Did I mistakenly surf to the 'Republican List'?

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to me that Big Business is already working on getting the
> Government to make it difficult/expensive to keep our cars for this "longer
> time" you mention.  And we, the vehicle owners, just go "Oh well, it's the
> law".  They (California leads the way, the other states follow)  seem to be
> trending towards changing rules now without providing for any
> 'grandfathering' of vehicles built before the new rule...They've begun
> laying the financial burden of getting a "variance" to a recent new rule
> right on the owners of older vehicles..
>  So even though we'd LIKE to keep an effective, paid-for, good running
> vehicle with plenty of useful potential miles left in it, it becomes
> easier/less expensive to "junk it" and go buy a new, "better" one that
> complies with all the newest rules.  Good for the auto industry and good
> for
> the politicians they've paid to pass the rules. ..not so good for us.
>  Midas' Lifetime Warrantee probably would only have to last half a dozen
> years from now...then the vehicle with the Midas muffler will become
> legally "inconvenient" to keep on the road because it won't "comply" with
> the newest rules any longer.
>   Don Hanson
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM , Dennis Haynes wrote:
> >
> > The Midas lifetime warranty is a bit of a "come on"
> >>
> >
> > We all recognize that the business premises of "life time" warranty,
> > whether Midas or anyone else, is that most folks will (1) lose the
> > paperwork, (2) sell the vehicle (these warranties always say "to the
> > original purchaser"), or (3) just forget.  I was told at a tire shop
> > that offers a free replacement road hazard warranty that they are able
> > to do that because they simply get almost no claims.  It's not that
> > tires don't fail due to damage, but that most folks even forget the
> > warranty exists, or the vehicle the tires are on gets sold.  Wonder how
> > that is going to play out with the much longer times that folks are
> > keeping cars (according to national data, not just my perception).
> >
> > On the other hand, my brother bought tires from that company, and has
> > now had two replacement tires because he drives on rough roads.
> >
> > But, if one enforces the warranty, will Midas weasel?  Wouldn't seem to
> > make business sense.
> >
>

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