From: clare on
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:34:36 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:06:13 -0500, clare wrote:
>
>> No Vibes out of Cambridge as far as I know, and the Hino plant has been
>> there 2 or 3 years.
>
>The Vibe was being built on the same line as the Matrix. We used to see
>them on the trucks with the..um...Matrices (?) being delivered!
>
>>>
>>>When I was married to my wife, we used to go stay at her sister's house
>>>in Oshawa...with an upstairs balcony view of the Oshawa Assembly plant.
>>>There is a lot of the automotive industry, both the big guns, and the
>>>supplers in Ontario. At least there was until Bush 1 signed the Fair
>>>Trade Agreement. Then all the suppliers that had Canadian plants closed
>>>them up, since they didn't have to meet the Canadian 1/3 content laws
>>>anymore...
>>
>> Kitchener has lost the vast majority of it's automotive parts
>> manufacturing, and BOTH tire plants. Kitchener Frame, formerly Budd
>> Automotive, just closed for good last year. Almost lost lear seating this
>> year.. Lost most of the tool and die businresses too.
>
>Both my Sister in law and her husband lost real good jobs when the Fair
>Trade Agreement came on line. I don't know what...er, was it Mulroney at
>the time? was thinking...
>
The Vibe was built at Nummi in California.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:02:09 -0500, clare wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:11:40 -0600, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Nate Nagel wrote:
>>
>>> You haven't seen it so it isn't a problem.

<SNIP>

Oh, yeah. I forgot. You guys already had your Thanksgiving...



From: Nate Nagel on
Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:02:09 -0500, clare wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:11:40 -0600, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Nate Nagel wrote:
>>>
>>>> You haven't seen it so it isn't a problem.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Oh, yeah. I forgot. You guys already had your Thanksgiving...
>
>

Indeed.

Had a CAnadian supplier call me yesterday. I guess it was "thursday" to
him.

nate

(pecan pie for breakfast! woo hoo!)


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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:57:47 -0600, jim wrote:

>
> Nobody denies there is a lot of Fram detractors on Usenet.

We'll see what happens after I change the Soob filter...



From: jim on


"Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:57:47 -0600, jim wrote:
>
> >
> > Nobody denies there is a lot of Fram detractors on Usenet.
>
> We'll see what happens after I change the Soob filter...

The test will only be meaningful and valid if you go to the dealer and
get the manufacturers recommended filter.