Posted on 01/27/2006 8:14:40 AM PST by oxcart
One would think that the fact their workers aren't driving Ford's willing would tell the management something about their qualtiy, pricing, and car design choices.
Thats such a weak move indicative of the mindset that will ultimately kill that company. Make better cars idiots!
Maybe a Ford product doesn't meet their needs or wants.
Dang, next to your house, a car is your largest purchase, and unlike your house, does not appreciate. It's a loss.
I've been looking for a vehicle to meet my needs, and it's really rough trying to find everything I want in one vehicle. It would be even worse if I had only one manufacturer to choose from.
Oh, like anything liberal, eventually you lose your freedom, unless it's the freedom to kill your baby.
I agree.
Until 2001, I had a Ford Tempo.
It really truly was a car from hell. Everything seemed to go wrong on this car.
By the time the car burned up (because it was sitting next to a dumpster that some a-hole set on fire - no, it wasn't me), it seems as though everything in the engine and transmission had been replaced at least once.
Amazingly, I've heard similiar stories from other Tempo owners as well.
Right now, I drive a Saturn VUE and I'm pleased with it.
Ha ha!
Sieg Heil, Henry!
This is nothing new. I was born, raised, and still live in the Detroit area and I continue to consult for automotive OEMs and suppliers. Ford, GM, and Chrylser have all done this for YEARS. I think it was worse in the 1980s then it is now.
FORD-
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
Flip Over, Read Directions
F**ked Over Rebuilt Dodge
And for Ford fans...
First On Race Day
Been that way for years off and on. Cousin in the 70's worked Ford in Detroit and had to park elsewhere. And you wonder why Ford is in trouble. Bad leadership and bad leadership decisions. I bought an 84 Ford Van ordered from the dealership with factory air. Came in without air and was told that was normal, that air was added on locally. They put in what an independent local service repairman said was a very good unit. Problem was it spewed water on the front seat passenger's feet. They fixed that but it then constantly blew fuses. They fixed that but it didn't direct the air, summer or winter correctly. They worked on that and could not correct it. Then it was out of warranty and I was told it was an add on unit and I would have to go to the manufacturer to get service. They were out of business. I filed a complaint with Ford and they put their butt crack investigative unit on it and they said "We can't help you." I, nor any of my 7 kids have owned a Ford since. Bad decisions by bad management.
spend it where you earn it. My company did that for years and encouraged it by offering special cupons and discounts.
After reading the comments on this thread one would almost come to the conclusion that people here don't support private property ownership rights. I'm sure I'm mistaken, though.
Well, isn't it these same employees the ones responsible for the quality ? They are the ones building them..
Maybe if these people who are building them (the employees) cared more about what they are building than what they can get out of the company via the unions, then the quality of the vehicles being made would be a moot point ?
I have family in the area... Sterling Hieghts and Oxford/Lake Orion.
It's a dumb move but I have two new Fords in my garage. I really haven't had any problems and I've bought a dozen or more new Fords. I think the plant manager has his head up his tailpipe.
It should tell Ford something when their employees would rather drive something else, even with hugh discounts.
So the plant manager is advertising the fact that the folks who build them won't drive them unless forced to do so. I'd probably be willing to drive a second rate car to work if I got the kind of discount the carmakers give. Ford must be turning out real junk if they have to resort to this.
Exactly what I was trying to say earlier... Why wouldn't you want to "reinvest" in your place of business ??
My wife owned a Probe when we met and it was the same thing. The car stayed in the shop. We've been Toyota owners every since. Last year I sold my Camry with 166,000 miles to a college kid and bought the new Avalon. The wife has a Sequoia and they are both trouble-free.
Ford had a deal with Hitler in WWII.
"After reading the comments on this thread one would almost come to the conclusion that people here don't support private property ownership rights. I'm sure I'm mistaken, though."
No, I don't think that's it. I think everyone agrees that Ford can do whatever it wants with its property. The point is the question of why Ford employees wouldn't buy Fords, given the employee discounts, etc.
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