| Re: Would you buy a new GM car after all this? |
Subject: Re: Would you buy a new GM car after all this? by biggrizzly on 2009/6/2 19:13:54 Absolutely 100% - I have total confidence in the new products they are producing. I'm in the dealership several times a week and have tried out almost all of the offerings. I still can't understand why people will respond negatively to a question like this if they have not been inside the new products and tried them out. I'm not saying that you guys that say "no" have not given the cars a fair chance, but please remember that the new cars coming from GM are not like our Corvettes at all. They are a completely different product. I said this to CNN and the Wall Street Journal this weekend in two separate interviews; what Americans do well is just pass bad information around like a bad rumor. Until we actually get off our butts and go down and actually get in the car and drive it, the average person has no clue as to the level of quality of that car! Most people I know have not driven an American car in twenty years! Good god! I think GM has made tons of bad decisions in the past and they have taken themselves down the path, but not without the help of our pathetic culture and its "want it now" credit needing society. Right now the media is focused on the auto industry and the mistake the auto industry has made, but the auto industry is not the cause of the economic disaster our country is currently in. Their poor planning and bad decisions caused them to succumb to the whirlpool of failing dollar and bad loans and credit. I think this bankruptcy is a good thing though, and I hope it cleans the dead wood and allows the company to breathe, making room for better research and better designs in the future. You bet I'd buy another... I just bought one in March and will buy another Vette in a few years -- We just bought a 2008 Malibu LTZ (top trim) in white with two-tone leather and all the bells & whistles. My wife a loyal Hondist, wanted an Accord or Civic. I gave her the opportunity to buy whatever she wanted; only that she had to check out the Malibu first. We never made it the Honda Dealer. She loved it right away and still does three months later. LetÂ’s see how it does in the long run. Cheers |
