now thats the smartest thing youve said here- see, im not stuck in '05. american companies sold a bunch of american cars, even last year. but the idiots running the show had spent money they didnt have based on growth estimates. kinda like all the industries that needed bailouts...
a lot of what you do as a custom builder can help you to see how much switchovers suck. as an example- you have a seat for your rod, but it doesnt fit quite right. you can replace the one, or fashion a cool custom bracket to fit it. it changes when you have 4000 seats which dont fit, and are clogging up the line. one ive personally experienced is a map holder which went on a door panel. they just did not fit- the holes did not align- and the line backed up while we tried to figure a fix. that brought the line boss down, who got a fork guy to bring out a new pallet which was also flawed. that day we didnt meet the quota and trucks went out that werent full and the car plant went nutzo which brought down management- didnt change the fact that the part wasnt installable. chaos, man. entropy. we all got fired too lol

Thanks, that means alot comming from you... Define a bunch. Compare last year to 05...

BAH... the bailouts kept the beaurocracy going. That is exactly why I still am against them.

well, first off sorry it took so long to respond- my pc died

now, the big difference is between 2007 and 2009. gm actually sold more in 09 than in 05- 9.17million in 2005, 10.6est in 2009. the thing is, gm sales skyrocketed in 07 to some 16 million worldwide... and then the bubble burst. 10.6 million is a ton of cars though, their management was terrible...
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/01/16/gms- ... -25-years/
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 414709.cms

That may be for GM. What about Ford and Chrysler....