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Occupy Bay street
- Thread starter thebigwoof
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That's better just keep on worshipping me
Araqiels
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That's ironic you should say that, because I know a guy who did things the system wouldn't have liked, and he's retired already in his early thirties.
To each their own, I suppose, entirely depending on their skills and the swell of their balls.
That's exactly what it is. Successful people will find their own way regardless of what obstacles are put in front of them.
Excuses, whether valid or not, are still excuses.
I seem to recall paying around $1300 per 4-month term at University of Waterloo around 1991. This didn't include textbooks and other fees over and above tuition. Looks like tuition has more or less quadrupled since then.
In other, more relevant termsI paid $6000 for a brand spankin' new but 2 year old non-current 1987 Ninja 750 in 1989. This is consistent with something comparable (in the marketplace, not technically) being in the $10,000 range nowadays - not too far off.
You rode while u were in school?? lucky bastard
The fact you would post anything from this guy tells a lot about you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz91F2PdyPM
so the demand for cheaper goods has nothing to do with the outsourcing and downsizing of our society by the corporations?
when manufacturing sector jobs get replaced by mcjobs, THAT is what reinforces the wally-mart/dollarama dynamic.
people often buy the cheap crap from china because they don't have a choice--they can't afford the made in canada option any longer.
let's put the horse before the cart on this one. case in point, gm jobs went to mexico years ago because the motors wanted to increase their profitability on sunfires and crapaliers, not because people started wanting crappy made in mexico products.
The interesting point about that specific comment, is that the Sunfire and Cavalier (J-cars) were assembled at Lordstown, OH, USA.
So was the Cobalt that replaced the J-cars, and so is the Cruze that replaced the Cobalt. In fact, the Lordstown plant has been running at capacity building those, I've had customers build duplicate equipment so that they could build enough parts for those cars, and the Cruze's platform-mate, the upcoming Buick Verano, is going to be built at Lake Orion MI alongside the Chevrolet Sonic, because Lordstown is tapped right out.
GM does build some vehicles in Mexico and Korea (and Germany) for sale here - but not the ones you specifically referred to.
are you sure about that?
http://www.wheels.ca/article/21370
i first heard about this from gm workers from the 'shwa', so i don't know why they would lie about it
americans got production from the ohio plant, pretty sure canada got mexican cars.
That's wonderful, however there's a big difference between assembling and building. One factory in country to put thousands of parts from different countries together is not very good for the country. Case in point, my MINI's engine was built in brazil, then flown to England to be put in the car, the rims were made in Austria, some other parts were made in Germany, china...etc. but is it "made" in England because it's assembled there?
I worked at a factory that was making a rail for the PT cruiser. We never had quality or "just in time" delivery problems, but they broke e contract and sent the job to Mexico. As a grunt I don't know the details, but the general manager laughed and told us not to worry because Chrysler was still going to pay millions to the company.
It didn't fit into his argument, so he conveniently omitted it. He does that. Don't sweat it.
Absolutely 100% sure. The J-cars came from Lordstown OH, so did the Cobalt, so does the Cruze.
The Cruze is based on a worldwide platform which is also assembled elsewhere (but not in Mexico). Same was true of its predecessors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cruze
uhm, quality is relative. higher quality than ohio does not mean higher quality than oshawa, does it? and how does it change my point about CANADIAN manufacturing jobs going south? i didn't miss the line. . .you however, missed the point.
thanks again for demonstrating your lack of understanding and comprehension of the actual argument.
btw, have any of you actually driven or owned a crapalier/sunfire? i have. do the same and then come back to me arguing about higher build quality.
brian, how did you manage to find the wiki article on the cruze, when the same source would have clearly told you that both the sunfire and cavalier were manufactured in mexico. furthermore, my source from wheels.ca clearly identifies canadian vehicles as sourced from mexico (which other posters have apparently read).
again, i also have this info from actual gm workers. yes, j cars came from lordstown, but they also came from mexico. i feel fairly certain that a fair number of the ones that landed in canada were from mexico.
Either the country of manufacture doesn't matter, or it does. You can't build an argument founded on that basis and then fault others for doing the same.
BTW cars assembled in Mexico have a VIN that starts with the number 3, if that helps.
Your point was about Canadian jobs going south but your example was about American jobs going south. Do i have that right? The example is valid when you use it but not when i use it? Just checking.
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