[AT] The terror strikes again. - 4WD

[Stephen Offiler]

Customer - singular?  It's REALLY hard to make a vehicle for a single
customer, but that's what the options list is for.  They do *try* to make
what customers (plural) want.  The whole group of prospective customers,
taken on average.  It ain't easy... I guess that's my main point.

SO


On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Dan Glass <dglass at numail.org> wrote:

> I not sure manufacturers have made what the customer wants for many
> years.  They pretty much make what the government mandates.
> On 6/9/2014 9:59 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > The majority of the dealer profit comes from the sales of service, parts,
> > and accessories.  They make very little on the sale of the vehicle
> itself.
> >   And they can only sell what the manufacturer designs and builds.  The
> > manufacturer designs and builds what they perceive the customers want.  I
> > just checked real quick, only Chevy, and found they still have a 2500HD
> > Work Truck that is pretty basic.  Vinyl seats, steel wheels, hose-em-out
> > vinyl instead of carpeting.  It does have a tach and cruise control and a
> > radio, but the cab is far from "stuffed with crap".  They exist.
> >
> > SO
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:26 AM, <Recentjester at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Always figured that a dealership was just a big lot where they  dumped
> the
> >> trucks along a major freeway to sell them. the service or warranty  area
> >> was
> >> never big enough to do much more than change your oil. The object of a
> >> truck is to get a heavy load where its going. I own a truck to bring
> things
> >> home  to make myself more self sustainable. I don't need a bunch of
> bells
> >> an
> >> whistles.  All the crap they want to stuff into the cab does not impress
> >> me.
> >> The Pickups  look so big now but they have less room in the bed.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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