http://disqus.com/people/7e03f06c4294f8d82df738e96303a7e2/enMon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:56 -0000http://openmarket.disqus.com/delorean_disproves_domsayers_in_debate_over_auto_bankruptcies/#comment-4110181Wow! Have you ever been involved in manufacturing? Producing "parts" requires equipment and tooling, sometimes millions of dollars of tooling, for even the smallest and least complicated part. Most part makers are just holding on by their fingernails right now and most of them make parts for many customers. If they were to lose the volume of a GM or a Ford they would go out of business immediately and their other customers, who are likely the foreign transplants everyone loves, would face a shutdown of their operations. Sure speciality manufacturers can make a few repo parts (as long as it does not involve capital intensive processes like casting and forging) for low volume vehicles like Delorean which are not anyone's daily driver vehicles. Have you ever heard the expression, "your tools are on the dock" which exactly describes this situation.<br><br>GM has been in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy for almost three years with Delphi with no end in sight (if you do not understand that Delphi is GM--well it's another story).<br>Give GM, Ford, and Chrysler the loans that they need to keep going with the thanks of the American taxpayer as a final installment for all they did in World War II if that makes you feel better. These great companies should be held in the highest esteem for the pioneering work thay have done with employer based health care, defined benefit pensions, and 401k plans (see GM Stock Savings Purchase Plan). Thank you American Auto Industry!factory handMon, 01 Dec 2008 17:24:56 -0000