51. A year later, a retired car dealer who writes poems about birds is found impaled on pungee sticks in a ditch near his home. 52. A service like Carpoint, on the other hand, is well on its way to breaking even, thanks to ads from car dealers. 53. About a decade ago, a car dealer here broadcast advertisements urging people to trade in their donkey carts for pickup trucks. 54. After nearly a century of making comfortable livings selling cars in their immediate areas, car dealers now face one of the most difficult environments in years. 55. Alan Spitzer, who said he plans to vote for Governor Bush for president, summarized the views of many car dealers. 56. Brokers, financial planners and luxury car dealers are regular buyers of space, he said. 57. But a survey of other car dealers suggests that higher prices for used Japanese luxury automobiles may be an isolated phenomenon. 58. But banks, churches, telephone companies, cable TV operators, and car dealers had better take notice. 59. But he acknowledged that some car dealers were skeptical that the new partnership would continue to be a win-win situation for dealers as well as manufacturers. 60. But how do managers get good service out of teen-age employees at Taco Bell or mechanics at a car dealer or a sales staff at a clothing store? |