[AT] The terror strikes again. - 4WD

[Dan Glass]

I said what the customer wants, not what a customer wants.

On 6/9/2014 10:45 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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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