Pluggers by Rick McKee for May 18, 2012

Guilty as charged…

For many years after a car dealership in our town went defunct, it still showed “Lifetime Guarantee” on its marquee.

I was wondering why I haven’t seen any new Crosleys, Packards, DeSotos, Studebakers, and Nashs, gasp I’m getting old!

Oh and Hudsons too.

My Dad’s car is so old and still running guy’s ask what it is………..and they wonder if he doesn’t really answer when he says Henry J…..like it’s a pet name or somethin’

Lots of plugger Humvee drivers out there?

During one car, the dealership changed ownership twice and then closed. Less than 10 years.

Happened to me. Fox Ford in Pasadena CA. I still have theRanger pickup.

David42: Back in December 1980, the German news magazine Stern (star) published a chart showing how every “western” (including Asia) car company connected to every other, with coded lines showing whether is was by direct ownership, marketing agreements (we will sell your cars at our dealership if you will sell ours at yours), supplying part, or joint research and development operations. Since Fiat had Polish operations, I would suspect that the chart could well have continued through the Iron Curtain (still around at the time). Now class, is that oligopoly or monopoly?

In ObamAmerica every car owner will soon be a Plugger, at least a good portion of those who drive GM’s. A good portion of the open dealers were forced to close when the government and unions stiffed the bondholders and the United States of America’s taxpayers when taking over GM.

Stay Diligent! Keep those (not) Clunkers on the road! I still think it is more wasteful to recycle an old car making it into a new one than keeping the old one running well! 78 buick 80 el camino 86 monte. Hooray for GM G-Bodies, all interchangeable parts!

Not a plugger today. The dealership where we bought our Honda 13 years ago is still in business.

Avenue Chevrolet in Batavia, Il. had their franchise pulled in 2010, I own a 2007 Impala and a 2009 Cobalt. Same honest, friendly family owned it since 1930. There are a few shyster dealers around here who really needed to lose their dealership, no such luck.

Happened to me twice. The salesman moved from a Chevy dealer that closed to a Chrysler dealer, so I followed him, he was that good.

ditto.

That’s happened to me several times.