Re: Oh, my. What a waste.

"willshak" <willshak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> on 5/6/2008 11:42 AM JohnK said the following:
>> "chippie" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> news:Xns9A95D6BE2795Bchippieclaracouk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> willshak <willshak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> http://tinyurl.com/448jve
>>>>
>>> Good grief! They should have offered them at crazy knock down prices
if
>>> people would agree to signing a waiver over future reliability.
>>>
>>> Chippie.
>>>
>>
>> The Japanese manufacturer did the correct thing. While it does seem
like 
>> such a waste, there
>> was no way that that they could be certain (to their satisfaction) that

>> they would be selling vehicles
>> that did not have inherent defects, some undoubtedly life-threatening.
>> They could easily argue that their own standards will not permit them
to 
>> knowlingly sell such vehicles
>> at any price.
>> But the main reason is prob ably legal; the idea that a buyer may be 
>> willing to understake any risks by
>> signing off on a waiver indemnifying Mazda from any damages or claims
on 
>> the surface sounds reasonable,
>> until you stop to consider that the wife or family members or any 
>> dependents of the
>> injured (the one who signed the waiver) could easily bring action
against 
>> them despite the signed waiver.
>> This wasteful action is a result of our litigation-crazy lawyer
infested 
>> society in which we live.
>
> They should have filled the cars with lawyers before they crushed them.
>

Yes, as the joke goes...."a good start".