I just found 56 in my local area for sale with less than 200k. most have less than 50k. Do I win a prize or something?
-----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) Agreed. I started wondering why I was paying for a car that wore out after 100K even when I religeously followed the scheduled maintenance. Lifters tapping, a transmission rebuild, head gaskets leaking, etc. I spoke with owners of import cars and they typically didn't have those problems (though I did know a guy who had a Kia in which the transmission failed just after the warranty expired). I just bought a Subaru a few months ago. I love that car. Nothing on the American marketing drives like it. I challenge anyone to find a used Subaru for sale with less than 200K. They are far and few between. And the kicker is, I overheard someone the other day saying how better made American cars are now than in the 70's. And he was right, but they're still not a good as the imports. Who's fault is that? -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) This is also true, along with the insane unions they suffered with and the financial overhead they represented. All were factors, and all together killed Detroit: Lack of vision and innovation Insane union overhead Outsourcing of too many functions (which I actually consider part of the lack of vision) And there were probably other issues as well, but that probably covers the majority of it. I bought a 2002 Kia Rio Cinco in August of 2002, and it came with a 100k/60k mile warranty. I'm still driving it. It cost me roughly $13k out the door, taxes, licensing, everything (manual transmission, air, no power anything - a very basic car.) I still get 30mpg after 110k miles. Nothing that Detroit built at the time came close at the time, and I doubt anything they sell currently does either, though I haven't looked to say for sure. I'm not looking back either. Kurt On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 13:33, Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have to disagree. I believe its that they dont design and assemble > cars well enough (as a whole) is what got them into trouble. As an > example, many cars manufactured in the past 5 years still only being > good in a straight line with inadequate braking and cornering > abilities in comparison to the rest of the world market. Never mind > being less fuel efficient. Larger body lines, more sway, less > control, ugg. > > I grew up on street racing American muscle cars as a non-seat-belted > passenger in my father's hot rods, racing light-to-light old-school > style. I love the Camaro's and Mustang's he owned, as well as the > ones I did when I became of age. > > But I have no interest in buying American anymore. Its mostly inferior > tech and parts. And I dont buy inferior. > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Kurt Buff<kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2009/6/25 Michael B. Smith <mich...@owa.smithcons.com> > >> > >> GSKs business is pharma (and I bet using that word will cause this email > >> to be blocked by some people). They develop, pipeline, and market drugs. > >> Not email. Not collaboration software. > >> > >> IT, other than IT that helps them develop, pipeline, and market drugs > >> isn't their core competency. Let someone who does it well do it for them. > > > > That philosophy is what got the US auto industry in heaps of trouble. > > "We design and assemble cars, we don't make car parts" is not a viable > > business model. > > > > Kurt > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
