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I wish BMW would go back to building reliable, dependable BMW motorcycles as opposed to clones too other designs.
Yes I know it is a business decision to "keep-up" with the "trends"....and yes I know I'm wrong from a business point of view . I'm just venting .....
I decided I wanted a BMW back in 1970 because a classmate rode one to school all winter. I wanted it because it was different from all of the other motorcycles of the day. It had a boxer twin, dry clutch and shaft drive. Many of today's BMWs are like many other motorcycles with vertical twins, transverse multiple cylinders, water cooling, chains/belts, wet clutches, etc. It's like BMW finally admitted that the Japanese designs and technology were superior and they gave in. Many of the new BMWs seem to be like Japanese bikes with more gadgets.
I know BMW had to change to survive but I miss the BMW that was truly different.
The marketing slogan "Made in America" is what really got Walmart cookin. Those old enough to remember those days saw Walmart as just another dime store. Then they did the "Made in America" a company policy and truly marketed it. This was in the days of "Buy American" was more than just a slogan; but a political movement. Folks were just beginning to see manufacturing capacity move away from these shores and that something needed to be done............
Now, here we are folks..........Am surely NOT amazed that Walmart is beginning to bring out that slogan/oulook once again. Hmmmm.....who is the president of their "Board of Directors".....perhaps not only this club; but this country could benefit from that leadership............God bless...........Dennis
Isn't Walmart the one that now sells so many "Made in China" products?
I decided I wanted a BMW back in 1970 because a classmate rode one to school all winter. I wanted it because it was different from all of the other motorcycles of the day. It had a boxer twin, dry clutch and shaft drive. Many of today's BMWs are like many other motorcycles with vertical twins, transverse multiple cylinders, water cooling, chains/belts, wet clutches, etc. It's like BMW finally admitted that the Japanese designs and technology were superior and they gave in. Many of the new BMWs seem to be like Japanese bikes with more gadgets.
I know BMW had to change to survive but I miss the BMW that was truly different.
Isn't Walmart the one that now sells so many "Made in China" products?
Surely NOT to start one of the urinary flow contests that are so rampant here by the "I am expert at all" bunch here. Just going by in the past what made Walmart so successful and that now, I have seen several commercials of them touting themselves as "American" and the huge number of manufacturing jobs that they will be creating over the next few years...........If you MUST make something personal or agumentative of that....Go right ahead....God bless........Dennis
Dennis,
You repeat a commercial and make some peripheral/obtuse comments. Another member offers an observation about the products in the store. In response you call him argumentative. That doesn't seem productive.
Let me offer a recent anecdote;
My wife and I stopped at the Woolrich factory store a while back to buy a pair of shoes. Woolrich quit US clothing production in the 1990's. Personally, I was disappointed by this since I was raised in that area. However, clothing is a business built on low wages and Woolrich followed that mold. The wives worked there, while the husbands worked at a better job. In any case, my wife was wearing a Woolrich coat she had purchased from an on-line discounter. It's a nice coat and the check-out person complimented her on the coat. Although she shouldn't have, my wife told the check-out person that she purchased the coat from a known discounter at a price 15% lower than the in-store price. To which, the check-out clerk responded......"How do you know it's a genuine Woolrich product"?
Out in the parking lot, I told my wife..............."We might not have a genuine Chinese/Thai/Bangladesh-made Woolrich coat" and laughed.
Isn't Walmart the one that now sells so many "Made in China" products?
It's getting less so, I think. I needed a headlight bulb for my R1200CLC and went to Walmart to get one since my closest dealer is about 100 miles away. I found the H4 bulb and was shocked to find that it was made in Germany and was identical to the one I had previously bought at the BMW dealership at a considerably higher price.
Secondly, as a retired auto worker (Chrysler) who has never bought into the "Buy American at all costs", I feel the consumer should buy the best value for the money they are willing to spend for an item...