Chuck Tator National Celebrity !!

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10 minutes ago I'm watching the CBS Evening news with Katie Couric and they are discussing people getting farther in debt and businesses barley hanging on when all of a sudden they are interviewing Chuck Tator at his garage. You see the Vipers in the back ground and Chuck is discussing how tuff things are and barely keeping his head above water :omg: Hang in there Chuck, and thanks from all of us small business guys trying to keep our head above water also! :usa:
 

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This is sad. I just got my car back from Chuck on Saturday. It was in his shop for three weeks. All I can say is he and his staff (Rob++) did an excellent job on my Gen IV SSG Roadster. They installed an Autoform roll bar and handled the R&R of my transmission. I'm not a track guy but I have made several 1000+ mile runs in the car and I wanted an extra margin of safety for me and my wife. The tranny was upgraded by John Donato of Donato Engineering. I got the new 2010 spec 5th gear, a new 0.63 6th gear and the new T6060 carbon fiber lined syncros. Chuck handled all the shipping of the tranny out to Michigan and changed the car's fluids. He called me as things progressed and even after I got home. I have over 500 miles on the Viper since picking it up and it is flawless. If anyone needs work on any generation Viper you would not find better hands to trust than Chuck Tator. :2tu:
 

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Thank you for all the well wishes! Yea, us small businesses are getting hammered and if those plans go through, it will get worse! :mad: Remember to take the garbage out on Nov. 2nd! :usa:

EZ, glad you like the upgrades and thank you.
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Regardless of when Tator's Garage troubles started, there's plenty of trash to move to the curb.:(
 

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Whoa Chuck. Love you but don't get sucked into the hate vortex. Obama & Company have only been in power for 21 months! Your troubles started LONG before that.

Trust me, I'm a very tolerant person and everyone deserves a chance but when they take my food off my plate, I get a bit vocal. Read for yourself and you decide if I'm caught up in the vortex. :cool:
http://www.sigtarp.gov/reports/audit...07_19_2010.pdf
 

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You're on target Chuck. A loud statement needs to be sent in November, at a variety of levels. It was a pleasant surprise to see you on the national news and I was proud to see a friend tell it like it is. The next thing I thought was, I wish we were both headed to VOI!
 

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What Chrysler did to Chuck sickens me. I don't know how you reward dealerships that have terrible service and remove Chuck's charter.
 

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All of us in the Viper community were saddened by what happened to Tator's Dodge dealership with the loss of his franchise. However, it seems to me the problem arose not with the government's bailout requirements but long before with the mismanagement of GM and Chrysler in loosing market share. How do you watch your market share drop by a few percentage points year after year and not change your practices?
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Garbage Indeed... Nobody should mistake awareness and honesty for hate. Let's put an end to Marxism and Socialism in America in November.. God Bless America :usa::usa::usa:

Thank you for all the well wishes! Yea, us small businesses are getting hammered and if those plans go through, it will get worse! :mad: Remember to take the garbage out on Nov. 2nd! :usa:

EZ, glad you like the upgrades and thank you.
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Maybe some guys will get pumped up to mod their cars this winter after attending VOI. Buy and service with Chuck guys...ONLY way I go. :2tu:
 

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All of us in the Viper community were saddened by what happened to Tator's Dodge dealership with the loss of his franchise. However, it seems to me the problem arose not with the government's bailout requirements but long before with the mismanagement of GM and Chrysler in loosing market share. How do you watch your market share drop by a few percentage points year after year and not change your practices?
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How ? Democrat supported Unions that destroyed the Auto Industry in this country by strapping them with unreasonable demands.
 

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Amen to that!

Long before... you got that right..

Bill Clinton and Barney Franks with their No Money Down, No Income Check, Interest Only Unsecured Mortgages because "everybody has a right to own a home and the values will never go down." Followed by Obama and his Cronies voting against the Bush lending reform bills and all those Homeowners walking away. That's a good start and then of course the root of the problem is Democrats protecting the self serving Unions that make the American auto industry non-competitive not to mention what the unions have done to public education in the US. Then the Dems demonize Wall street and the banking industry for reaping the benefits of the unsustainable bubble that the irresponsible lending created.

It's far from over too... Wait until the Obamacare and Tax increase take their toll on small businesses.
 

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Chuck and his family have run a business for over 96 years. obama ran a business for 0 years. During that time Tator's Garage has endured WW1, WW2, the great depression, Korean war, Vietnam, 70's gas shortages, Chrysler almost going out in the 80's, Economic Ebbs and Flows, you name it. Obama can't even take the criticism of a Tea party? I guess it's ok to be a community organizer as long as it's for the right community. Obama sat in the "Ivory Tower" of education being some pseudo intellectual condeming his own grandmother for being racist while defending his preacher Rev. Wright. To me Chuck is a real American hero and people like him ARE the backbone of this country! Peole like O want to break the backs of people like Chuck while blaming the problems on him. Any one that would condem Chuck or anyone like him and be supportive of O is showing their true colors and someone I wouldn't want to be affiliated with.
 

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Chuck I can't thank you enough for everything you have done for me personally. I probably would not even own my VIper right now had it not been for you. You are the best. Thank you for ev erything you do for me and the entire Viper Community. See you in 2 weeks! :usa:
 

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Fiat would add to it's profits if Tator were given his dealership back. At the very least, it would add integrity and skill to it's workforce which it needs more than ever now.
 

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Yes, like the last two years of the Bush administration when the Democrats had control of congress. Thats when our problems started.
 

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Let's put an end to Marxism and Socialism in America in November
Seriously? You might want to brush up on your political history and the definitions of Marixism and Socialism. I'm sorry for injecting this into a thread about a guy we all like, but my gawd turn Ruch/Glenn/Sean off for one day and think for yourself.
 

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Can you give us some more information on your upgrades. Cost, where did you purchase them, etc. I have thought of doing the same upgrades.
 

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Seriously? You might want to brush up on your political history and the definitions of Marixism and Socialism. I'm sorry for injecting this into a thread about a guy we all like, but my gawd turn Ruch/Glenn/Sean off for one day and think for yourself.

Do all of us that "can't think for themselves" a favor and "inject" if you will, some facts as to what this administration has done to foster a more favorable climate to conduct business in this country?


Jim :usa:
 
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