I don’t agree, but the Elite are happy your programming is intact.
Are the UAW workers in Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Georgia, Oklahoma etc., lazy good for nothing people too?
Dude when was the last time you drove by a CalTrans job and seen even 1/2 of the guys actually doing anything?
At a construction site?
Care to peak inside the internet surfing world that exists inside every fortune 500 office cubicle building?
I’ve seen those things first hand, does that make me an expert on something?
GM must be doing a few things correctly because in good times they manage to make great cars and trucks and locomotives and even make a profit. You make it sound as if things are so aweful nothing ever gets done.
Huge, exagerated sensationaism is a great tool to put misleading negatives into people’s heads and get them to think the way you need them to.
Think about it? How often do you hear a Japanese car driver say something like “GM, oh their cars are ok, I just liked the look of this tiny little Prius better”. Nah, you hear something more like “GM, shit no! Their cars are junk”. Why?
I’ve had bad luck with Japanese cars but I can admit that based on other people’s experiences they are descent cars, just as are VWs, Audis and BMWs. You really cannot buy a truely shitty car on any car lot in the US right now. Every one of them is likely to go 100K with no real problems if you take care of them. Lots of GM cars will make 200k for their owners with no real problems as will lots of Hondas.
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Why do you continue to talk about reliability of GM/Ford/Chrysler? I never said GM/Chrysler make unreliable cars. I just said a good portion of their portfolio is crap, two completely different things.
Top reasons why I wouldn’t buy most GM/Chrysler/Ford cars are
(1) Exterior looks like crap
(2) interior looks like crap
(3) poor resale value
(4) terrible handling and driving dynamics
(5) most are FWD
(6) costs as much as an import that I could find better in most categories 1-6.
Unless a car is a performance oriented, it’s simply not sufficient to just be “more reliable” when an import offers reliability + most of 1-6.
You can debate all you want whether you think GM cars are cool or not. Numbers speak themselves. There’s a reason why Camry’s/Accords are top sellers. Consumers for some reason of the other find the overall packaging more attractive. Just a few years ago, Hyundai’s were the butt of all jokes. But times have changed. The Genesis sedan has found a niche and so has the coupe.
BTW: I don’t drive a honda or toyota personally. And I can tolerate slightly more reliability issues IF the car’s performance speaks for itself.
