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Re: so now what [jimbres]
by nvbanker
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May 11, 2009 (1:25 pm)
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Replying to: jimbres (May 09, 2009 4:57 pm)
Those "legacy costs" aren't like the color of your eyes - something beyond your control. No one forced these costs on the D3. They're the consequences of really bad business decisions. The domestic manufacturers tried to buy labor peace by giving the UAW pretty much everything it wanted, figuring that it could pass the cost on to us car buyers. Well, too many of us didn't like what GM (or Ford or Chrysler) were trying to sell us & went elsewhere.
Absolutely right.
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Nissan Posts Loss
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (5:29 am)
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From the Philadelphia newspaper:
Nissan Reports 1st Annual Loss in a Decade
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by gagrice
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May 12, 2009 (5:52 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:29 am)
At least Nissan made money when the economy was good. Like in 2007 when we bought 17 million vehicles in the USA. GM lost $20 Billion that year. How can they ever make a profit when their business plan is so screwed up? Just be content buying a Chinese built Buick. They are far better looking than the USA made ones.
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- #3865 of 3958
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [gagrice]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (5:58 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 12, 2009 5:52 am)
Yeah, and that Chinese showgirl was far better looking than any American woman I dated, but she drugged my drinks, stole my credit cards, wrecked my new car, burned down my house, and there's a mysterious scar on my stomach where my kidney would be. No thanks! I'll stay safe in my American-made Buicks rather than be splattered all over the wrecked and tangled mass that used to be the dashboard and front-end of my Chinese-made "buick?" after I hit a toy poodle. Oh well, the poodle walked away.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (6:07 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:58 am)
UAW/GM/Ford/Chrysler for lack of more precise divisions in the actual market share, need just 6 M MORE of folks like you every year to buy one of their yearly offerings.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by gagrice
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May 12, 2009 (6:15 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:58 am)
No thanks! I'll stay safe in my American-made Buicks
How do you know they have much US content? I did not see any Buick models on the top ten list. They may just bring the parts from China and let the unskilled UAW workers slap them together. You may look up under your fender and see Lucky Lager. No that was things from Japan in the 1950s. My mistake.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (6:27 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:58 am)
You aren't that 61 year old BLIND intrepreter going through a Philly aeroport are you?
link title
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [gagrice]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 12, 2009 6:15 am)
If my Buicks had Chinese parts in them, the cars wouldn't make it out of the driveway without the car's suspension collapsing and leaving the car sitting on its axles. The Chinese can't even properly forge a crescent wrench. How are they going to make anything as complex as a front end suspension without the metallurgy failing. Philadelphia's cratered streets will pound a Chinese-made vehicle to pieces within 4 blocks!
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [ruking1]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (May 12, 2009 6:27 am)
No. I'm 43 and can see quite well.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (6:59 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 6:52 am)
So Philly streets are where American cars go to die? 
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