Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial

[go-fish]

I know an interpreter of Lebanese descent from Dearborn. He was telling me that a lot of Middle Eastern immigrants who were over the American Dream were buying up homes, insuring them and burning them to collect the insurance and making a bit of scratch and head back home with it. He had alot to say about the corruption in that area.

[trapin]

Detroit is demolishing 10,000 abandoned properties over the next 4 years. That's less than 1/3 of abandoned buildings and an additional 55,000 are in foreclosure. Population today is half of peak in the 50's

It presents an interesting financial problem-you may be providing services to 100 houses out of 1000 (900 abandoned) in an area, but the cost to adequately service the 100 is essentially the same cost to provide the services to the 1000. As a result, the city is trying to concentrate population in groups,and clear abandoned (and frequently stripped and burned out hulls) houses, so they can stop servicing the entire area. It's proving to be an interesting social experiment, and to date less than totally successsful.

Actually Greg I think this is something that Bing is just getting started on. If you're talking about the relocation initiative. I fully support that. The problem is there are so many properties owned by numerous people in the burbs and most of them are stubborn to the core.

A great example is the decaying hulk that is the Michigan Central Depot. So many people have tried to buy it but it's owner (Matty Moroun) is an evil corksucker. He wants a kings ransom for it. So unfortunate since the designer that built that station is the same one who built New York's Grand Central Station.

[68GTOSCA]

Gentlemen:

Chrysler's problems stem from years of mistakes by both management and the UAW. The building of good quality cars requires quality build into the design and execution of the design during plant assembly. Building quality autos is a team sport.

The truth is that Chrysler quality has lagged many of their competitors for the past decade. Hopefully, Chrysler has turned the corner and we will a prod uct line that returns them to profitability.

However, if their quality has not improved, we should cut off government support and let them shut the doors. As my father alway said great performance solves most problems. Businesses that are not profitable should not be supported by American tax dollars. I would not have a job tomorrow if I did provide an adequate turn on our stockholders. The need to be profitable is the driving instructment that forces hard decisions to be made. Just my 2 c. I did like the new commercial.

[Kenova]

Gentlemen:

Chrysler's problems stem from years of mistakes by both management and the UAW. The building of good quality cars requires quality build into the design and execution of the design during plant assembly. Building quality autos is a team sport.

I wish I had a dollar for every reported quality defect that management ordered sent down the line, or parts poorly engineered to save a couple of cents.
Admittedly this type of thing has been happening a lot less during the past decade, but as long as production management has it's bonus' tied to production numbers it is bound to happen.

Ken

[Tony_SS]

I saw another GREAT Chrysler commercial - when I find time I'll post up a youtube. It involves snow and people panicking. lolol