I have never heard "on the rails" before, but they could be referring to the body shop buffer. The body shop in an auto assembly plant is where the body is fabricated and painted, and is disconnected from final assembly. Therefore there is typically some sort of buffer stock of completed bodies...
I tried that with my dealer, no go. You'd think that would be an option - would allow FCA to keep the destination charge and not have to pay freight...
The problem is not the actual time to ship. I was being facetious when I said "15 days to ship 250 miles." It was very likely only one day, or even half a day, once it was loaded on a truck. The problem is logistics. They marshall with other FCA vehicles to fill a transport trailer or train...
The reason there is a class action lawsuit is there are too many lawyers and not enough tort control in the US. You can sue anyone for anything with very little risk and basically extort money from big companies who have better things to do than defend frivolous lawsuits. This class action is...
This is a faulty analysis in several ways. I have owned light diesel vehicles continuously for over 12 years, beginning with a 2008 Jeep GC 3.0L CRD and currently a 2016 GMC Canyon 2.8L Duramax and a 2018 BMW X5 x35d.
First of all, unless you keep your vehicle forever, the payback calculation...