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653 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 6:23 PM
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 04, 2009 8:37 pm) What do you base this on? |
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I don't understand the mechanics of it, but I have read in news articles that cars were going back to their manufacturers after dealerships closed. Maybe that is only the case some of the time - I appreciate your point that they are financed by a bank which would presumably take possession of them if the dealership defaulted on its loans. As for the half price comment, that was half tongue in cheek, but we have essentially given away $17 billion of taxpayer money so far to keep GM and Chrysler in business. We have no chance of ever seeing that money again, it was just flushed down the toilet. GM will probably sell about 2 million vehicles this year, maybe 1.75 milion, if they manage to stay in business. At that rate, we have given GM alone more than $7500 for every vehicle they will sell. Since their problem is overcapacity with no way to shed it, we should slice $7500 off the price of every vehicle they sell. We will get our bailout money back, GM will solve its overcapacity problem. And what a boon it would be for dealers! 
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 05, 2009 7:11 am) I can't imagine a dealership bailout. Part of the plan to save the automakers (also a pretty doomed effort) is cutting down on dealerships. We simply can't afford as many as there are. It's sad but i think it's inevitable. |
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Replying to: jb_turner (Mar 04, 2009 9:18 pm) |
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It's heartbreaking: US car dealer dies torching own vehicles Following the closure of his dealership a week earlier, Pennsylvania car dealer Gregory Graham died of a heart attack while torching new vehicles that remained on his lot. ....It was concluded that Graham, 61, died of a heart attack while he was burning the vehicles at his dealership in Ligonier, about 65km southeast of Pittsburgh. Graham was a third-generation dealer selling Buick, Pontiac and Jeep vehicles. His grandfather, Albert, started Graham Colonial Motors in the 1920s. Graham’s father, Charles, later took over. The dealership owed more than US$420,000 in 2008 federal tax liens and more than Us$11,000 in county property-tax liens, according to court records. http://www.caradvice.com.au/25419/us-car-dealer-dies-torching-own-vehicles/ I wonder if he did it out of anger or because they were insured and he owed money on them. It's a VERY bad time to be a new car dealer. 
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 10, 2009 9:04 pm) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 10, 2009 9:04 pm) |
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 11, 2009 6:22 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 11, 2009 6:22 am) |
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 11, 2009 6:22 am)  I think the IRS and government meddling in business was probably his motivation. It is getting so much worse trying to go into any kind of business.
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