Cool! Another thread on the Swindon closing. You can never have enough duplicate topics.
chevy doesn't have anything that's not a boat or that doesn't turn off at stop lights no thanks. (Camaro,corvette excluded)If Honda actually closes the Swindon plant as a sort of political retaliation against Britain, I will close my wallet for ever to Honda. I will buy a Chevy, which is, as we now know, much more reliable.
Threats of economical boycott and tariffs to disobedient countries are the foundational principle of the EU, but I don’t see why Honda has to bow to these practices.
Really? It’s unskilled labor. You don’t need a degree to work in a car factory regardless of where you work. Every car factory is the same. It’s all done by robots with human mechs taking care of the machines.This is horrible news for the workers and us consumers. Of all the countries outside Japan I’d rather have build a car, Britain is right up there. Better grab a Type R while they’re still built in the land of Formula 1 by sophisticated, skilled and dedicated auto workers. Where they gonna move the civic factory to? Mexico? Thailand? China? Ya no thanks
Plus the CAD dollar is a lot lower than the British Pound. Probably saving on labour and shipping.Can anyone explain why Honda can’t have a plant in the UK, unless the UK part of the EU, but can have plants in Canada, which has a little more than half the population? The price of hatchbacks in the US was about $500 more because they have to be floated over the Atlantic.
So, mr professor, these British car factory workers are complete buffoons? Maybe you think they are just as well suited and no better than to picking strawberries? And only in possession of a university degree means one has skills in the first place? And every car factory is the same...LOL? So a factory in Mexico is no different from one in Japan or Germany? Hmmm...maybe the world is stupid for wanting German made products?Really? It’s unskilled labor. You don’t need a degree to work in a car factory regardless of where you work. Every car factory is the same. It’s all done by robots with human mechs taking care of the machines.
Really? It’s unskilled labor. You don’t need a degree to work in a car factory regardless of where you work. Every car factory is the same. It’s all done by robots with human mechs taking care of the machines.
I almost spit coffee at my screen when I read this. You funnyIf Honda actually closes the Swindon plant as a sort of political retaliation against Britain, I will close my wallet for ever to Honda. I will buy a Chevy, which is, as we now know, much more reliable.
Threats of economical boycott and tariffs to disobedient countries are the foundational principle of the EU, but I don’t see why Honda has to bow to these practices.
He's not wrong. I'd say 99% of people in the assembly plant couldn't do their own brake jobs or flush a radiator. It's all repetitive trained labor. Putting a car together is astonishingly simple, it's not much different than Lego. This goes here and that goes there in a certain order.Really? It’s unskilled labor. You don’t need a degree to work in a car factory regardless of where you work. Every car factory is the same. It’s all done by robots with human mechs taking care of the machines.
If they had university degrees they could make more money working for their degree. So yes. Assembly line workers do the same repetitive action over and over again so the muscle memory is easy to learn. They might be faster at it than you but that’s because they have done it 8 hours a day for 5 days a week. It is completely unskilled labor and yes they would just as beneficial to picking strawberries since that would also be a basic muscle memory exercise with minor training. An engineer working as assembly worker would completely unbeneficial and not efficient. Basic economic principles. The Honda plant in Ohio by me will hire anyone as long as they have a ged. Its simple labor. The Honda workers get paid more though so it’s expected that they care about their quality but I’m sure they make a alot of scrap and bad cars as well. You’ll just never hear about them since they don’t leave the factory.So, mr professor, these British car factory workers are complete buffoons? Maybe you think they are just as well suited and no better than to picking strawberries? And only in possession of a university degree means one has skills in the first place? And every car factory is the same...LOL? So a factory in Mexico is no different from one in Japan or Germany? Hmmm...maybe the world is stupid for wanting German made products?
Yeah, I’d love me a Porsche built in Mexico...lol.
Also I’d bet quite a few of these Honda “unskilled labourers” do have university educations in varying subjects or other technical skills...England is kinda like that. But you’d know that if you got yourself a passport, ventured outside America and opened your eyes