[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[HOWARD ANDREWS]

I work for Ford, and currently we have no policy on competitor vehicles.  



I'm salary at the central offices in Dearborn 3 days a week.  We have all types of vehicles in the lots, including imports. 



I also work at one of our UAW plants in Brownstown.  There is you park an import in the lot there is a good chance it will be damaged during the work day.  But there is no policy preventing you from having a non-Ford car, just peer pressure. 



Howard 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 10:12:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago 

I know Ford used to be very strict about not allowing competitors' vehicles 
in employee parking areas. But I will have to research this question as I 
really don't know answer. 

K. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> 
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:09 AM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago 


> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:51:44 AM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago 
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> Worked his entire life working in the industry and wouldn't use transit, 
> eh? 
> Reminds me of the following. 
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> During 1983, while in St. Louis, I couldn't help but notice that an 
> employee 
> lot at one of the Chrysler plants was full of Ford, GM, Japanese and 
> German 
> automobiles. 
> 
> K. 
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> Mr.Josephson; 
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> With your interest in autos you can probably detail the history 
> of the automakers disallowing 'foreign' autos in the employee 
> parking lots; Â they had to be from the mfgr didn't they. Â That has 
> obviously changed but I don't know when. 
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> I know of transit employees who don't ride transit; Â don't know 
> the specific reasons beyond  'choice.' 
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> Phil 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:19 AM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago 
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>> And there is one retired railfan who has been preaching to me for 
>> months about how he would never consider riding transit. Â  He was 
>> explaining how he used to live in Upper Darby and worked at 30th 
>> Street and simply would not even consider riding the elevated ... he 
>> gave me every reason in the book why but I think it boiled down to 
>> the "wrong kind of people" rode the el. Â  He also has been telling me 
>> how none of his tax money should ever be spent on mass transit 
>> because it useless. Â  Yet the man spent his entire life working in 
>> that industry! 
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