G6ETNZ Member 82 Member For: 10y 5m 12d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, NZ Posted 28/01/16 09:23 AM Share Posted 28/01/16 09:23 AM Have a friend who went into dealership to order new xr6t, was advised production had ended and he couldn't have the colour he wanted. And that he should wait for the last Sprint model with colour choice. This 5 weeks ago with no update since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 28/01/16 11:57 AM Share Posted 28/01/16 11:57 AM You can have any colour you want as long as it's black, hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 1m 1d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 29/01/16 04:23 AM Share Posted 29/01/16 04:23 AM and White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 29/01/16 09:29 AM Share Posted 29/01/16 09:29 AM Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbietubbie Filthy weeb Member 1,870 Member For: 11y 1m 12d Gender: Male Posted 29/01/16 02:23 PM Share Posted 29/01/16 02:23 PM You do know Henry Ford never actually said that quote, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 30/01/16 07:39 AM Share Posted 30/01/16 07:39 AM (edited) https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Henry-Ford-say-%E2%80%9CA-customer-can-have-a-car-painted-any-color-he-wants-as-long-as-it%E2%80%99s-black%E2%80%9D Quote From his autobiography, Chapter Four: This season demonstrated conclusively to me that it was time to put the new policy in force. The salesmen, before I had announced the policy, were spurred by the great sales to think that even greater sales might be had if only we had more models. It is strange how, just as soon as an article becomes successful, somebody starts to think that it would be more successful if only it were different. There is a tendency to keep monkeying with styles and to spoil a good thing by changing it. The salesmen were insistent on increasing the line. They listened to the 5 per cent., the special customers who could say what they wanted, and forgot all about the 95 per cent. who just bought without making any fuss. No business can improve unless it pays the closest possible attention to complaints and suggestions. If there is any defect in service then that must be instantly and rigorously investigated, but when the suggestion is only as to style, one has to make sure whether it is not merely a personal whim that is being voiced. Salesmen always want to cater to whims instead of acquiring sufficient knowledge of their product to be able to explain to the customer with the whim that what they have will satisfy his every requirement—that is, of course, provided what they have does satisfy these requirements.Therefore in 1909 I announced one morning, without any previous warning, that in the future we were going to build only one model, that the model was going to be "Model T," and that the chassis would be exactly the same for all cars, and I remarked:"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black."It is likely that Ford was being somewhat playful in making that remark. Model Ts were, in fact, offered in a choice of colour early in the car's lifetime around 1908, and again after 1926. The statement was true when Ford's biography was published, in 1922, and when he was cutting costs by using a type of quick-drying paint that was only then available in black.He was experimenting with the assembly line, at the time, and only fast-drying black paint allowed for "full-speed" assembly. Love the bit about defects in service needing to be rectified right away...those were the days I guess. Edited 30/01/16 07:42 AM by -Stever- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbietubbie Filthy weeb Member 1,870 Member For: 11y 1m 12d Gender: Male Posted 30/01/16 07:45 AM Share Posted 30/01/16 07:45 AM Well, sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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