I do not like the Mayflower sinking as much as any one else but I do not blame Daimler Benz. I remember reading of talk twice before of Plymouth being discontinued and the third time I read it (this occurrence) was just a short time after the merger and it was said that talks had been started on this before Chrysler and Daimler started talking merger. Just think, Ford considered a merger with Daimler before Chrysler. I guess everyone would blame the demise of Mercury on Daimler too. By the way, leave Iaccoca where he is. If he was still in charge we'd be buying K-cars with electric bicycles instead of spare tires. Jim Wilson wrote: > > I know that to say bad about Mopar is a no no but > I have been a mopar maniac for years and to be truthfull > scince the Germans have bought Chrysler out I am not sure > if with the exodus from Detroit that Mopar will survive > as anything other than a cheap Benz. > I staid with Mopar because my first Plymouth (a 75 Duster) > rolled over 170k and only cost me $175 the whole time I owned it > (gas, tires, oil, wipers excluded in amt.) my next Mopar lasted > 140k and was going strong when I sold it for another new mopar. > Same went with trucks till I got my 96, its a piece of garbage > from day one, I thought it was a odd ball till I started talking to > other DEDICATED Dodge owners (those who were really die hard, we > bleed Chrysler types) and the large share of them are very unhappy > about the late style rigs. > I bought a new (98) Darango and will see how that on holds up, > if it goes the way of my 1ton then I will do like I do Fords, not > touch any of them after a certain year. > I truly hope that the slump is just a little bump but I worry > when I read about the head boys either being "downsized" or leaving > on their own, kinda like rats leaving a sinking ship. > Jim > > OH! Where is Iaccoca when we need him
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