[misfit41]

Turk,,
I wasnt referring to unions making selling chevys a real world job,other than the high wages,but you being in the business know as well as me,the real money in us autos is in EPA,and profit ,the auto industry is notorious for "whoring out" the public by constantly raising the prices until sales slow,then kick out rebates to get them moving..
Mt head ache with car sales in general is the public conceives us as crooks,when in reality ,the bulk of auto dealers are forced to be straighter than most business's,and work from a profit margin that would break a wal mart or winn dixie to boot,IMHO the real crooks are the banks,Insurance companies,lawyers and doctors,in that order,,of course if it werent for ins co's and lawyers,we wouldnt need ins co's and lawyers.It used to blow my mind,I would sell a 39k tahoe to a couple who beat us to death on price,not knowing the furniture store made more profit on their 1600.00 sofa then we did on the truck.
I was in the car business in the 70's and 80's as well,and your right ,japan took us to school on quality,not because we cant build a better car,but because the fat and lazy american public was short sighted enough to keep buying the junk coming from detroit,not caring about economy because gas was 45 cents a gallon,and there is enough to last forever ,,right ? and because our work force takes no pride what so ever in the product they produce,it's all about more money and less work.
I still think the same basic thing,nothing will change for the better until our country regains it's sense of pride and honor,we have created a complete generation of deadbeats with no hope in sight for change,I had hoped 9/11 would wake us up,but it is already winding down.
I live minuites from Ft Knox and have enjoyed working with Gi's my whole life,as a whole much better than average people,we can say the things we want,do what we want,and give our open opinion while living in reasonable safety only because there are bad ass soldiers who wont delay using his or her weapon,I regret the rest of the public is so weak and clueless.,,Tim
WHEW!! I feel better