Sounds like a warranty repair, not a recall - recalls have no time limit.
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Each automaker has its own contract. It isn’t guaranteed that Ford and GM workers are paid the same, but traditionally the UAW has pursued one automaker first (in this case Chrysler) and then worked to get near identical contracts in place with the other automakers, so pay has essentially been the same across…
Who said their rejection of the previous contract was based primarily on pay?
They also had the problem of the tiered pay continuing with no functional caps on the number in the lower tier (those workers are generally paid worse than non-union plants, btw).
They had the problem of the company not commiting to any…
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Put Takata airbags in it and you could trigger them remotely to kill the terrorists without even needing a drone.
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There’s a mothership option you haven’t mentioned that eliminates much of the size restriction:
Towing the launch vehicle.
Think about it - in WWII, you could load a C-47 full of paratroopers and send it over the lines, or you could load it mostly full and then tow a glider full of paratroopers behind it. The bottleneck…
Wow... there’s a blast from the past.. a post of mine over 2 years old, coming back from the dead. :)
Too bad we didn’t goad them into blowing their wad trying to counter star wars. They didn’t increase their spending at all in response. Their spending ramp-up had already occurred prior to sdi.
Slow?!?!?!
NOT IN REVERSE!
5th: I can’t help but think this is related to 2nd.
Why would Marchionne not agree to any level of job security guarantees or product/plant alignment (ie, we promise that some model(s) will be made in plants x,y, and z, requiring a minimum of x workers during the course of this contract)? These clauses are generally…
Wrong. You’re falling for a widely reported, but false, belief.
Ford developed their own hybrid system, which they found was likely infringing on Toyota’s patents - meanwhile Toyota had the same problem with direct injection - they were infringing on Ford’s patents. The press got the story wrong from the start, saying…
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I love them for the electric impact wrench, even though I’ve never once used it on my car. I paid $30 purely to use it for changing the anode rod on my water heater. Danged thing was stuck in there good and I risked damaging pipes using hand tools... and plumbers wanted an obscene $380 to change the rod. $30 for the…
Wow, are you misinterpreting wage data. Median household income hasn’t increased in real terms. But that’s entirely separate from wages.
Why? Median household income includes retirees. As baby boomers retire and switch to lower fixed retirement incomes, median household income decreases, even when wages do not. As…
Government interference?
No - look at the categories that saw above average increases. They’re all heavily dependent upon manual labor. When labor costs are a fraction of the cost of the item or good, costs decreased relative to the average.
This is entirely to be expected. If wages increase and most of your cost is in…
More expensive? Not really.
The base Volt really lies between the Prius two and Prius three for equipment, and after tax credits and discounts, it actually comes in between the two as well - pretty darned close to the Prius two.
Where I live, 30 seconds of rain can soak you straight through to your underwear and then some. We don’t leave our car doors open for any length of time.
How wet?
You can open and close a normal car door quickly. This thing? Not so much.
Ok. But I can close the door to my car in a second. What does this take, 15-20?