Greddy bankrupt...
09-14-2008, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Nateb123' post='907920' date='Sep 13 2008, 10:22 AM
Beautifully put. Let's not forget two major drains of funds for tuning shops though: motorsports and promotion. Showing up at the Tokyo Auto Salon or SEMA with something new takes a big chunk of change. You need to get the car, pay workers money to build and tune the car (and not much of that tuning results in new products), you then have to rent the space at the convention, pay to haul employees, cars and products, etc. You pay for hotel rooms and then pay to haul them all back. Maybe the car that was built is a race car, then you pay for a driver, fees to the racing organization, repairs, transport. Spreading those cost over each product made, be it an exhaust or CAI or whatever, still amounts to more money on the final sticker price. Honestly, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that these businesses don't exactly have fat profit margins.
Luckily the Yakuza needs a place to launder money, so a few places get some strategic investment now and then..
Reamemiya spread himself across a a bunch of different motorsport events, but Greddy was his prime sponsor for alot of it. You may see him pull back to just super GT now.
As for Walmart, yeah I have seen it kill a downtown core in a medium size town first hand.. The Town was as equally bad for letting it happen in the first place. They let Walmart and bunch of other big boxes build giant stores out on the outskirts, and then watch the small independents dry up, while giving Walmart low property tax, then the town blows a few million dollars of real taxpayers money on a Downtown revitalization programs, how perverse is that? On top of that the town now says it needs a public transportation system, because stores are spread all over the place...
As for Rx7 project, quit your dayjob and see how long you can survive on giving CAI's away..
09-14-2008, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='907957' date='Sep 14 2008, 05:55 AM
Truly, when it comes to the sorry state of our economy, "we have seen the enemy, and he is us!" When we allow businesses to move their manufacturing overseas to take advantage of exploitative labor policies and give us "Made in China" merchandise, we should slap them in the head and say "No way!" Instead, we as a nation have embraced the exodus of manufacturing jobs and rewarded corporate greed with eager buyers of cheap imported goods.
You still have a choice, but maybe not for much longer. It's time to take a stand! Buy American!
You still have a choice, but maybe not for much longer. It's time to take a stand! Buy American!
09-14-2008, 05:45 PM
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I wasn't selling my CAI's to make a living. I was selling them to benefit the Focus community.
We don't need AEM to design CAI's. We need them to make AFC's and AFR gauges. We don't need Ford Motorsport to make exhausts. We need them to design better flowing cylinder heads and higher compression pistons.
Intake and exhaust tubes are pretty self explanitory.
We don't need AEM to design CAI's. We need them to make AFC's and AFR gauges. We don't need Ford Motorsport to make exhausts. We need them to design better flowing cylinder heads and higher compression pistons.
Intake and exhaust tubes are pretty self explanitory.
09-14-2008, 06:00 PM
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you think they could survive without catering to the guy who wants to bolt some simple upgrades to his car?
Honestly what do you think they make more money on?
so if 100 focus owners contacted you this month for these CAI you would still just give them out for $35?
and if next month another 150 contacted you the same price would apply?
Honestly what do you think they make more money on?
so if 100 focus owners contacted you this month for these CAI you would still just give them out for $35?
and if next month another 150 contacted you the same price would apply?
09-14-2008, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TheRX7Project' post='907970' date='Sep 14 2008, 02:45 PM
Intake and exhaust tubes are pretty self explanitory.
09-15-2008, 08:13 AM
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I am a powered industrial truck operator.
If 100 Focus owners contacted me looking for an intake, no, the same price would not apply, because I don't make them anymore. I would however, give out my blueprints for my design- and already have. It's about furthering the Focus community, not about making money.
And if 100 Focus owners contacted me looking for an intake, I'd be ******* shocked lol.
And if you know anything about how an engine works, intake and exhaust tubes are pretty self explanitory. Shorter = higher RPM HP, Longer = lower RPM torque (just being basic, I don't feel like typing a complete article at 8am after I just got home from work, sorry.)
If 100 Focus owners contacted me looking for an intake, no, the same price would not apply, because I don't make them anymore. I would however, give out my blueprints for my design- and already have. It's about furthering the Focus community, not about making money.
And if 100 Focus owners contacted me looking for an intake, I'd be ******* shocked lol.
And if you know anything about how an engine works, intake and exhaust tubes are pretty self explanitory. Shorter = higher RPM HP, Longer = lower RPM torque (just being basic, I don't feel like typing a complete article at 8am after I just got home from work, sorry.)
09-15-2008, 05:58 PM
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well lets see if we can try to compare this to your occupation.
Lets say your company pays all its taxes, sends its employees off to get trained and certified to operate the equipment, and lets say for arguements sake a operator like yourself makes $25 a hour plus he gets benefits.
Now a yard down the street hires anyone off the street, they dont pay workers comp or insurance on them, they dont upkeep thier equipment or train thier workers, now they have people doing the same thing for $11 a hour.
Well jesus christ why should I pay someone $25 a hour when I can pay someone $11? Its not rocket science to operate a forktruck!
Lets say your company pays all its taxes, sends its employees off to get trained and certified to operate the equipment, and lets say for arguements sake a operator like yourself makes $25 a hour plus he gets benefits.
Now a yard down the street hires anyone off the street, they dont pay workers comp or insurance on them, they dont upkeep thier equipment or train thier workers, now they have people doing the same thing for $11 a hour.
Well jesus christ why should I pay someone $25 a hour when I can pay someone $11? Its not rocket science to operate a forktruck!