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Chrysler łThank You America˛ Blog Blows Up in Their Face
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Steve > wrote: > Toyota is circling the drain too- first financial loss in 70 years, > quality problems everywhere for the past 7-8 years finally getting > through the thick skulls of the Gen-Xers who bought into the myth of > superior quality. > > Its hardly a "Detroit" problem. People finally just realized they don't > NEED a fancy new car every 2 years. Once every 10 years is plenty. The > company that can cut production and SHRINK to fit the demand best while > remaining profitable will win, NOT the company that tries to continue > following the "grow or die" model. Agreed. I'm an 8 to 10 yr buyer, but still have my '95 Concorde because nothing I desire at Chrysler. So now I'm a 14 yr owner and the old horse still runs beautifully. Great quality in this NA car, but a failure to build a follow on product. At least my Chrysler dealer still makes money from their maintenance business. Companies like Toyota do have a great product line, covering many desires. |
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Chrysler łThank You America˛ Blog Blows Up in Their Face
Some O wrote:
> In article >, > Steve > wrote: > >> Toyota is circling the drain too- first financial loss in 70 years, >> quality problems everywhere for the past 7-8 years finally getting >> through the thick skulls of the Gen-Xers who bought into the myth of >> superior quality. >> >> Its hardly a "Detroit" problem. People finally just realized they don't >> NEED a fancy new car every 2 years. Once every 10 years is plenty. The >> company that can cut production and SHRINK to fit the demand best while >> remaining profitable will win, NOT the company that tries to continue >> following the "grow or die" model. > > Agreed. I'm an 8 to 10 yr buyer, but still have my '95 Concorde because > nothing I desire at Chrysler. So now I'm a 14 yr owner and the old horse > still runs beautifully. Great quality in this NA car, but a failure to > build a follow on product. At least my Chrysler dealer still makes money > from their maintenance business. > Companies like Toyota do have a great product line, covering many > desires. Toyota has no rear-drives, so that means they'd have to make something REALLY nifty (like a PT Cruiser) to attract me. Just as a lineup with no front-drives is a non-starter for you. No, I don't want to spend a fortune for a Lexus-branded POS just for rear-drive. Well, that and the fact that Toyota sucks. ;-) |
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Chrysler łThank You America˛ Blog Blows Up in Their Face
Steve wrote:
> Some O wrote: >> In article >, >> Steve > wrote: >> >>> Toyota is circling the drain too- first financial loss in 70 years, >>> quality problems everywhere for the past 7-8 years finally getting >>> through the thick skulls of the Gen-Xers who bought into the myth of >>> superior quality. >>> >>> Its hardly a "Detroit" problem. People finally just realized they >>> don't NEED a fancy new car every 2 years. Once every 10 years is >>> plenty. The company that can cut production and SHRINK to fit the >>> demand best while remaining profitable will win, NOT the company that >>> tries to continue following the "grow or die" model. >> >> Agreed. I'm an 8 to 10 yr buyer, but still have my '95 Concorde >> because nothing I desire at Chrysler. So now I'm a 14 yr owner and the >> old horse still runs beautifully. Great quality in this NA car, but a >> failure to build a follow on product. At least my Chrysler dealer >> still makes money from their maintenance business. >> Companies like Toyota do have a great product line, covering many >> desires. > > > Toyota has no rear-drives, so that means they'd have to make something > REALLY nifty (like a PT Cruiser) to attract me. Just as a lineup with > no front-drives is a non-starter for you. No, I don't want to spend a > fortune for a Lexus-branded POS just for rear-drive. > > Well, that and the fact that Toyota sucks. ;-) Rational human beings want a <shudder> PT Cruiser? -- Civis Romanus Sum |
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Chrysler “Thank You America” Blog Blows Up in Their Face
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"Dori A Schmetterling" > wrote: > My understanding is that "they" etc is ok if the noun acts as a 'collective' > noun. Therefore, "Chrysler are" is fine because it refers to a collection > of people. "The corporation is" is also ok because the corporation is a > single entity. The use of "it" does not have definite overtones of > 'inanimatedness'. It just means no gender, so the corporation can have its > acccounts audited. > > I think the key is to decide on one mode in a paragraph or article and stick > with it. > > Where "they" for singular has crept in through usage -- at least in the > UK -- is the 'politically correct' way of dealing with a person of > undetermined gender. This is a way of avoiding "he" when it could be he or > she. In other languages this may be unnecessary since the word "person" > itself has gender. In German for example it is feminine. So in a German > sentence one would speak of a person who has money in her pocket, whether it > is a woman or a man. Ja, mein Lehrer. Jetzt haben alle diese irgendetwas. Hell no! |
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Chrysler “Thank You America” Blog Blows Up in Their Face
Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> ...In German for example it is feminine. So in a German > sentence one would speak of a person who has money in her pocket, whether it > is a woman or a man. Is that where the phrase "girly man" came from? It did start on Saturday Night Live in a German context. -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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Chrysler “Thank You America” Blog Blows Up in Their Face
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Good theory as any... :-) DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- "Bill Putney" > wrote in message ... [...] > > Is that where the phrase "girly man" came from? It did start on Saturday > Night Live in a German context. > > -- > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address > with the letter 'x') |
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