Yeah because no gas engines ever have problems. Hey guys, the sky is falling because there have been a few issues with a mechanical device. All mechanical devices have a certain amount of failures no matter what they are. I guess I better sell mine now and buy another mechanical device because that one is guaranteed not to fail, right?
Let's say you've got three engine choices in your new truck. We'll call them A, B, and C.
Replace more humans with robots? Let’s destroy the whole middle class and our industrial complex and become a total service nation. Then we will fade away off the world scene and become a non issue.
Of course gas engines fail, but not at the rate of ecodiesels. I'm not an FCA diesel hater, just the opposite. I love Cummins but the ecodiesel is one motor I'd never have. Horrible track record. No reason to think it'll be any better than the first or second iteration.
if humans can’t successfully put together the ever increasingly complex, sensitive and necessary technology we use then those humans shouldnt do those tasks anymore. The middle class would benefit more in the long game of buying more durable things that last much longer.
The issue that will arise as more and more good paying manufacturing jobs disappear is that there will be very few people able to afford to buy the vehicles that are available today. Not very many Walmart employees or Starbucks employees are buying 65,000 dollar Jeeps so they won’t offer them anymore as there will be no demand to warrant the R&D. Everyone wants to blame labor when it may very well be the engineering that failed, or the cheap parts that were put on by the human that were sourced from China. The big 3 tried to blame all their woes years ago on labor costs when they were only building the garbage products that their engineers developed that were far inferior to the product offered by the Japanese manufacturers. The Japanese learned a hard lesson in the early 2000s that they went too far into robotics in auto manufacturing and had no skilled labor left and have taken active measures to reverse that as they realized their need for a skilled workforce. But our stupid American businesses can’t see past the end of the dollar to make decisions that will in the long run pay off for them and their nation
There are just as many threads with people who have problems with the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder (over the years for sure, maybe not as much now for the 6). And there are a million other threads for a million other problems with the Jeeps. If I was worried about it I would of bought a Land Cruiser instead. If it has problems I’ll dump it and get something else, not concerned.
Easier said than done when you’re in your mid to late 40s or 50s and are have your job taken away after being there for 25 years or more.
