FCA Temporarily Closing plants

[Royalist_Ram]

Thought the classic was only built in Mexico, alongside the HD Rams which use the Classic cab.

Built at Warren and Mexico. 5th Gen is at Sterling Heights only.

 

[rbundy84]

Microchips Needed in Your Car, PlayStation and Phone Are In Short Supply

It could take several months to resolve.

www.bloomberg.com

Put this in the MSRP thread too

Long but good read on the worldwide chip shortage and how this could affect production the remainder of this year and into next...

 

[TNRamGuy]

First it was toilet paper, then microchips, I am am going to buy a pallet of whiskey and about 20 boxes of Gurkha's

 

[jdmartin]

I was on a boat tour on the Mississippi River a couple years ago. There is an old railroad bridge crossing the river (only a couple like it left on the whole river), the whole bridge rotates to open a lane for ships. Some of the ships have 6" clearance on either side. There are almost no problems getting through over the 100+ years in operation.

The Suez Canal thing was intentional. There is a common reaction as to what the path looks like. I think it looks like a key and is a clue.

It's not the same thing. The Mississippi is deeper than the Suez Canal once you get past the Ohio River junction. It's a quarter to half a mile wide on most of it; the Suez is 500-600 feet wide. The Suez area gets a lot of windstorms this time of year with 30-50 mph winds. I spent several years on a small US Navy ship (destroyer escort) and that kind of wind on a 400 foot ship is hard to hold a line. A ship 4 times that size, stacked to the brim with shipping containers, and a draft that only clears the deepest part of the floor by 10-15 feet? It's easy to see how this could happen. All it takes is a slight miscalculation on rudder position and you're toast. My ship had a 1000 foot turning radius; something this size, once it points the wrong way it's probably a 2 mile or more correction course.

The better argument might be whether it's a smart idea to allow ships that size to ride the canal at all.

 

[Royalist_Ram]

I was on a boat tour on the Mississippi River a couple years ago. There is an old railroad bridge crossing the river (only a couple like it left on the whole river), the whole bridge rotates to open a lane for ships. Some of the ships have 6" clearance on either side. There are almost no problems getting through over the 100+ years in operation.

The Suez Canal thing was intentional. There is a common reaction as to what the path looks like. I think it looks like a key and is a clue.

Sand storm at night with very high crosswinds on a very large, tall ship at the canal's thinnest point. I don't think it was my guy.