not yet

[Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>]

You'll have to excuse me but this is the first time I've had a chance to 
sit down and read the list today.  And being an opinionated a**hole I 
have to get my 2 cents in.  If the U.S./Canadian Mfg's. had looked down 
the road just a bit they could have seen the writing on the wall.  The 
improvements they did make were due in large part to competition from 
the foreigners.  They just got complacent when everyone thought they 
needed an 8,000 lb. SUV to drive the kids to school and to the grocery 
store.  They thought "here's something we can do better than the 
foreigners".  Trouble is it wasn't sustainable.  They should have been 
putting more money into R&D.  Now they're caught flat footed.
I've got to think there is some good value in the Chrysler/Dodge line.  
There are probably as many Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth mini vans on the road 
as all the other brands combined.  Nobody has done it better.  And Jeep 
should still be a viable line.  Now, what Cerberus will do is obvious.  
They bought it at a fire sale price, hoping to turn a quick profit.  
They will probably sell it off piece by piece as no one (except our own 
Warren Buffett) has the cash on hand to make a purchase of that 
magnitude right now.  It's too bad.  But we've always had to be 
scroungers to find parts for our cars.  So we'll probably have to 
scrounge just a little bit harder.

I was talking yesterday to a fella who works at a GM dealership.  He 
told me that GMAC is demanding immediate payment for any unsold 
floor-planned cars on the lot that are over a certain age.  That will be 
the death knell of many delerships.

Paul L.
'63 Sport Fury
440/727
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html


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