Oh yes, very much so. Depending on the company, you want to be in their car. I noticed the Ford plant on Mound has a large sign "Ford Only Lot". My dad does

Oh yes, very much so. Depending on the company, you want to be in their car. I noticed the Ford plant on Mound has a large sign "Ford Only Lot". My dad does business with all of them (and a few of the foreign plants down south, too). I don't know what the politics behind it are -- my Dad sells to all of them and a few of the southern foreign car plants -- he drives a Cadillac. I'll have to ask him if he gets crap for that when visiting Ford/Chrysler (which are large contracts for him). The funny thing is, even they've changed a bit. My mom is in a Lexus hybrid, which shocked me. Their friends and neighbors passed away and owned the thing for three years with a few thousand miles on it. The family was willing to sell it to her at such a low price she couldn't pass it up. And it's a really nice car. Family circumstances also resulted in my dad getting an Audi TT convertible sports-toy which he stores up north (shh, don't tell anyone).