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Did anyone Happen to Read About This?

Read and post your thoughts......I think it's kind of messed up.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11057921/
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #1
Okay that's just stupid.  If your employees find cars they like better at the Chrysler or Toyota dealership then that means you as a car manufacturer are not offering the right vehicles.  You can't force people to drive the cars they build.  Maybe they're hoping some people will quit over it so they only have to fire 25,000 over the next six years instead of 30,000.  Jerks.
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0


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Reply #2
I agree its stupid.  But pen 15e and pepsi have been doing it for years. or at least the local plants here do.

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Reply #3
Yeah but a pen 15e doesn't cost $25,000.
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0


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Reply #4
i personally dont have a problem with that.  on the other hand, i wouldn't drive anything other than a ford anyway, or atleast something built by ford.  do they allow merc or lincoln?  if those commies don't like what they're building enough to drive it, they need to go work at toyota or taco bell.

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Reply #5
I was gonna say, the UAW has been "persuading" employees of the Big 3 to drive domestics for years, and it mentions that in the article anyway.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
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Reply #6
OK, let's say your name is John Jones.  You are 36 years old, work at this plant, have 3 kids, a mortgage and 2 vehicles......
1.  A 2004 Ford Explorer
2.  A 1996 Toyota Camry

Your wife Jane is a stay at home mom and 2 of your kids are not yet of school age.  She runs arounddoing errands with the kids very often.  You decided when you bought the Explorer to let her drive it and use the Toyota as a commute vehicle.  After all, it's under warantee, has roadside assistance, is more reliable due to it's relatively young age, and it would really suck to get a phone call at work from Jane 'cause she's broke down with the kids and the Camry just won't start.  Due to your expenses another new vehicle would be pushing it and you'd like to save some cash to invest. 

Some people have needs that go above and beyond brand loyalty and no matter how much you like a specific brand  sometimes you gotta go with what works best for your situation.  Seems to me the UAW bargainers are ignoring that.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #7
If FoMoCo is smart, they'll lay the smack down on the plant manager. We're talking about a rogue person in charge here, that decided to make his own policy. Now if Ford, as a company, does nothing about this person then one can assume that it becomes a company-wide policy. I don't think Ford needs that kind of publicity right now.

On the other hand...if you as an employee cannot show enough pride to drive a vehicle that your paycheck-signer created...then you're still going through your teenage rebellious phase for whatever reason. It is an unwritten rule that if you build GM, you drive GM, etc. for all other automakers. There is immense peer pressure to do so, also, with or without the blessings of a plant manager. With that much pressure, if one does not cave in eventually, then that person is just trying to be a hardass and probably has given managers enough grounds to excise them from the company. Get with the program, in other words. And I don't feel that's necessarily a bad thing. If I were working out at Lordstown and helping build the Cobalt, I'd sure as hell buy a GM car to drive to work...no question about that. It would suck, sure, but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep the peace. And to keep others from vandalizing your vehicle...which happens a LOT out at Lordstown if you pull a puppiesanese car into the plant lot...


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Reply #9
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
OK, let's say your name is John Jones.  You are 36 years old, work at this plant, have 3 kids, a mortgage and 2 vehicles......
1.  A 2004 Ford Explorer
2.  A 1996 Toyota Camry

Your wife Jane is a stay at home mom and 2 of your kids are not yet of school age.  She runs arounddoing errands with the kids very often.  You decided when you bought the Explorer to let her drive it and use the Toyota as a commute vehicle.  After all, it's under warantee, has roadside assistance, is more reliable due to it's relatively young age, and it would really suck to get a phone call at work from Jane 'cause she's broke down with the kids and the Camry just won't start.  Due to your expenses another new vehicle would be pushing it and you'd like to save some cash to invest. 



So you park across the street.  I don't see the big deal.  If I ran the place I would have done the same, but years ago.

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Reply #10
it's stupid, for the few ppl that may not drive a ford to work it is just dumb. what about the temp secretary or temp IT person that will only be there for a few months/years, they can't go buy a new car cause you think your f'ing hitler now.

I worked at GM and most ppl drove GM a few drove other things, beaters they got from familiy, or they were contractors driving the cars they had had for years (capri and t-bird for me).. I say someone should read this guy the riot act and bounce him. that is just plain dumb.

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Reply #11
Quote from: Funky Cricket
it's stupid, for the few ppl that may not drive a ford to work it is just dumb. what about the temp secretary or temp IT person that will only be there for a few months/years, they can't go buy a new car cause you think your f'ing hitler now.


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Employees who don't drive Ford products can still park in an employee lot across the street from the plant.


I don't see anyone making anyone go out and buy a Ford.  I just see it as a small suggestion.

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Reply #12
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So you park across the street. I don't see the big deal.


Fair enough and I would park accross the street in that situation.  Where does it end though?  What about the dealership I bring the Mustang to for oil changes and required service?  They're lot for employees is very small AND there are no parking signs on the surrounding streets for about a 1/2 mile.  Next door is a post office (try parking in THEIR LOT).  Further down is a strip mall with about 60 spots and 8 or 9 mom & pop type local businesses that all do very well.

Look, I do agree if you think that Ford is good enough to pay you then you could at least support yourself and your fellow employees by buying something you help to make, but I think this guy's gone a little overboard is all......
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #13
Hey, I work at Sears, and as employees we are NOT ALLOWED to be in the store carrying bags from competing stores. I think that's a stupider rule than the one at this Ford plant.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

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Reply #14
I have a buddy that works at the Toyota truck plant here in Indiana and bought a new Chevy truck to drive.  He then proceeded to put a Bow-tie sticker across the entire back glass.  We always gave him a hard time about it and he never even thought about it until we said something.  I don't see the big deal.  You should be able to drive what you want...but I personally would be embarrassed to work for Ford and not drive a Ford.
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