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Just read that Chrysler is shutting all its plants for at least a month. That may make the unions sit up and take notice. Is this the start of the end?
I have read anywhere from 3 to 6 million foreign and domestic cars are just hanging around.
Paul
Add to the shut down list:
Toyota, increasing the length of the Holiday shutdown at most if not all plants. Also stopping construction on the Mississippi plant that was going to produce the Prius in 2010.
Doesn't hurt the union. The employees, by contract still get pay (80% I think) and benefits during the shutdown.
... And most cars come with AC because you get better milage with the windows up.
The reason your friend's Honda kept it's value so well, is because it has a very good reputation for reliability. Toyotas also have a good resale value, for the same reasons. When will we get back to doing what we used to, putting quality first?
When we bought ours, the dealers complained they could not get enough of them, one dealer said they remained on the lot as little as two hours before being sold and we were lucky they had one we could test drive. The other dealer had none. Everyone that has one likes it, so Ford did the only reasonable thing, dropped the model.