sanity check ...

[Cody Forbes]

Ford has sold tires for a long time. When I was a ford dealer parts manager 5 years ago I learned about the deal. Ford has a killer contract with Goodyear. Ford dealers get a lower price on goodyear tires than Goodyear distributors. Our Goodyear rep that delivered tires to us would buy his personal tires from us.

-Cody (mobile)

On Oct 27, 2011, at 7:45 PM, "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> And Ford is selling tires now... what's up with that?
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Vincent Gelinas
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:13 PM
> To: Tony Hoffman
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: sanity check ...
> 
> 
> IMHO, GMs have been junk for a while.  Even as recently as a few years ago.
> A family friend had her steering rack fail on her 2/3 times in 80k miles on
> an 06 Cobalt.  The only American company that didn't get bailed out was
> Ford, and their products have been dead reliable for me.
> 
> Agreed - along with manual transmissions, grease fittings need to be brought
> back.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> However, they still have one major thing against them, one which makes 
>> me wonder how long the contract is for: Code name, Dex-cool. What I 
>> and most other mechanics call Dex-crap or GM mud.
>> 
>> WHen they get rid of that junk, I may start having some respect for 
>> them again. Untill then................
>> 
>> Then again (political warning) they are no longer a "real" company 
>> IMO. They were artifically kept afloat when any normal company would 
>> have gone bankrupt (including my own).
>> I like your mention of grease zirks, I've actually been adding them to
>> most
>> of my vehicles. Really makes me wish cars still came with them. Grrrr!!
>> 
>> Anyhow, I will continue driving Audi's, and using the old $600 
>> conversion van when I need a tow vehicle/people hauler.
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mark Rosenkrantz < 
>> speedracer.mark at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> GM used to be CRAP products.  My father had an 1989 Sedan DeVille 
>>> which went through 3 engines in 100K miles.  I mean total crap.  But 
>>> starting in the early 2000's and certainly today... they seem to be 
>>> producing world class products.  One of the really cool features on 
>>> that 1989 Caddy- you could use
>>> the climate control interface to pull codes.  Built in code reader!  My
>> Z06
>>> has something similar... I don't know why GM stopped doing that.  
>>> Really cool... because it's a built-in code scanner... not just 
>>> OBD2.
>>> 
>>> Why the Escalade?  Nice styling (for a truck), comfortable ride.  
>>> It's a pickup which can take 4-5 people out to lunch in business 
>>> suits and tow
>> my
>>> cars and haul dirty track tires, too!  Oh, and it's been TROUBLE 
>>> FREE,
>> save
>>> for some age related items, like an alternator at 120K miles, wheel 
>>> bearings at 135K miles.  Two window regulators around 110K.  
>>> Seriously, trouble free.  I broke it in, Mobil1 since 1000 miles.  
>>> 5K intervals.  Change
>> other
>>> fluids every 50K miles.  Oh, and grease fittings everywhere... it 
>>> still
>> has
>>> the original ball joints!  That truck is the most trouble free 
>>> vehicle
>> I've
>>> ever owned, including my family vehicles.  Did I mention we had TWO 
>>> brand-new A8s which were lemons?  One a 1999 and one a 2000.
>>> 
>>> Oh, and at winter driving school one year, I had the fastest time (I 
>>> was
>> on
>>> studded hakkas) driving the Escalade.  Really miffed quite a few 
>>> Audi drivers!  LOL (Had I had my S4 on studs, I would've been 
>>> faster, of course!).  =)
>>> 
>>> Mark Rosenkrantz
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