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Trek Madone 6.9
On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW. The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 6:22:22 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/11/2020 8:07 PM, sms wrote: On 5/11/2020 5:39 PM, AMuzi wrote: snip Not only Trek BTW. The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. It's not true. In fact Toyota doesn't even have any vehicles in the top 10. https://static.carsdn.co/cldstatic/wp-content/uploads/AMI19_rank-chart..jpg Thank you. My, that's changed a lot the past few years. Underlying data he https://www.american.edu/kogod/resea...auto-index.cfm -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Well, a lot of components in the Ford F-150, by far the largest selling vehicle in the US (who would have believed that?) are manufactured in Mexico. Jeep I believe is now a subsidiary of Land Rover. So the point of "American made" should be North American made and most parts in Chevys come from China don't they? |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 10:50:46 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 11:45 AM, wrote: On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 6:22:22 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote: On 5/11/2020 8:07 PM, sms wrote: On 5/11/2020 5:39 PM, AMuzi wrote: snip Not only Trek BTW. The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. It's not true. In fact Toyota doesn't even have any vehicles in the top 10. https://static.carsdn.co/cldstatic/wp-content/uploads/AMI19_rank-chart.jpg Thank you. My, that's changed a lot the past few years. Underlying data he https://www.american.edu/kogod/resea...auto-index.cfm -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Well, a lot of components in the Ford F-150, by far the largest selling vehicle in the US (who would have believed that?) are manufactured in Mexico. Jeep I believe is now a subsidiary of Land Rover. So the point of "American made" should be North American made and most parts in Chevys come from China don't they? Jeep is a Fiat brand. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Yeah, I looked that up and it is weird because I can distinctly remember them talking about Jeep being sold to Land Rover and it stuck in my head because locally there is a jerk driving a Land Rover that has to be 10 feet wide. It's lot of fun being on the road with him. |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On 5/12/2020 6:28 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW.Â* The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. The domestic content law is quite convoluted, including the meaning of "domestic." The percentage of domestic components is one thing, but there's also where the final product is assembled. Bottom line is that you're better off just looking at where the vehicle was assembled. Slowly, the major components are being made domestically as well as the final product. |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On Tue, 12 May 2020 08:28:16 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW. The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. FWIW, 20 miles away is one of those here who supplies Ford in the USA. Well, he did a decade ago, but he was experiencing quality problems from his chinese casters and was explaining that after having casting made in China(cheaper than here), he now had to ship them back to Australia for quality assurance and final assembly before finally shipping them here. |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On 5/13/2020 12:23 AM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2020 08:28:16 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW. The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. FWIW, 20 miles away is one of those here who supplies Ford in the USA. Well, he did a decade ago, but he was experiencing quality problems from his chinese casters and was explaining that after having casting made in China(cheaper than here), he now had to ship them back to Australia for quality assurance and final assembly before finally shipping them here. Yes, I am all too familiar! After four failures and some detective work I discovered that all three major US suppliers of cam gear for my engine buy the same chinese gear blank: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/140cam34.jpg There is one speed shop in Los Angeles who make an entirely US cam gear for hardly much extra cost, especially considering the huge expense of a full engine rebuild and extraneous damage after cam gear failure. I'm sure your neighbor found excessive freight and inspection costs offset a big chunk of his 'saving' in dealing with the 'middle finger kingdom'. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On 5/12/2020 6:28 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW.Â* The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. A couple of years ago I had a contract job at a company in Fremont, very near the Tesla factory. We needed some machine shop CNC work and it was impossible to find any machine shop to take on some simple prototype work because every shop was going flat out doing Tesla jobs as Tesla struggled to ramp up production. We finally found someone with a CNC mill in their garage who squeezed us in. Prior to Tesla, a lot of those small machine shops were struggling trying to keep their CNC machines going. Now that Tesla has appeared to have worked out their manufacturing issues I doubt if they're still using all that capacity from small machine shops. |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:45:11 AM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 5/12/2020 6:28 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW.Â* The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. A couple of years ago I had a contract job at a company in Fremont, very near the Tesla factory. We needed some machine shop CNC work and it was impossible to find any machine shop to take on some simple prototype work because every shop was going flat out doing Tesla jobs as Tesla struggled to ramp up production. We finally found someone with a CNC mill in their garage who squeezed us in. Prior to Tesla, a lot of those small machine shops were struggling trying to keep their CNC machines going. Now that Tesla has appeared to have worked out their manufacturing issues I doubt if they're still using all that capacity from small machine shops. Imagine the financial devastation that the moving of Tesla is going to cause. Elon Musk has had all of the smart-ass ignorance of Alameda County Supervisors he is going to take and all it is going to take is a Deputy showing up at his doorway with a cease and desist order and Fremont will die in less than a year. |
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Trek Madone 6.9
On 5/13/2020 9:45 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/13/2020 12:23 AM, news18 wrote: On Tue, 12 May 2020 08:28:16 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 5/12/2020 2:32 AM, news18 wrote: On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:39:15 -0500, AMuzi wrote: Not only Trek BTW.Â* The most American-content automobile is a Toyota. No one believes that either even though it's true. Are the components made there or just the final product assembled there? I was wrong, as Mr Scharf noted. Currently, others have more domestic content which is judged by total value of all the various components. And yes, an assembly facility is usually surrounded by a host of component makers. FWIW, 20 miles away is one of those here who supplies Ford in the USA. Well, he did a decade ago, but he was experiencing quality problems from his chinese casters and was explaining that after having casting made in China(cheaper than here), he now had to ship them back to Australia for quality assurance and final assembly before finally shipping them here. Yes, I am all too familiar! After four failures and some detective work I discovered that all three major US suppliers of cam gear for my engine buy the same chinese gear blank: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/140cam34.jpg There is one speed shop in Los Angeles who make an entirely US cam gear for hardly much extra cost, especially considering the huge expense of a full engine rebuild and extraneous damage after cam gear failure.Â* I'm sure your neighbor found excessive freight and inspection costs offset a big chunk of his 'saving' in dealing with the 'middle finger kingdom'. Wow - so the hub sheared right out of the gear? Are the shapes identical, meaning it's a casting or metallurgy problem? Or is the cheaper one visibly thinner, etc.? I was once hired to testify in an arbitration between two companies. It was a similar failure, but a weldment with parts about 30 times larger. I pointed out that the company that built the part had welded the hub in place, then machined almost all the weld away, causing the failure. The arbitrator in charge said "But wouldn't the remaining weld withstand _some_ torque?" Yes - and if they stuck it on with chewing gum, it would withstand _some_ torque. But the arbitrator used the "_some_ torque" idea to reduce my client's award. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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