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Saturday, February 28, 2009
An Open Letter to Jeep
In Order to qualify myself as a loyal Jeep customer, I would like to give you a little background. I have personally owned 3 Jeep Wranglers. I first fell in love with the brand as a child when my Uncle bought a Jeep in the 1970’s. It was a Dark Brown Golden Eagle “Levi’s edition”. From that summer on, I planned one day to have my own Jeep. Later on I watched my father-in-law restore a Jeep, that was his fathers Jeep. It was a classic 1950’s Jeep and he lovingly restored it piece by piece. My current Jeep is a 2007 Wrangler Unlimited.
Over the years, Jeep to me and many other people has become an American icon of what is right with America. Through good times and bad the Jeep name has survived. Even though it was assembled in Ontario, Canada for several years, it still shines through as an American tradition. When I bought my 2007, I was glad to her that once again the Jeep had returned to production in Toledo Ohio, which is widely regarded as its home.
I have always maintained my own vehicles, and my new Jeep is no exception. Yesterday, while rotating the tires on my 2007 Wrangler, I decided to do a little extra cleaning. As I cleaned the brake dust off the inside of the wheels, I found something that has angered me greatly. On the aluminum casting of the wheels, under the dust along with the Chrysler Pentastar Logo was the stamp: “MADE IN VENEZUELA”
I feel no need to go into South American history, global politics, or the resume of Hugo Chavez. Quite simply this is plain wrong.
You have taken something that is uniquely American and betrayed the trust of Jeep loyal customers by patronizing a country that has nothing but contempt for the United States. As we all grow older there are few things that we can believe in – I have just lost Jeep as one of those few things.
Adding more to my outrage, Chrysler Corporation has received bailout money from my tax dollars and plans to come back for more. I wonder how many tax payers, Senators and Congressmen are aware that some of this money will end up in Venezuela? If it is up to me, I say NO MORE!
I welcome your response to this letter. I would like to hear your argument on why I should spend my hard earned money to by my next new vehicle from Jeep – if the unlikely event occurs where I would consider doing this again.
David W. McLees
xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx
Loganville, GA xxxxx
(xxx) xxx xxxx
An Open Letter to Jeep
In Order to qualify myself as a loyal Jeep customer, I would like to give you a little background. I have personally owned 3 Jeep Wranglers. I first fell in love with the brand as a child when my Uncle bought a Jeep in the 1970’s. It was a Dark Brown Golden Eagle “Levi’s edition”. From that summer on, I planned one day to have my own Jeep. Later on I watched my father-in-law restore a Jeep, that was his fathers Jeep. It was a classic 1950’s Jeep and he lovingly restored it piece by piece. My current Jeep is a 2007 Wrangler Unlimited.
Over the years, Jeep to me and many other people has become an American icon of what is right with America. Through good times and bad the Jeep name has survived. Even though it was assembled in Ontario, Canada for several years, it still shines through as an American tradition. When I bought my 2007, I was glad to her that once again the Jeep had returned to production in Toledo Ohio, which is widely regarded as its home.
I have always maintained my own vehicles, and my new Jeep is no exception. Yesterday, while rotating the tires on my 2007 Wrangler, I decided to do a little extra cleaning. As I cleaned the brake dust off the inside of the wheels, I found something that has angered me greatly. On the aluminum casting of the wheels, under the dust along with the Chrysler Pentastar Logo was the stamp: “MADE IN VENEZUELA”
I feel no need to go into South American history, global politics, or the resume of Hugo Chavez. Quite simply this is plain wrong.
You have taken something that is uniquely American and betrayed the trust of Jeep loyal customers by patronizing a country that has nothing but contempt for the United States. As we all grow older there are few things that we can believe in – I have just lost Jeep as one of those few things.
Adding more to my outrage, Chrysler Corporation has received bailout money from my tax dollars and plans to come back for more. I wonder how many tax payers, Senators and Congressmen are aware that some of this money will end up in Venezuela? If it is up to me, I say NO MORE!
I welcome your response to this letter. I would like to hear your argument on why I should spend my hard earned money to by my next new vehicle from Jeep – if the unlikely event occurs where I would consider doing this again.
David W. McLees
xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx
Loganville, GA xxxxx
(xxx) xxx xxxx
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