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Chrysler's Woes Are Partly The Result of Poor Quality
Wall Street Journal ^
Posted on 10/26/2008 5:20:18 PM PDT by WilliamReading
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To: 38special
I had a `72 Dodge stepside truck with the 318 V-8, 4 speed tran. w/ a `granny gear’ that would pull stumps. I re-built the carb on my kitchen table.
Best truck I’ve ever owned! (My current Chevy is good one tho too.)
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:32:20 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(What would a free man do?)
To: WilliamReading
Yikes! Racism! /s
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:33:06 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Just Say NObama!)
To: indianyogi
...American people have become lazy. Specially our young people. Does this explain Barack Obama's popularity?
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:33:37 PM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(God Bless America, Land That I Love)
To: WilliamReading
I have a Dodge Charger SRT8 that I love. I hope that they don’t go under. However, the one Chrysler vehicle that people want, the Challenger, has been subject to dealer gouging and other shenanigans.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:33:37 PM PDT
by
CASchack
To: WilliamReading
From the article: Daimler's view of Chrysler's future was stated succinctly on Thursday when it wrote down its remaining 19.9% interest in its former American partner to a new value: zero.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:33:39 PM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it)
To: 38special
‘02 Ram 4dr PU. 275K miles. Burns no oil.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:33:52 PM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: brownsfan
Yep. Mom has a 2004 Dodge Neon - we thought is was a fine “putt-putt” car for her. Tranny started leaking like a sieve earlier this year - only 31,000 miles. Got no assistance from Chrysler when I called to see if it was covered under the warranty - was told the mileage was low enough, but flunked the years (3 Yr/36,000). Paid $600 to get the problem fixed. 31,000 miles and the tranny craps out? Last Chrysler product this family ever gives a look to.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:34:06 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Campbell: Brown as Bullsh*t)
To: WilliamReading
Consumer Reports has NEVER liked Chrysler. Besides the reader based surveys, they are big on things that don’t interest me in cars (extra “safety features”, newest gizmos).
I like the way Chryslers drive. I like a larger car, and no Japanese model has as much room as the New Yorker LHS did. The Caravans are a value leader with some innovative designs.
Chrysler had a big uptick just before Daimler-Benz bought them. The new Intrepid, trucks and Neon were well received. Even then, CR didn’t like the “quality.”
Even today, I see Dodge Darts (1963-1976) and Dodge Omnis/Plymouth Horizons (early 80s) on the road as every day drivers. I cannot say that about too many makes.
Chrysker has had its clunkers, but the quality has not “declined” in recent years as far as I know. (Though they no longer make a true full size car, sigh.)
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:34:11 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("[Gov. Sarah Palin] is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger." -- Gloria Steinem)
To: WilliamReading
I have had a Sebring since 2003. Great car, no problems. Bought a Dodge Charger in 06. My only complaint was that the emergency brake cable snapped. Other than that, its been a great car.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:34:18 PM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: tumblindice
Well, if it was so good, why did you buy a Chevy truck to replace it?
To: rickmichaels
Buy two while you can. One to drive and one for parts.
To: WilliamReading
I love my 2003 Sebring; and have had no problems. In fact, when the lease was up, I couldn't find anything I liked better, so I bought it. The new Sebrings are so ugly, though, I won't buy (or lease) another one until they make them nicer looking. I guess that isn't going to happen now. My husband has owned several Jeeps, but now he's gone to a Land Rover, also for style reasons.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:35:54 PM PDT
by
MrsPatriot
(W...Still the President!)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
>>>>BUY AMERICAN.
>>>>>>America workers, are not the enemy.
Amen!
The irony is that here we have one anti-American publication, the Wall Street Journal (whose former editorial page editor, Robert Bartley, believed the "nation state is finished"), quoting another, Consumer Reports, which has its origins on the hard left and has never met an American car that it liked.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:36:47 PM PDT
by
Thorin
("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: WilliamReading
“Would like to see Chrysler disappear, or be absorbed by Nissan.”
Couldn’t agree more. Chrysler was bailed out, but kept up with their ways... poor quality, poor customer service.
The good news is, with the dollar being down, it will pay for the other makers to expand their manufacturing in America. As for the executives, the ones who didn’t get the parachute and were hoping to work up to that level... try a new business guys, you’re on the street, deservedly so.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:36:47 PM PDT
by
brownsfan
(Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
To: MrsPatriot
Land Rover has the lowest reliability of all . . I can’t remember who owns Land Rover these days.
To: Bringbackthedraft; brownsfan
Check me on this boys, but I believe that the “Seibreinggs” that you’re so hatin’ on are actually built by (Japanese) Mitsubishi, of WWII Zero fame.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:39:37 PM PDT
by
flowerplough
(Obama, Oct. 7 debate: " You know, a lot of you remember the tragedy of 9/11 ...")
To: WilliamReading
The only Chrysler I ever owned was an ‘87 minivan. Biggest piece of sh*t I've ever had. You think of a problem, I had it.
If I were an auto manufacturer, I would be profoundly ashamed of producing something of such dismal quality.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:39:45 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
To: Bringbackthedraft
My Jeep Wrangler runs like a well regulated clock, knock on wood, one of the few products that Chrysler produced well.
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:40:48 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(No longer holding my nose to vote - McCain/Palin 2008!)
To: WilliamReading
Chrysler's quality deficit
My friend has a 2 or 3 year old Neon that just had its third engine header installed due to engine problem that has never been diagnosed........
FWIW, he just accepted his buyout from Chrysler this past May.......
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:41:06 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Spreading manure around helps growth. Spreading wealth around creates manure)
To: WilliamReading
Father gave me the Chevy, or I took it `cause he was working too hard with it. The work we did with our vehicles, hauling blocks, bricks and other building materials would have flattened foreign trucks.
Do I get a fish?
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posted on
10/26/2008 5:41:11 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(What would a free man do?)
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