Posted by f20inmi on October 14, 2007 at 20:00:51 from (71.217.236.118):
In Reply to: Re: Fram filters posted by Steven f/AZ on October 13, 2007 at 08:01:43:
I prefer AC filters.
I hope I don"t step over the political line and get deleted, but I just can"t let this go by.
There is an interesting thing about the new domestics. IE the Korean and Japanese vehicles, is that they are still designed, engineered and the mfg is piloted in Japan or Korea before it is sent to the US. Their executives and management is based in Japan. It will be a cold day in .... before you see an American in a position of great power in any one of these firms.
They still have their Kieretsu partners, Er...I mean suppliers, which they may partially own a portion of and most domestic auto suppliers find it difficult to get business with the new domestics since they are already comfortable with there existing partners which they brought with them from wherever they came from.
Let"s talk about content. Yeah the domestics may buy a portion of their parts from LCC (low cost countries) in order to level the playing field. High costs whether it"s labor, materials, retiree benefits or healthcare force these kinds of decisions.
Am I biased towards the US auto industry? Heck yes. Mainly because it put food on my table as well as about 1 out of every 13 Americans" tables.
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