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I think their brand is tarnished forever. I remember the Firestone 500 recall (in 1978). They got past that. But times have changed. Consumerism is huge today.
The dealers love Cisco. But Steve had as good a sense of the market as anyone I've ever seen at Ford Motor Co. It was uncanny. Sometimes I thought he had a crystal ball.
Women often make the decision on SUVs and if they can, they will downsize.
We're switching tires on almost every Explorer we've sold. Customer confidence level on Firestone tires right now is very low.
This crowd was almost Kings-like. They know this puts them in the big leagues. It reminds me of when the Kings came to Sacramento. It's the only other place that has reminded me of that.
This change-or-die mentality is a very good one, in my opinion. I like the urgency. It's something we've been dealing with for a while. As a dealer now, I think the lessons we have learned is our parent company has to be healthy and profitable.
He has to be one of the top five of the best guys we've ever had in our franchise, an absolute class young man. The fact that he played with his jaw wired shut is remarkable.
I suspect all dealers will have the used car sale of a lifetime.
We're still going through it. I know it sounds hokey, but it was a crusher, just an absolute crusher.
The incentives today are not just used to reduce the price of the vehicle. They are a way to get existing owners to buy new cars. If those go away, it absolutely stops our ability to trade.
