On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:54:54 -0800, jim beam <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Jeff wrote:
>> Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:37:57 -0800, buydomestic wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23124844/
>>>>
>>>> GM just made it known that they lost 39 billion in 2007, the largest
>>>> ever
>>>> annual loss for a US automaker.
>>>>
>>>> The big three are losing money, and if we don't give them the sup****t
>>>> they
>>>> need, they are going to go under. Consider buying an American car.
>>>>
>>>> Here are some American models recommended in the 2007 Consumer
Re****ts
>>>> Annual Auto Issue:
>>>
>>> There are a couple problems with American car manufacturers in
general,
>>> and GM in particular:
>>>
>>> The workforce gets bored easily. Bored workers do fair work.
>>
>> How does this affect GM workers more than other workers? Or Ford and
>> Chrysler workers more than the workers for the foreign automakers?
>>
>>> The Management is more interested in making shareholders happy than
>>> customers.
>>
>> Chrysler does not have shareholders.
>>
>>> And the biggest failure of the system: even if your people are
building
>>> the cars the best they can, the car is no better than the quality of
the
>>> parts that go into it.
>>
>> This is true for US-made Hondas and Toyotas, too.
>
>the difference is the spec the auto maker writes for the parts. honda
>and toyota specs are very high. domestic specs are way lower.
>
Well that's obvious seeing the crap coming from Detroit nowadays.
>
>
>>
>>> This is where the Japanese really kick ass. The parts are far more
>>> reliable than their American counterparts. Remember what happened when
GM
>>> sytarted making Corollas (Geo Prizm)? They put Delco parts into them!
The
>>> highest failure components on a Prizm are the alternator and the
radio.
>>> Smart people who realize they have a Corolla in disguise go to a
Toyota
>>> dealer and buy a rebuilt Denso alternator and drive for the next
150,000+
>>> miles without even thinking about it.
>>> Once GM starts thinking Customer over shareholder, and quality parts
>>> rather than cheap parts, GM will again regain it's composure and move
>>> back
>>> to the top. And I don't mean in sales. You give people a large enough
>>> incentive, they'll buy the car no matter how crummy. I ALMOST went to
>>> look
>>> at a Cobalt, because a new one was $3,000 less than the Scion I bought
>>> with 11,500 miles. Bit based on the reliability figures of the
Cavalier
>>> the Cobalt replaced, the idea left my head in 5 minutes.
>>>
>>> If GM can get their parts manufacturers to approach the quality and
>>> longevity of Denso, Hitachi, etc, GM might once again become #1 in
>>> QUALITY, and not just pu****ng cars to rental agencies to boost
sales...
>>
>> GM and Ford have decreased sales to rental fleets.
>>
>> Jeff
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