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It seems part of the problem is simply buildind shit that is prone to
crater later. Sort of like going to Best But and (now closing down) Circuit City
and buying a new computer, camera, big screen, whatever, and they try to sell
you all the add on warranties. Excue me, but this thing is new I am buying and
should already have warranty. I know stuff happens (like hurricanes!) or surges
and what not, still, there is a ton of money to be made in shit that simply
breaks down.
A case in point is many Houston auto dealerships around me have flooded my
mailbox with flyers for "service" since they are not moving cars, figured will
let people know they do paint, body, engine rebuilds, alignments, oil changes,
tune ups and more. And are in neighborhood so someone (like Paige's mom who is
78 and drives a new Buick Lecerne) might opt to go to the dealer a few blocks
away for service as opposed to driving on Loop 610 past hellhole Galleria 610
& 59 interchange (over 300,000 cars daily pass thru there, highest in state
of Texas) so might opt to stay a little closer to home for those service
oriented issues perhaps.
I just got thru changing a driver side door latch this morning on my 82
Eagle. Now it won't snap door handles anymore. Have finally figured out what was
causing that, after yesterday changing out a same latch on my 81 Eagle. Now can
open door like regular person withuot fear of pot metal handle snapping, or
opening door thru driver side REAR door in rain. But this Eagle has over 200,000
miles on it. Distance to moon from earth is 210,000 miles. This Eagle has driven
that distance now since 1982. And runs good and no smoke. AMC built some damned
good cars. Not sure why the US automakers can't do it again.
One thing that bothers me is for many....MANY....years Ford, GM, and Mopar
have spent MILLIONS of $$$ to lobby congress for loopholes in CAFE ratings and
truck ratings, so they could continue to build big ass gas guzzling SUVs where
they would make most profit. Year after year a extension. And more lobbyists.
And continue to build 15mph stuff and BILLIONS spent opn commercials telling us,
we have to have this vehicle! Our sex lives will increase. Women will be all
over us. We can climb mountians in our new Toiletota Land Bruiser and sit on top
of Moab. We can happily fill our Jeep with endangered species while driving in
forest. Drive a Aztec and YOUR life will change forever as you experience
waterfalls, remote beaches and under the stars.
Sort of like seeing all those Viagra and Celias commercials. Why are those
people always sitting in bathtubs in remote areas? Ugh, I know if I had a woodie
after 4 hours the last person I would want to drive to see, and sit in front of
dozens of other people in waiting room is my doctor so he could laugh. In other
words, no, if you take Viagra, the old lady will probably tell you go sleep on
couch before you poke a hole in waterbed. There is no bath tub in middle of
nowhere and if so, how the hell you going to get to it with that Hurst shifter
there?
Same with automobile makers. In high school I took a neat class which dealt
with media and how manipulative advertising makes people want to buy, or see a
product. There is a lot of symbolism in what you see in commercials, even the
lady speeding for no reason in tunnel at night. Dumbass, hope Henri Paul is not
your driver so you won't end up like Princess Diana, fajitas on side of pillar.
There was a Mitsibushi commercial where the girls drive up and the party starts
with everyone. Please. Not unless they had the beer or weed I guess, but that
not in commercial.
Even Absurdity, sorry, Infinity has stupid commercials, and the Volkswagen
one with all the people getting knocked up quickly comes to mind. Sure would
like to see some of the car companies simply show the engines, xray cutaway view
of car, gas mileage, and even how long a car will last under general
maintainence circumstance. Now that would be different.
One more thing, yesterday saw a Smart car on Wesleyan and Westheimer
just east of Galleria when taking boys to visit mom at work. The first thing I
wanted to do was jump out and go turn it on it's side. Cute little booger
however. But we used to turn Datsuns and little Hondas on their sides down
in Corpus Christi after football games in mid 1970s.
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