20-5805-00 2003 Chrysler 300M HEADLIGHT RH (PASSENGER SIDE) BASE MODEL, W/O LEVELING DEVICE 7.65 Fresh off the web. This is the essence of what's defective thinking at Chrysler Corp. A headlamp replacement should cost .00 because that's what K-Mart charged me for one sealed dual-beam of the rectangular configuration. Chrysler is concerned about every nickel; that is, their nickel. Not yours. They want to minimize their costs and MAXIMIZE YOURS. Who are they kidding? If they continue down that road five years more, they will be completely and totally bankcrupt. Chrysler needs to minimize their costs AND our (the customers') costs, both. And they can start showing us they can do that by designing a new model based on third-world philosophy. No fancy stuff. Just a reliable, rugged, economical, and functional car with no frills. Everything should be optional if the customer wants to splurge: radio, heater, defroster, electric wipers, windshield washer, airconditioner. Even wheel covers should be optional - and they had better be bolt-on covers that can't fly off and kill someone. Not so long ago, cars were built this way. Cheap, with a long list of options. The factory custom-built your car made-to-order. That's the best way. If I want two-tone paint, I can pay extra. If I want a Continental Wheel, I can pay extra. If I want a roof rack, I can pay extra. Do you get it? All you have to do is read the papers. All the grocery workers in California are on strike and they will lose. They're all going to wind up part-time, low wage, with no health insurance, after the first tier workers retire. We are in competition with the third world for all production except food and weapons of war, and our wages are going to wind up in the toilet. We are headed towards third world status and we'd better start getting used to it. The days of ,000 SUVs are numbered. Chrysler, heed this warning: Build a ,000 diesel utility vehicle (DUV) and build it for a profit. Let the buyer add ,000 worth of accessories if he wants to. Once, the U.S. was a cornucopia of plenty. Everyone could enjoy the good life. Everyone could find a decent job for good pay. Now its different. Those anyone who has any kind of job lives in deadly fear of being canned on his ass. He has no intention of commiting himself to a ,000 car. He doesn't want to risk buying a second hand one of ,000 so he hangs on to his jalopy worth maybe ,000 if that. He will drive it into the ground if he has to. That will take years, though, and Chrysler cannot wait. They have five years at the most. Start now, Chrysler. I suggested a Tamaraw FX. Check it out. Toyota has quit making that model in favor of an upscale, rounded off version called the Revo. Get a license to make the Tamaraw FX. Just Americanize it a little. It needs larger wheels to go faster. The bigger the wheels, the faster a car goes. The Tamaraw is only good for about 60 mph. Make it go 10 mph faster. Leave everything else alone. You will sell a million of them, for ,000 each. I would not post this message if I did not truly care about the good and betterment of Chrysler Corp. Many people like myself will offer plenty of good constructive, free advice. Take this free advice and apply it. Instead of being No. 4 (I do think you dropped a notch), you have the opportunity to recover as No. 2 if you can do what I and other thoughtful customers suggest.
