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Crisis on Dealers' Row

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Tideland Prius, Nov 24, 2008.

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    "I'm usually a pretty mellow guy," Harold Bendell said, "But now I'm pissed. That's why I'm talking."

    We were outside in a gravel lot the size of a shopping mall parking lot. Around us, bumper-to-bumper used cars were grouped by make and model. Bendell owns several new-car dealerships, but this is where the real action is.

    MajorWorld boasts of being the largest used-car dealership in the world.
    He took me out there to show me why he thought General Motors was in trouble. Inside his used Chevrolet Equinoxes, door trim was chafing off. Seats had stains that wouldn't come out. Inside his used Pontiac cars, he said, the steering felt loose after only about 30,000 miles.

    We should be careful about giving these companies money, he said, since they still didn't seem to grasp what the real problem was.

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