Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 13/12/13 05:17 AM Share Posted 13/12/13 05:17 AM What the f*ck has that got to do with Holden?Cool story though.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 13/12/13 05:18 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/13 05:18 AM and back on topic GM were always going to pull out they just needed the right excuse.. Expensive Daewoo has been bleeding red ink for too long its not economically viable for an american company to keep a patriotic australian dream alive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 22d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/12/13 05:20 AM Share Posted 13/12/13 05:20 AM I enjoyed the essay personally But yeah as soon as Ford said "we quit" Expensive Daewoo flagged the same possibility so it was easy to see coming. Same again from Toyota depending on this union thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradles024 Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 15y 1m 3d Gender: Male Posted 13/12/13 05:34 AM Share Posted 13/12/13 05:34 AM Not Abbotts fault no one buys australian cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 13/12/13 05:37 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/13 05:37 AM haha thanks man!As long as toyota can get their employees to not have 20 days off so they can keep their supply to the middle east up they might have a chance of survivingAnd except for us lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 13/12/13 05:55 AM Share Posted 13/12/13 05:55 AM Manufacturing in australia thanks to our unionsPeople keep pointing the finger at the unions, whilst it is a big part of the problem its not the reason.You cant compete with a country that pay's its workers 5 bucks a month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 13/12/13 06:08 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/13 06:08 AM The unions arent the whole problem but they certainly did not help,The high aussie dollar and their once popular now neiche product and inability to keep up technologically and innovate are also major contributing factors to their demisefrom personal experience if I lose my job (I work for the NSW government) it will be because of our union and their inability to see the bigger picture, the less work we do, the more we get paid, the easier it is to justify getting rid of us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 13/12/13 11:58 PM Share Posted 13/12/13 11:58 PM (edited) The times are changing. So should we be supporting Toyota now as they will be the sole car maker here in Australia or do we fold and buy anything else? FWA has crushed Toyota's plan to alter their EBA with their workers as two employess made complaints. Only a matter of time now.Also on the nuclear power issue. People have a short memory. Everyone forgets about the amount of atomic bomb testing out at Maralinga in SA back in the 1950s. Edited 13/12/13 11:59 PM by _Velocity_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 14/12/13 12:03 AM Author Share Posted 14/12/13 12:03 AM oh I didn't know it was quashed.. there goes toyota...I know nuclear has a horrible rap for now. I just think something needs to happen coal is just far too neanderthalic for my liking its the 21st century not the 19th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 14/12/13 12:25 AM Share Posted 14/12/13 12:25 AM One of the hottest countries on the planet with 90% desert and bugger all solar power....Or go the way of the poms with wind towers bloody everywhere.There are better solutions than Nuclear power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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