My daughter and boyfriend have just come back after a 'Disney' Holiday in
Florida and one of the first things said was, "Aren't American cars
horrible!" Approaching an intersection, lights began to change and he stuck
his foot on the loud pedal. All that happened was he cruised across the
junction at his previous speed, only starting to accelerate when he reached
the other side. He said it was a 3 litre V6. (He knows the make, I didn't
really bother listening - it was 5am when I had to get up to collect them
from the airport!) The point is are there any European or far eastern cars
with that engine capacity that would do the same without being defective?
I too echo this gripe against your vehicles, the common or garden road
variety is a slug. Your quicker cars are truly good. But put the average
domestic US family car against an average rest of world car and you have the
result below - <snip> they don't compete with the competition.<snip>
(Not only that but the last two US hire cars I've used both had punctures.
Grrr That clouds your mind a little!! <LOL>
GRD
----- Original Message -----
From: <type79@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] A MODERN PARABLE -- No LBC
> Debate and analyze this all you want. At the end of the day, people don't
> buy US cars because they don't compete with the competition.
>
> jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>
>>Sent: Jul 10, 2007 8:50 AM
>>To: Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
>>Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] A MODERN PARABLE -- No LBC
>>
>>Hello Larry,
>>
>> what has become part of the narrative of the WHY american car
>> companies can't compete is their "legacy" costs. the costs
>> associated with wages and health benefits paid to retired UAW
>> members. pegged now at somewhere around $1700.00 per auto. how
>> can they compete with that kind of a cost structure while the
>> foreign makers have a younger work force without that kind of
>> overhead?... and the media has bought into this narrative
>> without questioning-------------that those wages and benefits
>> were negotiated in the "good times" and the automakers, instead
>> of putting aside the profits AT THE TIME for the future costs,
>> in the form of trusts or annuities, SPENT the money in the form
>> of compensation for ITS EXECUTIVES, bonuses, stock options,
>> etc. now that the times are "bad", and they don't HAVE the
>> money they should have put aside, they CRY.. .. we can't
>> compete on cost...... ..... .. .. WAHHHHHH!..... take a look at
>> what the management people make. Bill Ford, before he took
>> himself out of the CEO spot had cut his package down to merely
>> $1,000,000.00 a year until he could make the company
>> profitable. he stayed that way for about 3 years, then
>> abdicated. but that was a cut from the 5 to 10 million a year
>> he took BEFORE that time... .. .. ... . again.. WAAAHHHHH!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Best regards,
>> Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
>> "66 Sprite
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