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Erick,
Exchanged email with Kim Wolfkill today. He sends his best. He also mentioned something about you riding a BMX bike cross country??? What’s up with that???
Ken
Erick W,
I assume that Kim Wolfkill is one and the same as the former Road and Track now MSN journalist??? I ran into him a few years a go through work. I was the test driver and one of the engineers for a couple Civic Si’s we put together for the Thunderhill 25 hour race. He was a guest Jouranlist/Driver…Awesome guy (fast driver too!) I knew he had a BMX background (I sent him a copy of Joe Kid) didn’t know he was old skool East Coast…..Small world!
Kmart
Thanks for the mention but I’m from NY….Was a Braddock bomber though…
Kmart
nice…..the last car I raced with my dad at E Town was a 71 VW Super beetle on a modified Chevelle chassis with a 355 and a glide in the front…Mid 10’s w/a Holly 750 and mid 9’s with NO2 and a tunnel ram…
Kmart
Also what will 4500 lbs of Chevy lovin do in the 1/4????
BTW: Not anti-american, just don’t think the US has good products out their now….I too still wish they made the 68 Camaro
I agree with being more aware of consumables from asian (China specifically)countries. It has actually been difficult to find toys for my daughter that are not made in China. My point is that a number of Honda cars are more domestic then imported…..
As far as their salaries and benefits: They have retirement funds, including pension and matching 401K contributions, profit sharing bonus, the ability to move from the assembly line to the engineering offices and earn the title of engineer (and the pay, including company cars) based on expierence. If a typical assembly line worker stays on for 5 or more years they typically become a team leader and can earn beyond 80K a year. Not bad without a college education…….Teh UAW has tried to get into Honda but they get turned down because non of the workers there are interested.
Not sure what your question is about Asian workers/factories….but related to polution, Honda is a green company in product and production.
Unions in general (My Father was a Teamster) can be useful. However the UAW is one of the reasons the Detroit 3 are struggling. It has built inefficeincies into the whole devlopment and manufacturing process not to mention the bloated salaries of it’s members.
To go further with “American” car companies, check the salaries and bonuses for the CEO’s, 10’s of millions of $’s while they lay off 10’s of thousands of people……buy American translates more into corporate jet rides for the CEOs family then it does for jobs to the blue collar workers…
As I said I’m in the industry and have family in Michigan and friends that work up there that have been effected by this. I go out of my way to buy products made in the USA or Canada…..My Mountain Bikes: Canada, MY Honda Civic Canada and my Honda Pilot Alabama…
Sure I’ll race…see you at Lime Rock or the road course of your choice…..I’m an SCCA racer not an NHRA guy
PS: I drove a new ZO6 a few weeks ago at Michelin’s test track and it was pretty choice…..Good and bad on both sides
Kmart
American company doesn’t always mean made in America:
http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/inthenews/07-10-06.htmlI’m and engineer for Honda (and Acura) and most of our suppliers are American and the cars are coming off the line right down the street from my office…..
I was also raised on American cars and drag racing, but there is a reason why they are closing plants and laying people off. Poor products. They are getting better. As part of my job I benchmark cars, and in the last few years the big 3 have improved…..but so have the Korean makes…
Honda has never layed off an employee in the US. They are also non-union..Kmart
American company doesn’t always mean made in America:
http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/inthenews/07-10-06.htmlI’m and engineer for Honda (and Acura) and most of our suppliers are American and the cars are coming off the line right down the street from my office…..
I was also raised on American cars and drag racing, but there is a reason why they are closing plants and laying people off. Poor products. They are getting better. As part of my job I benchmark cars, and in the last few years the big 3 have improved…..but so have the Korean makes…
Honda has never layed off an employee in the US. They are also non-union..Kmart
Anything for your NY brothers???
Cool…do you have a link?
Speaking of John Salzman. Here is an old one from the JC armory that I just found
http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa89/kmart1971/?action=view¤t=johnS.jpg
Kmart
There was a huge group that would ride over from NYC also. I was NY-2 and Braddock was my home track. Long Island was NY-1 I think….
There was a huge group that would ride over from NYC also. I was NY-2 and Braddock was my home track. Long Island was NY-1 I think….
Good safe 80’s fun!!!!
Isn’t there a Mountain Bike Freeride park out in Vernon?
