04-21-2015, 08:43 AM
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This is ludicrous. What is next, I can't paint my own house? I can't mow my own lawn? Corporations have gotten too powerful when stuff like this happens. 
If they go ahead with this then every thing a manufacturer makes should be guaranteed FOREVER, if I have to get repairs done by them. Where is the incentive to do a good job if I have to go to them and there is no competition from myself or an indie? 
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04-21-2015, 08:44 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Originally Posted by paulofto
This is ludicrous. What is next, I can't paint my own house? I can't mow my own lawn? Corporations have gotten too powerful when stuff like this happens.
If they go ahead with this then every thing a manufacturer makes should be guaranteed FOREVER, if I have to get repairs done by them. Where is the incentive to do a good job if I have to go to them and there is no competition from myself or an indie? |
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04-21-2015, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Chandler, AZ
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If this happens it will have been my last new car. I've been debating for the last few years as cars become more wired and automated if I really even want a new car. For one I want to be the one in control of driving it, two, if I want to change anything about the car I can do so, three, I really don't like some company being able to track and monitor my car without my consent.
With the current direction I see a growing cottage industry of auto rebuilders taking old desirable cars and rebuilding them to like new for enthusiasts and people that don't want an iPhone like car tracking their every move and having crap forced onto them that they don't want.
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04-21-2015, 09:31 AM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulofto
This is ludicrous. What is next, I can't paint my own house? I can't mow my own lawn? Corporations have gotten too powerful when stuff like this happens.
If they go ahead with this then every thing a manufacturer makes should be guaranteed FOREVER, if I have to get repairs done by them. Where is the incentive to do a good job if I have to go to them and there is no competition from myself or an indie? |
"Corporations are people" - Mitt Romney 2012
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04-21-2015, 09:45 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
"Corporations are people" - Mitt Romney 2012
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Corporate cronyism at its finest. The liberals will support it while claiming that the Republicans drove the small shops out of business.... 
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'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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04-21-2015, 09:49 AM
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2003 S, Arctic Silver, M6
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
"Corporations are people" - Mitt Romney 2012
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"Mitt Romney's a moron" - paulofto 2 minutes ago.
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04-21-2015, 10:00 AM
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Registered Boxster abuser
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: socal
Posts: 1,014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulofto
"Mitt Romney's a moron" - paulofto 2 minutes ago.
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LMAO
That's pretty good...
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04-21-2015, 06:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Colorado
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulofto
This is ludicrous. What is next, I can't paint my own house? I can't mow my own lawn? Corporations have gotten too powerful when stuff like this happens.
If they go ahead with this then every thing a manufacturer makes should be guaranteed FOREVER, if I have to get repairs done by them. Where is the incentive to do a good job if I have to go to them and there is no competition from myself or an indie? |
I wouldn't be too quick to point the finger at the corps as much as I would our own government that permits this kind of behavior. They like it. It gives the government more control in the end.
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