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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
I’d stretch that out a few more years … especially considering that you may be getting rid of it
tjc78
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Re: 2025 Toyota RAV4 Lease Deals, Incentives, Rebates, and Prices
Can I please see the MF and RV on a 36/10, 90020.00289 MF and 68% residual
2025 Rav4 LE
2025 Rav4 XLE
Either trim
kyfdx
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Totally speculation but I think Chrysler and would have fared better had Bob Lutz led instead of Eaton.
sda
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
It is amazing if you think back to the early-mid '90s before the takeover how Chrysler cars were just EVERYWHERE! Neons, Intrepids (Concordes, Visons), Caravans (Voyagers), Eagle Talons (Lasers & Eclipses), XJ Cherokees, & Grand Cherokees.I followed it closely from the Wall Street Journal's perspective when it was happening. It was indeed a takeover. Chrysler at the time had barrels of cash. And, with the SUV Cruze going into full swing, MB did not have credible technology to get into the market quickly. Therefore, Jeep was a way to get into it immediately without years of engineering efforts by Benz.If you get the chance, read the book "Taken for a Ride", which is a detailed account of the Daimler-Chrysler merger.A horrible crime on what used to be Chrysler/Dodge/Ram. Corporate mergers, acquisitions for those acquired typically not good. Prime example.
Not a merger of equals, but a full blown takeover.
Benz threw Chrysler some scraps (Crossfire, using old Benz designs and 300, using the old E Class underpinnings).
Got what they needed and shuffled it off to Cerberus, who was not very good in the financial field, and even worse as a car manufacturer.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Shame, really. I liked a lot of. their products over the years. Now, they're all gone.
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Scheduling service at the dealer, and asked for a loaner. This is my first time at this dealer. She immediately said, "We don't accept insurance from Progressive" (plus a couple of minimum coverage companies)
Stuff like that makes me think Progressive might not be the best at paying claims.
Stuff like that makes me think Progressive might not be the best at paying claims.
kyfdx
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
I’m sure I mentioned it before but I got stuck with a monster bill for a trade show booth in Vegas (nearly 20 grand) and I couldn’t get reimbursed before the statement flipped so I took a similar credit score hit. The next month it was right back where it was.
tjc78
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
I always felt that during that time, Chrysler had less bureaucracy and bloat and more creative freedom. Able to move faster than GM or Ford.
Michaell
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Re: 2025 Jeep Wagoneer Lease Deals, Incentives, Rebates, and Prices
@kyfdx would you know which bank these are with? CCAP, SFS, OR US BANK?Stellantis (SFS)
Michaell
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Re: Postwar Studebakers
It may not be a desirable model, but I have never seen one in that color and I like it a lot!
bhill2
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
I followed it closely from the Wall Street Journal's perspective when it was happening. It was indeed a takeover. Chrysler at the time had barrels of cash. And, with the SUV Cruze going into full swing, MB did not have credible technology to get into the market quickly. Therefore, Jeep was a way to get into it immediately without years of engineering efforts by Benz.If you get the chance, read the book "Taken for a Ride", which is a detailed account of the Daimler-Chrysler merger.A horrible crime on what used to be Chrysler/Dodge/Ram. Corporate mergers, acquisitions for those acquired typically not good. Prime example.
Not a merger of equals, but a full blown takeover.
Benz threw Chrysler some scraps (Crossfire, using old Benz designs and 300, using the old E Class underpinnings).
Got what they needed and shuffled it off to Cerberus, who was not very good in the financial field, and even worse as a car manufacturer.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Shame, really. I liked a lot of. their products over the years. Now, they're all gone.
