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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!news.centerline.com!jimf
  2. From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.autos
  4. Subject: Re: Ford lemons
  5. Date: 24 Nov 1992 01:23:31 GMT
  6. Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
  7. Lines: 12
  8. Message-ID: <1es06jINN7dt@armory.centerline.com>
  9. References: <1992Nov20.133812.19697@schbbs.mot.com> <1ejqjrINN260@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> <PHILG.92Nov23174956@zug.ai.mit.edu>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.3.202
  11.  
  12. philg@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Philip Greenspun) writes:
  13. >Of course every car company has to make a few lemons.  The question is
  14. >"Do they hire ten engineers to fix the problem or 100 lawyers to
  15. >litigate the unfortunate consumers into the ground?"
  16.  
  17. >Ford apparently prefers to hire lawyers.
  18.  
  19. Remember the Pinto -- it's cheaper to settle the lawsuits then to fix
  20. the car.  (Unless you get caught, that is.)
  21.  
  22. jim frost
  23. jimf@centerline.com
  24.