Rover Cars - Page 2

fireman · 09-04-2005, 16:03

you always get one..........

folly · 09-04-2005, 23:18

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Originally Posted by fireman

you always get one..........

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ALWAYS GET ONE ?

Neil · 10-04-2005, 08:19

I took him as meaning one car that is ok

fireman · 10-04-2005, 08:37

sorry folly yes that was what i did mean sometimes you do get an exceptional car i was not being personal.

wayneyboy1942 · 10-04-2005, 10:08

It's sad when people lose their jobs,but in the past Burnley,Accrington and other places had to go through the same change,with hardly a tear shed by the good folk of Birminham,people don't want the cars that Rover make! it's that simple! It's a cut throat industry and they are made cheaper some place else,but unlike most places that fall on hard times the Rover plant is slap bang in the middle of key seats in the election and unlike coal mine's, cotton weaving,fishing etc this is important to save! Why do you reckon?

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folly · 10-04-2005, 11:12

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Originally Posted by fireman

sorry folly yes that was what i did mean sometimes you do get an exceptional car i was not being personal.

sorry for taking the wrong meaning.

fireman · 10-04-2005, 11:18

Thats no problem..........

Mik Dickinson · 10-04-2005, 18:38

Entwisi sorry to inform you but Lotus are ownen by Protoncars which are based in Malaysia.Britain has no more car manufacturers after Rover.Ford own Jag VW own Bentley ??????????????

fireman · 10-04-2005, 19:49

People have a job to know who owns what these days. I'm sure most X Type Jaguar owners dont realize they are buying a posh MONDEO

folly · 11-04-2005, 07:05

does TMS still do parts for rover. they used do the plastic parts

entwisi · 11-04-2005, 07:13

I did know Lotus had been bought out, that was a slip, however, I would still consider it British in that it does all its design/build etc here and the Proton involvement is only from a financial POV. Having said that There are also a lot of other small manufacturers in teh KIT car scene who produce soem very nice motors.(Ultima, Quantum, DAX, etc)

cashman · 11-04-2005, 23:42

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Originally Posted by fireman

I see that once more the "government" are to step in and drag ROVER out of the mire, obviously using the taxpayers money to do this. It's happenned before and I'm sure it will happen again. ROVER have not built a good car for years so why should we, the general public support them with our taxes, after all we don't get anything back for our help when we walk into the showroom with a view to buying one.

bang on with that fireman, 6 million to give a lame duck another week, if thats not electioneering i don't know what is

fireman · 12-04-2005, 07:26

And now all workers are sent home on full pay. Would'nt you think if they are being paid they may as well produce!!!!!!!!

Neil · 12-04-2005, 07:34

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Originally Posted by fireman

And now all workers are sent home on full pay. Would'nt you think if they are being paid they may as well produce!!!!!!!!

That is disgusting. Some of the people where I work are on 4 day week because there is not enough demand for the products. Anyone have the phone number so I can get them on full pay?

entwisi · 12-04-2005, 10:46

You may need to consider that sending them home on full pay costs £6.6M a week, How much extra would it cost for materials/running costs of machinery etc to keep them in full production? It could be that they are trying to minimise the cost of 'maintaining' a workforce whilst trying to negotiate a deal with the Chinese.

Ian