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#246068 - 10/01/2005 00:39 Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Only skimmed this article so far. Astonished that no one else on this forum has brought it up for discussion yet today. But if true, this could be the best news I've heard in a long time:

Link to BBSpot News Item.
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#246069 - 10/01/2005 01:26 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
Well.. given the source..

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#246070 - 10/01/2005 01:36 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Actually, I think that ruling it total crap. Yes, it'd be nice if automakers were forced to make their cars more "aftermarket" friendly (yet I can see reasons that'd be bad too), but making every car buyer source their own stereo is bad for the consumer. Car companies spend a lot of money on optimizing some of their stereos for specific cars. Sony or Kenwood can't provide that kind of tailored sound. But, most ridiculous of all, I don't see how this is "anti-trust". Ford, GM and Honda would make the same amount of money if you were to buy an aftermarket radio or not. In fact, GM and Ford don't even make stereos. They buy them from companies like Delphi and Visteon.

It'll be overturned.

EDIT: I have yet to see an aftermarket Sony that has the build quality to withstand a 3 year/36,000 mile warranty.

EDIT 2:
Quote:
McNeal counters that this ruling will result in an increase in the base price of all cars of about $1000 for the next five years. "While our cost for the stereo itself is only $15 the cost of retooling production facilities to meet the requirements of this ruling will be staggering. We have no choice but to pass these costs onto the consumer."


LOL, okay. This TOO is total crap! Being from Detroit, I'm flooded with industry news and I actually Tivo a bunch of Insider type shows all the time. There is no way it'll add $1000 to each vehicle. Lawyers.

EDIT 3: Okay, Mark's post just clicked in my head (and I had a little helper.) Can't we save this stuff for April 1st?


Edited by SE_Sport_Driver (10/01/2005 02:38)
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#246071 - 10/01/2005 02:32 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
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That's pretty funny. Almost Onion-esque.

-Zeke
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#246072 - 10/01/2005 02:40 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: Ezekiel]
SE_Sport_Driver
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The Onion has better quotes from "Area Man". I should have been tipped off when I went to all the Auto News sites and nothing was coming up. I thought maybe the story got burried by the North American Internation Auto Show.
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#246073 - 10/01/2005 02:48 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
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Loc: NH USA
Hey, if it makes you feel better, I didn't notice until I read the Related News links:
Quote:
Ford Testifies to Stop Ride Sharing
Automobile Virus Spreading Through Gas Nozzles
Marvel Sues Makers of Pens, Pencils



-Zeke
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#246074 - 10/01/2005 02:53 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: Ezekiel]
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Registered: 14/02/2002
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Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
The headline from the main page that got me was: AMD Releases Socket 666 Athlon 64 CPUs
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#246075 - 10/01/2005 04:57 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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Loc: Seattle, WA
Wait. Did I just get Onioned?

Is that just a joke article that's written so close to straight that I didn't catch it?
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#246076 - 10/01/2005 06:11 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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You know, there should be a law against writing articles that are meant as jokes, but aren't funny enough to be obviously jokes. Makes people like me look like complete idiots when they link them.

Gah, I'm fatally embarrassed.
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#246077 - 10/01/2005 06:13 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Wait... I mean... I knew it was a joke all along and wanted to see if you guys got it. Yeah. That's it.
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#246078 - 10/01/2005 11:18 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Perhaps some of the other stories on linked on that page should have given it away:

"Ford Testifies to Stop Ride Sharing
Automobile Virus Spreading Through Gas Nozzles
Marvel Sues Makers of Pens, Pencils"

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#246079 - 10/01/2005 11:37 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Tony,
I just figured your first post was written as straight as the article, it made it funnier.

-Zeke
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#246080 - 10/01/2005 11:39 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
SonicSnoop
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Registered: 29/06/2002
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I thought it was serious too, until i read the article about the nozzle condom.
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#246081 - 10/01/2005 13:57 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: SonicSnoop]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
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Loc: Canada
Okay, now I'm just curious what you guys clicked on in the "What's your IQ?" quiz-ad that sometimes comes up at the bottom of that "story"!

But it must be true, I read it on the Internet!

I mean, really folks.. automakers don't make car stereos.. they buy them from Sony, JVC, Alpine, and the like (or from whoever owns those guys).

Cheers


Edited by mlord (10/01/2005 13:57)

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#246082 - 10/01/2005 16:20 Re: Auto makers forced to unbundle factory stereos [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Really. If there's a joke there, I don't get it.
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