From today's issue of Autotech Daily:


APB: MISSING DCX TRANSMISSIONS
Nearly 500 transmissions produced by DaimlerChrysler AG have been reported missing after they failed to show up at various vehicle assembly plants in Mexico. The gearboxes were made at two plants in Kokomo, Ind., then loaded onto trucks for shipment to Mexico. The automaker says it has encountered similar problems in the past and is working with police to determine what happened. The company values the missing transmissions at $1,000 each.

 

I wander how I got my tranny so CHEAP

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Trannies get you trannies gettem while there HOT!!!

 

only $1000.00 each, must not have been trannies for the Cummins'.

 

I know nothing.

 

Maybe if we hammered the concrete out of the truck bed of a member I won't name we could find something...

Hoss your obsession with spares is goiing overboard now

 

Cost. You're forgetting about markup.

 

 

Almost but not exactly, wouldn't the manufacturer insurance claim be the higher retail value instead of the manufacturing cost anyway? Nat

 

Perhaps they are "suggesting" a ransom to the kidnappers.

 

If nothing else, it brings up one of the logistical problems in dealing with mexico...
Tractor-trailer thefts happen every day all across north america why did this make the news??

 

Maybe it's a ploy by the media to make Mexico look bad because the US's media is making it's own country look like crap.

 

Not on my policies anyway. Your not supposed to benefit from a theft claim. Only recoup costs. That is why my carrier always asks me what I paid for my trucks or any material that goes missing on site. But I was just speculating on the trans thefts.

 

Yeah I know, and I was really being facetious. With so much fraud and scams in the news, and books by unscrupulous authors, and TV adds of lawyers urging us to sue... I'm mostly curious how companies make claims against common carriers nowdays and if it's common practice to pad the value. Thanks for the reply. Nat

 

Because it's taken from an industry daily newsletter. I'd doubt you'd find it in a public newspaper.

 

I think the industry standard is you NEVER know what your covered for until you have a settlement in hand! Well, maybe not the standard- just my experience....had $60k ins. on building and ins. company insisted it had to be covered for $220k! Outragous but I went for it, 2 years later had a total loss and the insurance company tried to settle for total replacement at $92,000!! The co. is Reamstown, Pa. [if names allowed?] STY