No luck truck
So are you suggesting everyone buy overpriced crap, just for the good of the economy?
How did you even come up with that? :roll: Geez!
Do you REALLY think that buying 20 year old cars and trucks is the ansswer to the problem? Really? Well, No. It isn't, and it will never be the answer, either.
Putting manufacturers out of business, especially auto manufactures, because you believe that new cars and trucks aren't as reliable as cars built 20 years ago, is actually quite ridiculous.
Let's look your idea, take it literally, and consider the possibilities for a moment, though... OK?
How many UAW workers would become unemployed?
How many non-union workers (management, supervision, clerical, maintenance)
How many new car dealer employees at all levels?
How many parts manufacturer employees at all levels?
paint manufacturer employees,
Glass, plastics, foam cushions, electronics, tires, employees?
Steel manufacturing
How about transport and truck drivers?
Freight train companies?
What about cottage industries? Grocers, gas stations, clothes stores, restaurants, hardware stores, bars, clubs, and any other retail establishment that would lose the business of all those unemployed auto workers?
How about the resulting glut of foreclosed houses, and unaffordable apartments?
The losses of tax revenues and the increased costs of unemployment insurance?
There is a lot more to the auto industry in this country than your opinion of new cars?
Personally, I've had only 2 major problems with new cars, and
on average, I've purchased a
new car or truck about every 3 years since the mid 1970's.
I had an issue with a 1981 Olds that was chronic, and with a 2012 Durango, that was returned under the Lemon Law, with less than 1000 miles on it.
That's real world, and that's not so bad.
I hear about people in my area everyday with new trucks with transmission and engine problems. A friends F350 Powerstroke dropped the tranny at 15,000 miles. The tires were faulty from the factory, and had to be replaced, the windshield wiper motor went, and the latest thing was a problem with the AC, all at less than 25,000 miles.
I know man that traded his log skidder for a new John Deere skidder, and two months later traded the new skidder for two used ones. The new one was breaking down three times a week, if he could get the dealer there to fix it that fast.
If people just accept this and keep buying, it will only get worse.[/quote]
...and how many of that same vehicle were built that did not have those issues?
The trucks built in the 90's were far superior to the stuff made today, there is no excuse for what they are producing
I disagree. I had a 92 Dodge pick up, and a 96 Dodge van, and both had more issues than anything I've owned since 2000, except for a 2012 Durango, which I returned under the Lemon law with less than 1000 miles on it..
In fact, I presently have a 2000 Chevy pick up ( purchased new) with over
a quarter million miles on it, and it worked pretty hard. It's still used daily, and the engine has never once been opened.
I have a 2008 GMC with 120K miles on it, no problems.
A 2007 Ram 2500 Diesel 380K miles, no issues at all.
A 2010 Ram 3500 Diesel, 210K miles, again no issue.
I think since we only hear about the bad things that happen, which are the exceptions rather than the rules, we tend to over react.
Can things get better? Of course. But, to intimate that the vehicles being produced today are inferior, because we only read about the bad ones, is a little over the top.
