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Old 09-20-2021, 08:45 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Apache View Post
More than you think. In the '70s GM decided to replace the metal oil filler cap on vehicles with a rubber stopper. The stopper was easy to take off, but a pain to get back on. GM did not care that their customers had a hard time with the caps. Why should they. fifty cents does not sound like much but adds up quickly. For every two million cars sold they saved one million dollars.
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At one of the Big Three auto manufacturers in the early '70s, any change that would increase the cost of making a car by 5 cents had to be signed off by a vice president.
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