceo of gm would get behind a microphone and tell the press that any 5 ceos total payout is more than any issue with the uaw, that out sourcing all their parts, and investing outside our borders may not have been such a good idea? Maybe they will even make an electric car without a gasoline engine for back up? Lazy and greedy, go see: government and big business. Biggest issue, common sense does not always make good profits, on paper or graphs. And common sense, they do not teach that class at college.
polishsausage said:If I'm wrong, please explain how GM and Chrysler can compete with Toyota considering that they have such a difference in the hourly cost per person.
I bet there are but they are too busy making a better mousetrap instead of trying to make the same old crap look new with advertising._JOE_ said:We don't have any Toyota employees on DRN?
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