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Offline phalanx

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GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« on: January 31, 2009, 01:31:30 PM »
 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486266,00.html

No matter how you feel about them , we just lost a real big piece of Americana.
Blame whoever ,$5.00 a gal gas didnt help a Damn thing.
Now at $2.00 , your American energy company's will be next.
Good thing ? we will see what you say after you don't own a car or the gas to even put in a lawn mower.
Wait a Minute ,were you storing that gallon of gas ?
You know the law about that ,now you will not even need a bed ,we have one for you.

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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 02:14:31 PM »
The head of GM publicly stated they made poor quality products, and let the American people down.  That wasn't news to me.  You can't pay people $75.00 an hour to produce junk and stay in business.
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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 05:43:04 PM »
Yes you are very right ,its just a real sad thing.
And it isnt over yet.
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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 11:08:41 PM »
 My Very first car to be bought by me was a 1969 buick skylark coupe ..Bought soon after i turned 18 ..

  I own at present a 85' step side silverado and 79' firebird .... It would truely be a sad day to see GM go , but as stated they and all the others have not been competing on par with the toyotas and hondas of the world


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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 04:00:01 AM »
My last two GM products were pure junk.

The first was a '82 Olds Delta 88 bought new. It stayed in the shop more than at home and finally I tired of it and traded it on a new '83 Chevy Silverado. Unbelieveable it was even worse. The brakes failed on me with less than 300 miles on it coming off the tallest mountain in the state with a load of rocks in the bed. I got back without a wreck but it was some kinda wild ride. Then will less than 5000 on it the transmission went out and it stayed in the shop almost a month getting fixed.

One day during the entire time I had it did it run right every other day it bogged like crazy when you mashed the gas and you never really knew if it was going to go or die. It too spent so much time at the shop they thought they owned it rather than me. To the credit of the dealership they did right by me and gave me a vehicle to drive every time it was there.

I finally traded it on a new '88 Ford Bronco and have never looked back. I might but seriously doubt I'll ever own another GM product.

My last two new trucks have been Toyotas both made in the US and both have been pretty much flawless performers. When I drop the hammer on the 381HP of my Sequoia it just goes like a banshee and the over all mileage on it since I brought it home currently sits at 16.9 mpg. It was a bit over 17 but lately about all I've done is drive to town and back with hardly any highway mileage so it's dropped to 16.9 but seems to be holding there.

I for one won't miss GM if they fold.
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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2009, 05:18:43 AM »
In today's global economy, you can't compete if you have high manufacturing costs, poor designs, poor workmanship and an arrogant management team that refuses to see that the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming freight train.
GM (and the other US auto makers) have basically thumbed their noses at the automotive needs of the US populace and focused only on their short term profit goals.
The last three cars I had were a Nissan Sentra, which went over 180,000 miles with only basic maintenance and was then sold to a family member who put another 100,000 on it with only a clutch change, a Buick that died after 110,000 miles, and now a Toyota truck that appears to be bullet proof.
I hate to see working folks lose their jobs, but I have no sympathy for the GM managers or the union leaders that did nothing but stand in the way of progress.

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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 02:37:40 PM »
Yes my friends ,Its Obamas dreams , The One World order.
Soros has lots of Money.

But Pssst come here ,look what i have !! and it has friends !!!
Now look over there at that guy with the God complex  , Hummmm thats the one.
Whoa ,doesn't this look much better ???
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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 02:49:35 PM »
i  think  the one  biggest problem  is the unions
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Re: GM .a sad day in America , a sad day indeed
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2009, 03:32:26 PM »
Quote from: 45-70.gov on February 01, 2009, 02:49:35 PM
i  think  the one  biggest problem  is the unions


This has a lot to do with it. You got to be very efficient and highly productive to pay employees 45 to 60 bucks an hour. Somebody needs to take a good look at this and come up with a solution to get rid of the unions and excessive wages.
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