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Scranton Toyota dealer blames politics (contributions by Trial Lawyers, UAW)
The Times-Tribune (Scranton PA) ^ | 3/5/10 | DAVID FALCHEK

Posted on 03/05/2010 12:47:27 PM PST by Born Conservative

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To: FlingWingFlyer
this is going to blow up in the commie ‘RATS’ face.

I wish I were so sure. I'm a Toyota owner (who BTW would know to turn off the ignition if my car were ever accelerating when I didn't want it to). I'm on my third one now dating back to 1988. I had an electrical problem once. I wouldn't be surprised if 250 owners had the same problem that year. These are cars. Some number of them are going to need repair. But my guess is that the number of repairs per mile that Toyotas have required is shall we say less than the same number for Government Motors cars.

But yesterday I was speaking with a very conservative neighbor, and she was very concerned that I was driving a Toyota. The daily news alarms about Toyota are having a devastating effect.

ML/NJ

21 posted on 03/05/2010 1:14:22 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Born Conservative

I’d be interested in that list.


22 posted on 03/05/2010 1:18:58 PM PST by naturalized
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

where do you think the majority of profits for the rice burners go ???


23 posted on 03/05/2010 1:23:51 PM PST by rosco coltrain
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


24 posted on 03/05/2010 1:24:20 PM PST by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

Yeah them Jap cars are about as American as apple pie aren’t they!


25 posted on 03/05/2010 1:29:28 PM PST by rosco coltrain
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To: rosco coltrain

The wage goes to the American worker. What a company does with it’s profit is not my business. I guess you like GM better. You like a business that the American worker has to support?


26 posted on 03/05/2010 1:31:10 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: rosco coltrain

I guess I shouldn’t eat at the local Chinese restaurant. They aren’t very apple pieish.


27 posted on 03/05/2010 1:32:27 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: rosco coltrain
where do you think the majority of profits for the rice burners go ???

To the shareholders.

28 posted on 03/05/2010 1:33:59 PM PST by jimmyray
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

actually I work for and drive a Ford,,, thats a company based in Dearborn Michigan that makes AMERICAN cars... and is not sold out to the Government.. the same company that supported the US thru out World War II building vehicle and tanks for the troops to fight the Japs and one that donates MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars to charity!


29 posted on 03/05/2010 1:34:39 PM PST by rosco coltrain
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To: rosco coltrain

Good for you.


30 posted on 03/05/2010 1:38:22 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: rosco coltrain

In case you haven’t noticed, we are no longer at war with Japan. Toyota donates millions to charity as well and they aren’t union. What is your point?


31 posted on 03/05/2010 1:40:59 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: jimmyray

Lol! Good point.


32 posted on 03/05/2010 1:41:59 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: rosco coltrain

Why are you sending me private messages?


33 posted on 03/05/2010 1:43:49 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: rosco coltrain

where do you think the majority of profits for the rice burners go ???

Where do you think the union-run GM’s profit go ?

Oh, never mind.


34 posted on 03/05/2010 1:48:40 PM PST by maine yankee
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Where do you think the union-run GM’s profit go ?

DNC re-election campaigns.

35 posted on 03/05/2010 1:50:47 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: rosco coltrain

“Yeah them Jap cars are about as American as apple pie aren’t they!”

As a matter of FACT they have a bunch of American content.

Toyota has had a design center in the US since the 1970s. Several of their popular models have been designed almost entirely in the US.

Then you know about all the plants in the US?

The vehicle industry is international. All of the major companies make vehicles in several locations.

None of the countries could grow to any size, only building and selling in one country.

And right now the majors are looking towards China and India, as their largest growth markets.


36 posted on 03/05/2010 1:51:08 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Responsibility2nd

The anti-Toyota meme has legs because the Toyota dealers (at least in the Chicagoland area) are major a$$holes. I switched this year after 21 straight years with Toyota because I was sick of their games and high prices in the face of declining demand.

Good cars though.


37 posted on 03/05/2010 1:52:27 PM PST by neocon1984
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To: neocon1984

Aren’t the dealers locally owned?


38 posted on 03/05/2010 2:08:33 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: Paul Pierett
Contrary to popular belief and talk of conservative talk show hosts, all being fair and balanced, you could leave all those foreign cars at the port for the next ten years with heavy tariffs until we have a Detroit back on its feet.

So you think that the auto industry ought to consist of three American manufacturers? Dude, the American automobile industry wasn't killed by imports, it was killed by socialists from the 1930 to the 1970s.

During the 1920s competition and economies of scale rewarded successful competitors, especially GM, whose sales formula brought down the Model T in 1926. Many, many other companies went out of business during this time as unable to keep up with the rest. Others honed their business models and rose over the rest, such as Chrysler.

It was during the 1930s, however, that the government killed off competition. By mandating material and labor costs and conditions, FDR's New Deal (NRA) reduced all competitive advantages to a simple matter of scale. Since materials and labor cost all factories the same, the only factories that could survive were those of enormous scale: during this time the "Big Three" were created, GM, Ford, and Chrysler. WWII saved the smaller competitors since they moved to war materials, but coming out of the War, the government continued wage and materials controls, which, again, favored the Big Three over their few remaining competitors.

Through the 1950s and 1960s all the Big Three competitors died off, except American Motors, an amalgamation of other, failing companies, and which finally died in the 1980s.(Btw, a 60 Minutes report that exaggerated claims of rollovers of Jeeps was the coup de grace of AMC.)

By the 1970s, the government had stifled and killed off all viable domestic competition to the Big Three, which then dominated the marketplace. However, import competition, in large part driven by the surving dealer network of the old independent manufacturers, filled in the crucial needs of alternatives for the consumer.

Your beloved domestic automobile industry is a government created failure.

39 posted on 03/05/2010 6:14:13 PM PST by nicollo (you're freakin' out!)
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To: Tribune7
I own a 2007 Toyota Corolla and have always experienced very good service by their service department. My relatives all have Toyotas and they encouraged me to buy one, and so far I am satisfied. I've had three other American-made cars in the past and spent an inordinate amount of time in waiting rooms getting them fixed for many different problems incl. recalls. My relatives assured me this would change if I got a Toyota.

Bottom line: I don't know how all this would play out, but it seems to me that the media and government are coming down on Toyota with major shit. I never saw this kind of brouhaha in the news over probs with other auto companies. My Dad had a Ford that stopped dead on the freeway once. Bottom line: I'll find

40 posted on 03/05/2010 8:44:40 PM PST by Ciexyz
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