🚀 go-pugleaf

On 30 Apr 1998 08:03:57 GMT, NightSerf <acs6j@Virginia.EDU> wrote:

>In va.general John Miles <jmiles@pop.removethistomailme.net> wrote:
>
>> No, what would have made sense in 1975 would have been for the union
>> goons to quit their slacking and bellyaching, and start building decent
>> cars.
>
>> I've seen those juvenile "all foreign cars will be towed" signs near UAW
>> union halls in Chicago as late as 1993-1994.  I think I'll buy my next
>> American car when the goons get an attitude adjustment.
>
>With all due respect, it is shear idiocy to blame the auto
>workers for the problems with american cars.  The problems lay
>with the design more than the manufacture and with the decisions
>about what kind of cars to build--all clearly management
>decisions.  How can you possibly blame the workers and their
>unions?  what measure of control can you possibly imagine that
>they had in the process?

Well, IME, most of the problems I've had with domestic cars have been
*quality control* problems....misassembled parts, missing parts,
broken parts...general shoddy workmanship.

That seems to have changed somewhat in recent years, and for example,
I'm very happy with my Dodge Ram 3500 pickup....I've had *one* thing
go wrong...that was an intermittent connection in the fuel level
sender which seems to have fixed itself.   Now I must admit that I
just got a recall notice to have the fuel heater wiring checked, as it
may have been "left out", but compared to my HUMMER, which spent
probably 40% of it's first year in the shop, it's a dream come true.

OTOH, I have a friend with a Toyota pickup who has put 270,000 miles
on it and has replaced *one* wheel bearing and the alternator.

So, auto workers have to accept their fair share of the blame for the
disparity in quality between American and Japanese automobiles.


Regards,

Scott Weiser

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