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b_b  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 5, 2015

    '94 should be the same as 2000.

Yes, according to the specs, but I suspect not in terms of quality, although I haven't looked. There was a marked shift in attitude after Daimler bought them. One would think that a German company buying you should make the quality go up, but the management all hated their commandants, and took it out on the line guys, who don't do good work when they feel marginalized. I worked there toward the end of when DaimlerChrysler was still a thing, and by that point I'm surprised nobody ever went postal at any of the factories. Everyone had the sense that they were one or two weeks from losing their job, and it showed in the work. Apathy doesn't begin to describe it.