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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Meh I am used to it. Some people don't like to hear that their imaginary little vison of the auto industry is not what it appears in magazines and the internet.
The reality is it is one of the most seriously fucked up systems there ever was (yes even Toyota) and doesn't deal with sudden changes well. All of the top dogs are running around right now screaming "OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT" and even the best are going to have to adjust their ways.
My only message through all this has been to not expect the normal things to happen and forget what the companies said, planned or did even a month ago but somehow that just can not be believed by some. They think that it will blow over and everything will be just dandy with cars overflowing from the lots and dealers that will want to unload them for almost free.
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yep. i was talking to some guy's during lunch today about it, and they seemed shocked when i started explaining how absolutely tiny some suppliers are-- maybe just making a few specific buttons/knobs. and how shuttering the industry the way they did is going to have huge ramifications to these little companies.
then i tried explaining how it can take months to tool-up/down any company, not to mention the months it takes just to hash out the contract with each of these individual suppliers...
it was like explaining where babies come from to a grade school class
there's a reason there's not new car companies sprouting up everywhere!