It's like anything else. Appliances come to mind. Things that were once considered "durable goods" are now considered to be consumables. You buy them (probably on credit), use them until they break (probably shortly after the financing is paid off), then repeat.
When a consumer is willing to replace an item instead repair it, guess what manufacturers will build for? Allan Clay Monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Why are many of the US built wretched ricebox cars better built/reliable than > American iron and the Alabama spawn of of DBAG? > > During the extensive searching for a replacement for the elderly cheep grand > crumpet I am finding the selection of higher end lines to be the same prastic > and overly complex computerized bells, whistles, dingles and dongles. The > base models are not even up to the interior quality of early Honda, Subaru, > Datsun or Toyota, which had more robust fabric, vinyl, door cards and molded > plastic. This new stuff is akin to Dollar Store motorized toys. > > > clay monroe > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
