Screwed without benefit of intercourse, Dean...
Cheers!
Jim
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'll tell you what, I got a rear wheel brake cylinder from Moss just a
> little while ago.
>
> Guess who made it? Delphi. Parts division of GM that was spun off.
> Why they were making Spridget parts is beyond me. But it may explain
> why they were going bankrupt.
>
> But your right. It already in China....
> If you look at Delphi on Wikipedia and scroll down to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(auto_parts)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Delphi_%28auto_parts%29>
>
> "Sale of global suspension and brakes business to BeijingWest announced
> March 31, 2009"
>
> More here...
> http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-04/02/content_7641983.htm
>
> They got all the key stuff (machinery, intellectual property) for 100
> million. That's a hell of a bargain.
>
> What does it mean when we the tax payers bought GM and the key parts
> supplier of GM is bought up by a Chinese company?
>
> I think it means we've been Shanghai'd
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank" <spritenut@comcast.net>
>
> Dean Hedin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So places like Moss have to look around for either existing stock
>>> elsewhere in the world or
>>> hope to get someone else to make the items in question.
>>>
>>> The chinese will do it for .20 cents each.
>> Oh, they already do, sorry.
>>
>
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