Re: When only way to get them in is through the front

"tak" <takirch@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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>> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
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>>> I have driven a car up on the top deck over the tractor of a car
>>>> transporter. The regular driver was sitting next to me, coaching me up
>>>> the ramp. The trick is to roll down the window and line up the tires
>>>> on the ramp. While still leaning your head out the window, you give it
>>>> gas to get it going up the ramp, then pull your head in before it hits
>>>> the side post without twitching on the steering wheel. As you get up
>>>> top, the only side-to-side references are the side posts on the
>>>> trailer, and as you approach the end of the ramp over the cab, there is
>>>> no visual reference because all you see is the ground in front of the
>>>> truck. You coast to the end and feel the front tires bump up against
>>>> the stops, set the parking brake, shut off the engine, and open the
>>>> door and carefully step on to the ramp and hope you don't fall off.
>>>> Those guys who do it every day make it look easy, even in the snow!
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>>> Accckk! I hope their pay is commensurate with their skill!
>>>
>>> Cathy
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>>>> Ray O
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>> The drivers make a decent living ;-)
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>> Ray O
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> They deserve it but good as they must be, I have seen the remains of a
> couple of bad days at the transporter. They seem to bend a little
> differently than in a car crash. There was a Pontiac dealer in our town
> who didn't use a floor plan with GM. They must have loved him whenever one
> went down, not their insurance I guess.
>[/color]

Dealers have to have a floor plan with someone, either the automaker's
captive finance company, or the dealer's bank, so that the automakers are
assured of payment when the drafts are sent. Dealers can choose to pay off
the drafts immediately or leave the vehicles on the floor plan.

Who pays for damages or losses depends on when the damage occurs. Once the
trucking company accepts the vehicle to deliver to the dealer, the trucking
company is responsible for damages or losses until someone from the
dealership signs for it. Once the dealer has signed for the vehicle, they
are responsible for any damage until it is sold.
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Ray O
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"tak" <takirch@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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>> They deserve it but good as they must be, I have seen the remains of a[color=darkred]
>>> couple of bad days at the transporter. They seem to bend a little
>>> differently than in a car crash. There was a Pontiac dealer in our town
>>> who didn't use a floor plan with GM. They must have loved him whenever
>>> one went down, not their insurance I guess.
>>>[/color]
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>> Dealers have to have a floor plan with someone, either the automaker's
>> captive finance company, or the dealer's bank, so that the automakers are
>> assured of payment when the drafts are sent. Dealers can choose to pay
>> off the drafts immediately or leave the vehicles on the floor plan.pped
>>
>> Who pays for damages or losses depends on when the damage occurs. Once
>> the trucking company accepts the vehicle to deliver to the dealer, the
>> trucking company is responsible for damages or losses until someone from
>> the dealership signs for it. Once the dealer has signed for the vehicle,
>> they are responsible for any damage until it is sold.
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>> Ray O
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> I defer to your knowledge vis a vis liability issues, but his staff
> claimed he was self financed and didn't use an outside source. How that
> would mesh with GM's requirements, I don't know. It wasn't a big
> dealership, but he did move new cars through the store. I even bought a
> '78 from him.[/color]

When a dealer says that they are self-financed or that they don't pay
finance charges, what they really mean is that they pay off the drafts on
the day that they hit their bank. Automaker franchise agreements require
the dealer to have a line of credit sufficient to cover their inventory and
to immediately transfer funds to the automaker when vehicles are
drafted/invoiced, but dealers are free to pay off the drafts immediately as
well.
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Ray O
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