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Re: OT: They're coming....
In article <Xns9748729D3C37HareBallSPAMSUCKScom@216.196.97.136>,
HareBall <HareBall@SPAMSUCKScomcast.net> wrote:
> David M <NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote in
> news:pan.2006.01.11.04.11.27.158403@sled351:
>
> >> I cannot imagine them lasting very long in a market economy. You
> >> want an idea of the probable quality? Think "Eastern Bloc Trabbie",
> >> that 2-stroke piece of crap that the masses waited years to buy.
> >
> > Maybe so, but they are one of the sponsors no less of the
> > North American Auto Show. Read the link, it describes their
> > methodical plan for ramping up their cars into the US,
> > by starting in Puerto Rico.
> >
> > It's dangerous to underestimate the Chinese. You may be
> > too young to remember when Made In Japan signified cheap
> > and crappy.
> >
> > Not to get back to my other thread, but like it or not,
> > Chinese 'crap' is what drives the engine of the world's
> > largest retailer, WalMart, not to mention their distant
> > competitors Kmart, Targert, Carrefour, etc. No matter how
> > crappy the merchandise, WalMart proves there is a market
> > for it.
Well, if the Chinese can sell me a new 14-second buzz bomb for 7
grand, and stock the spare parts at Walmart, then I'm in. As long as it
has 15-inch wheels. No Dubs. I got all jacked up over the new
Challenger, until I saw the Dubs wheels. What are those morons at Dodge
thinking? Ugh.
>
> All I know is the company I work for makes airbag inflators and we have
> people over there right now getting a plant started up. Even as we are
> starting up a Mexican plant. They have an Italian plant that is in the
> process of being closed down and moved to Mexico. We figure we have about 5
> years and our plant will be closed.
See, Mexico is the happenin' place. Did you know there is an
NHRA-sanctioned dragstrip across the border? Damn, I really have to
check the real estate market there.
CobraJet
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