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Toyota Maps Plan To Displace GM As Top Car Maker (Dear Unions, Get It?)
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Posted on 11/19/2005 11:45:53 AM PST by indianrightwinger
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Toyota is kicking a$$. Good thing is they are building new capacity in the US, creating jobs and replenishing some of the jobs lost by the Big Three.
To: indianrightwinger
Before you buy a Jap car, remember Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March!
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posted on
11/19/2005 11:50:02 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Rush agrees with me 98.5% of the time!)
To: indianrightwinger
GM's largest market transaction is not production and sale of automobiles. It is providing a conduit for the paid pensions and medical care for retired GM employees.
The cost of medical insurance for every one of these retirees, and currently working employees, of GM, is one of the major costs rolled into the price of every GM automobile. Look it up. The profit per vehicle is far less than GM's burden for providing retirement and medical care as negotiated through the unions.
Toyota can't buy up control of GM until this issue is resolved.
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posted on
11/19/2005 11:55:08 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(Payback and reality may not be related, but they can both be a b*tch.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
That's why I won't buy Mitsubishi or any other automaker that provided the Axis their war machines.
APf
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posted on
11/19/2005 11:55:10 AM PST
by
APFel
(Loose ships sink lips.)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I own three Japanese cars. Highest quality and good life for a great price. Can't hurt that these car manufacturers are moving jobs into the US to build these cars.
Unions are killing the Big Three, not the Japenese imperialists.
To: APFel
That is a legitimate sentiment. Although, the reason I don't go near Mitsubhisi is my lack of trust in their quality.
To: indianrightwinger
Maybe all the ex-employees can get new jobs at car washes....
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:01:33 PM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I remember them both and my Nissan runs like a charm....
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:02:11 PM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
The best way? By building a better car. Toyota has been making a more reliable auto for a long time.
To: APFel
One of my brother in laws was on the USS New Orleans during Pearl Harbor. It was on this great Ship the Chaplain said "Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition".
The USS New Orleans had it's entire bow blown off by a torpedo. The entire bow from between the first and second turrets was missing. The Crew saved the Ship by backing it onto an Atoll.
Another Brother in law was a Bataan Death March survivor.
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Before you buy an American car, bear in mind that you are supporting labor unions, socialism and an inefficient business model that cannot hope to compete with the far superior car-making methods of the Japanese.
Sometimes in order to rebuild, you must first destroy. I want to see the Big 3 automakers go completely under and maybe some real American companies will rise from the ashes. In the meantime, I'm happy with my Nissan - which is made in Tennessee with non-union AMERICAN workers.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:05:04 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(What Would Howard Roarke Do?)
To: indianrightwinger
Exactly. And when a union member complains, it is important to understand whether he/she knows where his/her union dues go. I bet they have no idea. If I am paying for something, I know exactly where my money goes to, if I don't know, or don't agree with it going there, then I don't pay it.
This is all self-inflicted..
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:05:23 PM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Before you buy a Jap car, remember Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March! They paid their dues at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war's over, and Toyota builds better cars. If the American unions and big three can't correct their problems, then by-by.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:06:15 PM PST
by
narby
(Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
To: SamAdams76
Yes - you are dead on. Read my next post #12.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:07:37 PM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: APFel
"That's why I won't buy Mitsubishi or any other automaker that provided the Axis their war machines. "
Honestly what does that have to do with today? The war ended 60 years ago. There probably isn't a single employee on a Toyota assembly line who was old enough to fight in that war. None of the execs at the company would have been older than children. Honda wasn't even founded until after the war. What about avoiding a Jag because of the American revolution?
To: indianrightwinger
I just want to see more diesel cars/trucks ... that is all I drive (diesel VW Jetta 5-speed and Dodge Ram Cummins diesel truck). You get great mileage out of them, and the engins last a lot longer than a gas engine.
I would hope that the Japanese introduce diesel versions of some small cars and their trucks ... that would definitely spell doom for the "Big 3" with the high price of fuel these days.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:08:40 PM PST
by
MaDeuce
(Do it to them, before they do it to you!)
To: InsureAmerica
I remember them both and my Nissan runs like a charm.... My 1996 Nissan Pathfinder has only needed 1 new battery and 4 new tires... and it still looks and runs like new! My Patriotism does not include buying an overpriced piece of crap... no matter where it is made.
To: narby
No they didn't hang Hirohito and they didn't take out Tokyo!
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
interesting, especially with 'indian' in your name. I would say before you buy an America car, remember the genocide of the American indian.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:09:43 PM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
60 years is a long time to hold a grudge.
I assume you are also in favor of paying reparations the US blacks. That was only 140 years ago.
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posted on
11/19/2005 12:09:46 PM PST
by
staytrue
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