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Originally Posted by vara4

You know Dave, Henry Ford made a good car cheap so everyone could afford them.
I think we need another Henry Ford today for these times here.
Affordable cars wow, there is a concept. Kurt

Obama and the unions would kill it.

i believe that they are making the cars, trucks, and suv's to be disposable. my girlfriend needed new plugs in her 2000 expedition. i offered to do it for free but her hubby said that he would take it to the dealer. they can do a better job. ended up costing him $800.00. they said that they had to take alot of the engine off to get to the plugs and some of the things were not meant to be removed and had to be replaced. he told me that next time he would get me to do it. i told him no thanks. sounds like the job was too hard for a little girl like me to do. enjoy the dealer prices.

Way to go Barb. A fool and money don't mix.

thanks ntf. by the way i really like your new avatar.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

thanks ntf. by the way i really like your new avatar.

That was a jacket many moons ago and thank you.

I have worked for new car dealerships for 29 yrs and current 19 yrs at the
same place. Over the years I have seen about everything when it come to
an automobile. In my 29 yrs I have never really trusted the service depts.
I have had bad experiences. Once I had my oil and filter changed, and I marked the old filter, and when I paid the bill I looked and the old filter was
still on, I worked there and blue my top...Recently my wife's car stopped due
to a bad body control module and had to be towed in to our service dept..
They wanted some ridiculous price, and I said I would just have a wrecker
come pick it up, and take it to a friend of mine who owns a local garage.
My bill instantly went down $125.00..................It is really sad when your
fellow employees try and rip you off, but I guess it happens in a lot of different businesses....This is one reason I am letting one of our CHR members
build a BBC for me....I have never met him, but have studied him and his
decisions on this site since 2007 and I knew without a doubt he was a man
of integrity, and he has proven to be just that..I will not mention his name
but his initals are PM..................rdobbs

[QUOTE=jyardgirl;364180]i believe that they are making the cars, trucks, and suv's to be disposable. QUOTE]

I think that fairly well describes the state of the auto industry these days,,,,,run it till it breaks, then start making car payments on another one.... All the dang adds for nothing down and XXXXX per month...why worry about the repairablity of a car, just buy another new one.....

[QUOTE=Dave Severson;364195]

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

i believe that they are making the cars, trucks, and suv's to be disposable. QUOTE]

I think that fairly well describes the state of the auto industry these days,,,,,run it till it breaks, then start making car payments on another one.... All the dang adds for nothing down and XXXXX per month...why worry about the repairablity of a car, just buy another new one.....

These Days ?!?! Heck it's been like that since the end of WW2! Run'em into the ground - scrap it and get another. By the 70's it was only supposed to last 5 years!

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

i believe that they are making the cars, trucks, and suv's to be disposable. my girlfriend needed new plugs in her 2000 expedition. i offered to do it for free but her hubby said that he would take it to the dealer. they can do a better job. ended up costing him $800.00. they said that they had to take alot of the engine off to get to the plugs and some of the things were not meant to be removed and had to be replaced. he told me that next time he would get me to do it. i told him no thanks. sounds like the job was too hard for a little girl like me to do. enjoy the dealer prices.

Don't doubt your ability one bit but have ya ever replaced plugs in a 5.4 Ford truck ? Be glad they turned ya down. It takes a experienced wrench dang near a half day and would take some one with no experience a whole day or more, Those things are real stoooopid.

i don't he is very sexist. i get that alot when i go to get parts or talk with the guys about cars. i just let it roll off my back.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Obama and the unions would kill it.

X2!!! You are exactly right