Letter from a Dodge Dealer

[newguy05]

It's interesting the letter is complaining about the failure of free market economy when in fact it's the very definition of capitalism at work - market darwinism at its best.

Although on a personal level, it is always a sad story when someone's life work fails. But the author is completely unjustified in his claims. He has a store, that sells a failed product noone wants. Why shouldnt the store fail, and how is it not his fault. It's completely the author's fault that his store failed. He chose to sell this failed product, and he didnt take any action to change, before it's too late.

Blaming the government is pure lunacy, the government did not make chrysler fail, it simply refused to bail it out further with more taxpayer money That is free market economy, the very thing the author is complaining about.

Bottomline, your only product went bankrupt, what do you expect to happen to your store that sells it.

I feel sorry for the owner on a more personal level, but have no pity for what happened, it is the way the market suppose to work. Weak fail, so strong can succeed and thus how progress is made.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from saxon22:

One is 50K and the other is ugly.

Btw. Why is ford copying Viper's painting schemes is beyond me. The double line looks good on a viper .... on a Mustang it looks like it weights a ton.


I am no car expert but my mechanic of past 20 years swear by the Hondas and toyotas and swears at Dodges and the big 3.

Last time we chi chat he told me that in one of its models Caddy decided to place a starter in such a place that in order to fix it, one had to take apart half the engine which made a $150 job into a $1200 one.

BTW I had a slew of different cars including domstics and would not buy anything but metal made by honda/acura or toyota/lexus.

on that model of caddy they put the starter inside the engine under the intake manifold. pure idiocy.

 

[AMT4SWA]

Quote from saxon22:

One is 50K and the other is ugly.

I am no car expert but my mechanic of past 20 years swear by the Hondas and toyotas and swears at Dodges and the big 3.

BTW I had a slew of different cars including domstics and would not buy anything but metal made by honda/acura or toyota/lexus.

BTW, if I could buy one of these.....I would buy 2 of them!!!

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-focus-rs-in-blue/1214356/


I do agree Honda builds a great car but their styling lately has been a bit off (Accord.....or anything over at Acura!). Toyota does nothing for me (IS350 of the Lexus brand is nice but too darn small in the backseat) and their quality has been slipping.

I am an Audi driver and fanboy myself.......I LOVE the new S5 and the R8 is brilliant! I have not owned an American car in many years but I am starting to see some life at Ford.....I hope they can hold on!

 

[Random.Capital]

Quote from Tauvros:


HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?

THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY

So I gather his complaint is that his business was kept alive too long with all the bailout dollars handed to GM and Chrysler?

 

[Random.Capital]

Quote from Kassz007:

Chrysler building shitty cars is no fault of the dealership...

Selling them sure is.

 

[AMT4SWA]

Quote from newguy05:

Blaming the government is pure lunacy, the government did not make chrysler fail, it simply refused to bail it out further with more taxpayer money That is free market economy, the very thing the author is complaining about.

He should of owned a bank.....he would be swimming in FREE TRILLIONS by now!!! :eek:

 

[jprad]

Quote from saxon22:

Why is ford copying Viper's painting schemes is beyond me. The double line looks good on a viper .... on a Mustang it looks like it weights a ton.

Uh, look up the AC Cobra, '61 - '67...

Specifically, the Shelby Cobra, the original Shelby Cobra.

 

[jprad]

Quote from newguy05:

It's interesting the letter is complaining about the failure of free market economy when in fact it's the very definition of capitalism at work - market darwinism at its best.

The guy's dealership didn't fail, it was taken from him. For all we know, he could have been well into the black every year he was in business. Worse, his dealership could very well be handed over to one that's not as well run then his.

Now, if Chrysler was really allowed to fail then both the union and every single one of their dealerships would have been second in line to senior creditors.

But, due to government intervention, that's not what's happening.

Calling this "market darwinism" is laughable.

 

[Random.Capital]

Quote from jprad:

The guy's dealership didn't fail...

He was taking on inventory to get "incentives" that were 100% financed by taxpayers. This is the walking talking definition of failure.

 

[dealmaker]

Frachises are free, goodwill must have been paid to the prior dealer.