<VV> GM,

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Mark
Don't think so. In 2002-2004 I was working in a Chevy Dealership watching the cars and trucks come through service. I saw too many trucks and cars with too many things wrong with them. 

There is a wide disparity between the "high quality assemblies" you tout, and what ends up in the hands of the owner. 

You've obviously never spent any time trying to explain to customers why the replacement parts are so expensive.   A Passcode sensor that fails at 50K miles is going to cost the customer right around 500.00 to replace, plus new keys.  And they do fail with some regularity.  Got called everything but a fat white man by more than a few customers. 

I rent cars often for trips. Don't want to put the miles on my own.  The 2010 Impala had the most uncomfortable seats in a car I've ever sat in. My tail was numb in less than an hour of a 12 hour trip.   They TRIED to give me a Cobalt when my truck was hit.  They picked me up in one, and I told them I'm not driving this piece of junk.  So they gave me a 2010 Suburban.  Didn't like it a bit.  For my last trip they tried to give me an HHR.  I've driven them before, no  better than a Cobalt.  Got a Dodge Nitro instead.  Much happier with the result. 

If GM couldn't afford to stay in business, it should have been allowed to go under. That's called FREE MARKET ENTERPRISE.  

So jump down off your GM/ UAW horse, and realize that other people have opinions too.  I don't buy products from companies who are involved in these illegal government bailouts.  

Hank
---- Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> Hank,
> 
> Obviously you have been asleep for the past half dozen years or so. Ever
> since the introduction of the present Malibu, GM has been introducing new
> car after new car that (starting with the Malibu) have met or exceeded the
> quality of not only Ford, but even the foreign manufacturers like Toyota,
> according to sources like JD Power, Consumer Reports, Insurance Institute,
> etc. 
> 
> Also, GM has been paying back the government faster than expected, no
> thanks to you or people like you, and been working to get out from under
> that situation.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Salesmen---No Corvair
> >
> > I don't like GM cars anymore.  The Trucks are junk compared to Fords, and
> the cars don't measure up to ANY of the domestic competiton.  The import
> competiton REALLY makes them look bad.   The last 5 new vehicles purchased
> by my family have been Fords.  Happy with them all. 
> >
> > Now, I CAN'T buy a GM car, because their biggest stockholder is our
> government. 
> > Ford---NOT on the government dole, with better vehicles.   Wanda's Alero
> has almost 150K on it---the replacement will probably be a Ford Fiesta. 
> > Hank 
> >
>