Gee, last I checked, GM was still owned 61% by the government. Does that mean they are paying themselves back? And please explain just how I, as a taxpayer, will ever see one cent of profit from GM supposedly doing so well. Do you mean the shareholders? I am not one of them, so I will see absolutely nothing from GM's profits. As far as taxpayers go, we will never see one red cent of any investment that the government makes with our money! Not sure what country you've been living in.
I am laughing out loud at the "well built and redesigned" Chevy Equinox comment. I bet the owner that I totally blew away the other day with my RAV 4 doesn't think his Equinox is so well built (and yes, it was a brand new one). We were at a light, and he took off trying to get around me to cut me off and turn right at the next light. Well he floored it and I mean it sounded like the engine was going to blow. It was rough and really crappy sounding, to the point I was shocked it was a brand new car. I gave it about a third of the throttle and easily lost him. It was actually funny, as I wasn't really trying to race, but it kinda turned into one. My wife was just shaking her head, glad that we didn't go the GM SUV route again. Talk about slow junk! Best part was the "lane change of shame" as I saw him swing in way behind me to make his turn. Better luck next time there buddy! Maybe you'll come up against another GM next time and have a chance!
Seriously though, my Toyota is silky smooth and super powerful and quiet all at the same time. It also gets about 25mpg mixed with almost 270 HP and AWD. We looked at a lot of different vehicles before deciding on it, and we actually liked the Ford Escape. The RAV 4 is much more car like though, and rides much better and forget the added acceleration... that was just a sweet bonus. 6.5 to 60 in anything SUV like is amazing!
Another thing about the "flying off the lot" comments. When we first looked at our Toyota, on a Tuesday night, we couldn't even get a test drive because they have to go with you and they had so many customers there no one could take us... they were all busy. I went to a Chevy dealer the other day, and we were literally the only ones there. I got to drive a Camaro SS because the guy was bored and wanted something to do... seriously. Ain't nothing flying off of that Chevy lot! The Ford lot we took the Mustang out from was a much busier lot, but they did still have some free salesmen.
"The revelation of poor quality, shoddy build practices and disdain for the consumer is finally catching up to the Japanese auto industry. And it's about time."
I just had to recopy this part. Hmmmm and the domestics have never produced shoddy cars? Again, what country have you been living in? I don't think the Japanese car makers have shown disdain for their loyal consumers really. They did relax their quality and it fell to lower standards. They took this cue from GM who was the largest car maker. Toyota had that goal in mind and dropped the ball. Funny how the worst things to happen to a Japanese car company have been learned from an American car company, and the best things to happen to an American car company has been learned from the imports. All of the strides in auto design and technology that you now see in domestic cars can be attributed to import auto makers.
29th Sep 2010, 15:27
Gee, last I checked, GM was still owned 61% by the government. Does that mean they are paying themselves back? And please explain just how I, as a taxpayer, will ever see one cent of profit from GM supposedly doing so well. Do you mean the shareholders? I am not one of them, so I will see absolutely nothing from GM's profits. As far as taxpayers go, we will never see one red cent of any investment that the government makes with our money! Not sure what country you've been living in.
I am laughing out loud at the "well built and redesigned" Chevy Equinox comment. I bet the owner that I totally blew away the other day with my RAV 4 doesn't think his Equinox is so well built (and yes, it was a brand new one). We were at a light, and he took off trying to get around me to cut me off and turn right at the next light. Well he floored it and I mean it sounded like the engine was going to blow. It was rough and really crappy sounding, to the point I was shocked it was a brand new car. I gave it about a third of the throttle and easily lost him. It was actually funny, as I wasn't really trying to race, but it kinda turned into one. My wife was just shaking her head, glad that we didn't go the GM SUV route again. Talk about slow junk! Best part was the "lane change of shame" as I saw him swing in way behind me to make his turn. Better luck next time there buddy! Maybe you'll come up against another GM next time and have a chance!
Seriously though, my Toyota is silky smooth and super powerful and quiet all at the same time. It also gets about 25mpg mixed with almost 270 HP and AWD. We looked at a lot of different vehicles before deciding on it, and we actually liked the Ford Escape. The RAV 4 is much more car like though, and rides much better and forget the added acceleration... that was just a sweet bonus. 6.5 to 60 in anything SUV like is amazing!
Another thing about the "flying off the lot" comments. When we first looked at our Toyota, on a Tuesday night, we couldn't even get a test drive because they have to go with you and they had so many customers there no one could take us... they were all busy. I went to a Chevy dealer the other day, and we were literally the only ones there. I got to drive a Camaro SS because the guy was bored and wanted something to do... seriously. Ain't nothing flying off of that Chevy lot! The Ford lot we took the Mustang out from was a much busier lot, but they did still have some free salesmen.
"The revelation of poor quality, shoddy build practices and disdain for the consumer is finally catching up to the Japanese auto industry. And it's about time."
I just had to recopy this part. Hmmmm and the domestics have never produced shoddy cars? Again, what country have you been living in? I don't think the Japanese car makers have shown disdain for their loyal consumers really. They did relax their quality and it fell to lower standards. They took this cue from GM who was the largest car maker. Toyota had that goal in mind and dropped the ball. Funny how the worst things to happen to a Japanese car company have been learned from an American car company, and the best things to happen to an American car company has been learned from the imports. All of the strides in auto design and technology that you now see in domestic cars can be attributed to import auto makers.