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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
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To: robert b furman who wrote (1787)8/9/2014 12:07:06 PM
From: Jerome  Read Replies (1) of 26786
 
Hi Bob......I think you have a GM mindset......by blaming salt for causing the rust problem. GM has had over 60 years to solve the rust problem (so has Ford). I don't think GM cares one whit about the matter.


It would be wonderful to find an alternative to using salt

The alternative is for GM to do all of the following:

1) Use galvanized metal in areas most likely to rust

2) Use some stainless steel for rocker panels

3) Seal off the wheel wells of vehicles so they are not holding tanks for salt laden water.

4) Undercoat the wheel wells at the factory

You say this all costs money....When consumers in Northern States pay 50K for a pickup truck....they don't want to see their investment turn into a rusting hulk in just 5 years.

GM has got thousands of top notch design engineers that could solve the problem in short order.

But GM finds it easier to curse the darkness (salt) rather than light a candle (better design).

And GM's 65 recalls this year are a testimony to GM's disregard for customer concerns.

Note, I think that Barra is the best thing to happen to GM in fifty years. All the wat back to Pete Wilson who said that , "What's good for GM is good for the Country"
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