Title: Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: Re: [FWDLK] car lifespans
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Tom
From: Tom Stroup Sent: Tue 2/13/2007 3:48 PM To: Ray Jones; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [FWDLK] Fwd: Re: [FWDLK] car lifespans OK.
I worked at one of the largest Dodge
dealerships in northern Ohio
back in the sixties. I worked in the
service department for almost three years.
We did everything we could to take care of
the customer. Chrysler had their
5 and 50 warranty and people expected a car
to be trouble-free for that period.
At least the drive train was to be without
worries. I worked my way to the service
write-up and warranty area. I warranted
every thing I could for the customer.
Free pick up and delivery. Free towing.
Discounts on parts. My reward ? The
owner's daughter married a bean counter who
milked our dealership to open
a new dealership in SC and one in Texas,
then closed us down.
There wasn't any foreign car to worry
about. Triumphs and MGs, Cricket, and
whatever. Simca ? Toyota was no
where, and I remember the first Hondas having
a recall to fix all those rusted out
fenders.
People who could afford new cars brought
them in for major service, and quite a few
brought them in for the oil and filter,
brakes, and tune-ups that were our bread and butter.
Of course, the dealerships charged more for
these services than the corner gas station
full of untrained kids waiting to learn on
the customer's car. I also was one of those,
kids waiting to get my hands on a
car needing work. It was less costly to have oil &
filter
and tires and brakes done down at the
corner gas station. So some people did that.
Chrysler products always had cheap
interiors and very strong mechanicals. Once they
escaped from the stodgy designs, they went
nuts the other way, with RoadRunners and
SuperBees and cartoon characters, racing
workshops, and factory racers. Lightweight and fast. We wanted those ! I remember mopar having
performance since 1955.
Before that, it was square and slow.
Remember, every year they made the new cars faster and better and
we wanted those !
The older cars were getting used up and times were good. We
sought out the newer stuff.
Then, all of a sudden, insurance and prices went up and performance
was dead.
I loved the Toyotas I bought in the seventies, then eighties.
Now we look back with longing for the good old days.
It is amazing that performance cars are now being made.
Hurray!
Tom S
southern Ohio 1955 Dodge Coronet
1957 Coronet (project for sale)
(3) Barracudas
(2) Chargers
2005
Mustang GT
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Sent: Tue 2/13/2007 1:02 AM To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: Re: [FWDLK] car lifespans As stated, these were my observations over 30 years or
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