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Ford bans competitors' vehicles from lot
CNNMoney.com ^ | 01/27/2006 | By Staff

Posted on 01/27/2006 8:14:40 AM PST by oxcart

Employees at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich., will have to drive Ford Motor Co. vehicles to work or park across the street, the plant manager announced earlier this week.

The new parking policy, which is scheduled to take effect Feb. 1, was instituted by plant manager Rob Webber just as Ford reported losses of $1.6 billion from its North American auto operations in 2005 and Monday announced plans to close 14 plants and cut 30,000 jobs as it tries to reverse losses and respond to declining U.S. market share.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: automakers; fordmotor; foundonroaddead; stuckonstupid; workplace
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To: oxcart
Hey, Ford is making good progress!

Down the pit of oblivion.

42 posted on 01/27/2006 8:35:46 AM PST by M203M4
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To: MissEdie
FORD- Fix Or Repair Daily!
43 posted on 01/27/2006 8:36:10 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: oxcart

Do people know Ford makes a luxury Sedan called Ford-500.

I have never heard of it.

Went truck shopping, and the dealer said, just like Mercedes makes 500, Ford makes their own 500.

How innovative!


44 posted on 01/27/2006 8:36:24 AM PST by The_Republican
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To: Gunder
personally I like Jeeps....I have one too. If I ever get to that point where I don't care about money, I'd like to get my hands on an old Jeep Willy to tool around in on weekends.
45 posted on 01/27/2006 8:36:27 AM PST by tcostell
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To: RockinRight
Their trucks are very good.

Friend of mine says, "I'd rather push a FORD than drive a CHEVY"!

46 posted on 01/27/2006 8:37:17 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: oxcart

The Ford Death Watch begins...


47 posted on 01/27/2006 8:37:21 AM PST by pabianice
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To: MineralMan
The point is the question of why Ford employees wouldn't buy Fords, given the employee discounts

Interesting that the employees don't want to buy Fords, the product that they assemble and build... Says quite a bit about the work ethic of the average Ford "union" employee.

Not trying to pick on you MM

48 posted on 01/27/2006 8:38:08 AM PST by coder2
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To: The_Republican

From an Edmunds review. The 500 is essentially a Volvo:

"The Five Hundred and Montego are the first Ford products to take advantage of the company's controlling stake in Volvo. They're built on the same platform Volvo uses for its S60 and S80 sedans, V70 and XC70 wagons and XC90 SUV, and make extensive use of Volvo safety and all-wheel-drive technology. Ford is upfront about this relationship, and indeed any mention of Volvo is apt to be a plus when you're selling family cars."


49 posted on 01/27/2006 8:38:59 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: oxcart

Rob Webber will soon be resigning in shame as this gets thrown out by HR.


50 posted on 01/27/2006 8:39:07 AM PST by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: oxcart
In another article they estimated only 15% of the cars there now would qualify to be allowed in the parking lot.

That says alot, if 85%, or even if it's just a simple majority, would rather own a non-Ford.

51 posted on 01/27/2006 8:39:45 AM PST by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: DCPatriot
FORD- Fix Or Repair Daily!

FORD - Found on Road, Dead.

FORD - F@#$%d Over Rebuilt Dodge.

52 posted on 01/27/2006 8:39:54 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Antonello
one would almost come to the conclusion that people here don't support private property ownership rights.

You need to work a bit on your ability to think logically. If folks opposed private property rights, they'd be calling for legislation to ban the practice.

Folks here aren't saying that Ford can't do this; they are just pointing out how stupid the Ford decision is.

53 posted on 01/27/2006 8:39:56 AM PST by PAR35
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To: oxcart

It may be dumb, but it is his right to do it.

As folks on this forum who have been saying to smokers who's employers have decided you either have to quit smoking or be fired, if you don't like company policy get another job, or live with the policy.


54 posted on 01/27/2006 8:40:11 AM PST by Gabz
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To: oxcart

Smart move. Collect all the oil that leaks out in the parking lot and, at $60/barrel, recycle and pay off the union health plan.


55 posted on 01/27/2006 8:40:23 AM PST by Random Access (ol)
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To: DCPatriot

Hehe...I'll agree on that.

Still think Dodge trucks are better than either.

*putting on flame retardant suit...*


56 posted on 01/27/2006 8:40:37 AM PST by RockinRight (Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
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To: oxcart

I believe in buying American but when any company tells it's employees what they have to drive to park in their lot, that company has acceded to socialism.


57 posted on 01/27/2006 8:40:48 AM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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To: oxcart

This is the kind of ignorance that helps no one.

The answer is to build a car that consumers want more than they want competitor's cars.


58 posted on 01/27/2006 8:41:14 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: oxcart

GM did this in the 80s. I drove a Fiat ragtop and that was a no-no. They wanted me to fix a computer system at the Truck assembly plant in Dayton, but wouldn't let me park in the lot. I told them to find somebody else to fix the machine and left. The next day the plant manager called my boss and they let me park right up by the door.


59 posted on 01/27/2006 8:41:40 AM PST by wouldilie
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To: oxcart

Easy for you to say;

it's an excellent way of pointing out that your bread and butter comes from your company's vehicles.

And oh BTW: identical policies have been the norm in Detroit for decades: in the '70s I know from personal experience this was the policy at the Dodge Truck Plant in Warren, Mich.

Furthermore, I can say from personal experience that Nissan has the same policy at at least two of their plants in Japan. Taken a step further, Nissan's SUPPLIERS do not even permit anything other than a Nissan to be parked in the employee parking lots, in Japan.

This Ford policy doesn't say you can't work there if you drive a competitor's car; it just gives preferential parking to those who DO.

Choice is up to the employee.


60 posted on 01/27/2006 8:41:43 AM PST by Redbob
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