- 1. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 08:21:46 +1000
- Sure Ford don't make tyres, but as far as I can see a car ain't much use and would be pretty hard to sell without them. Ford also doesn't make all the other components in its cars - a lot are just bo
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- 2. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:37:31 -0700
- It is true that, when you buy a car in the States, you get a SEPARATE warranty card for your tires and that the tires are warranted by the manufacturer of the tire, not the manufacturer of the vehicl
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- 3. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:39:37 +1000
- Fair enough, then I stand corrected. Bouquets to Ford for doing the right thing, brickbats to Firestone. Vic Hughes
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- 4. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: rgibbs@pacbell.net
- Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 17:59:51 -0800
- Not sure it is that clear cut. Note that I have not been following this case all that closely, but here are a few thoughts. There is a record of correspondence between Ford and Firestone on the tire
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- 5. ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: "brian steel" <brian_steel@telus.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:36:31 -0700
- dear listers i work for one of the largest ford dealer in western canada, let me give you a taste of what it is like on the other side of the fence! i work mainly as a techncian, but also fill in as
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- 6. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: MrZAG57@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:05:31 EDT
- << is looking after thier "customers" >> sic That's how you stay in business. I own my own. Their are knuckle heads, but, Ford chose to build the vehicles with Firestone tires. If they had chosen not
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- 7. Re: ford/firestone (score: 1)
- Author: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 07:09:04 -0700
- not > to save the reported "$18.30us" on each one and put Michelin, Goodyear, or > BFG on them, they would not be in this position. That is true, but all car dealers put bad tires on new cars. i boug
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