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Discussion in 'VF Holden Commodore (2013 - 2017)' started by monstar, Apr 5, 2017.

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  1. Apr 8, 2017 #21
    SnowDoggyDogg

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    Agreed Sabbath.

    Of course when AUD is 60 cents to the USD those ' high wages' are relatively modest in comparison to building in other western countries.

    Crank the AUD to parity or at its worst $1.10+ USD and those Aussie wages become comparatively uncompetitive as they nearly double input costs.

    We literally are (mis)managed by a pack of self-interested idiots who can't see the bigger picture and think beyond the next four years (probably less) election cycle.

    I remember pollies crowing about our new found 'purchasing power' because they didn't devalue our dollar like every 'better' managed economy was.

    Guess what - Nobody wanted to buy our now super expensive stuff that used to be affordably priced and we lost nearly every export manufacturer in a matter of years. Those advanced manufacturing businesses and skills are the things every country desperatly needs after a recession hits and they need to productively lift themselves out of economic depression. Baristas, banksters and real estate agents aren't going to get us going after this next recession 'we had to have' again.
     
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  2. Apr 10, 2017 #22
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    No argument from me.

    The WA Nats leader got rolled at the recent election coz he wanted to extract a hgher charge from the big boys for digging **** out of the ground. They ran a multi million dollar campaign against the idea via their wholely owned entity that most people think is independent and won the day.

    It's just the pedant in me that comes to the surface when the mining boom is incorrectly referred to.
     
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  3. Apr 10, 2017 #23
    immortality

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    If the cost of labor was the only reason GM shut down manufacturing in Aussie it would a very poor reason. Unions are just easy targets for the media/Joe public to moan about.

    Fact is you will never be competitive with the labor cost of those Asian countries so you may as well stop flogging a dead horse!

    Unions are a necessary evil unfortunately, there are plenty of unscrupulous employers about that will take advantage of employees should the opportunity arise without somebody to keep em in check, I see this on a regular basis.
     
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  4. Apr 10, 2017 #24
    Fekason

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    For one, I am unhappy that the RWD Commodore (with a manual option on the V6) is no more. But I think that I have done my bit - three new VE's and three new VF's since December 2008.
     
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  5. Apr 10, 2017 #25
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    Yep, I'm unhappy too.
    I purchased the following commodores new, so feel I have done my part;
    VU S pack
    VY SS Ute
    VYII Wagon 25th Anniversary
    VE SSV Wagon
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  6. Apr 21, 2017 #26
    Fekason

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    Well, the era of new Holden 6 cylinder manual cars appears to be over. My research shows that the last new SV6 manual available in the country sold in FNQ in the last week.

    There appear to be only four demos to go Australia wide, two of which were built late 2015. Sad day for me.
     
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    Moyes Holden has apparently received the last shipment of new V8 models allocated for NZ......
     
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