Posted on 09/22/2011 9:14:22 AM PDT by jazusamo
Count me in the “boycott GM and Chrysler” group. As of April, I am “GM free”.
They haven’t honored it as yet because if they would have there’d have been plenty written about it, so far just crickets.
Government backed corporations are fascist. It is anti-American. It’s very simple. Buy GM, support Fascism.
Government backed corporations are fascist. It is anti-American. It’s very simple. Buy GM, support Fascism.
Also, they screwed their creditors and shareholders in favor of the unions, gleefully violating bankruptcy law with the backing of the Obamunist.
I’ve always driven GM cars, but I don’t think I but another one, certainly not new or used from the dealership. Maybe a nice classic from a private seller someday, but that’s about it.
IMO the only good product that GM offers is the Cadillac line and unfortunately for GM, I'm not in that market nor expect to be anytime soon.
Oops. Add the Corvette to the good GM product list. I’m not expecting to be in that market either.
Chevy runs deep alright, deep into your pockets and deep into the government pockets. They will never see another $ from me or my family members.
I love the Casitas.
Also...My dream is to own a white Harley with pink raccoon tails on the handles. ;=)
I would have to respectably disagree on the Vette to BMW/Porsche comparison. Even ignoring price, the Corvette is a more reliable product.
Porsches are known lately for blown engines on track day (see TTAC, where there is a recorded history), and most BMW owners I know have their product in the shop, perpetually.
You could say the interior quality is slightly higher on the BMW and the Porsche, but you don’t buy those cars on the interior, you drive them for performance.
Given that, I wouldn’t buy any of the Porsche, BMW, or Chevrolet brands. Only BMW is not state made made, and they still have severe reliability issues.
Check out the stock ownership of VW, Porsche’s holding company.
So, in the end if it is between Porsche and Vette, not sure how one could make a objective quality comparison and pick the Porsche, the Vette is known to be better built, even though touched by the UAW.
At least with BMW, you would be supporting a company with mostly non-state investors.
didn’t the gov also bail out Chrysler?
I don't think "hate" is a strong enough word....
In the market for a new truck at some point. Love my 11 year old Chevy. Never really liked Fords, I am learning to though.
The best hope Chevrolet/GM has of me purchasing a new car from them, is if they go into bankruptcy again, this time under a president supporting of free markets, and they finally fix their UAW relationship, and truly learn a lesson.
I read the other day that GM has 20 billion dollars in unfunded pensions on the books, so it won’t be long before they are down and out again. I just hope the president on the day it happens, and the following years, is free market focused.
If this happens, I will resume bowtie ownership. Till then, forget about it.
So if I refuse to buy GM can I be considered a racist?
He never quite said it, but it's between every line.
They are Chrysler now in name only. They are owned by Fiat now. Who just got their credit downgraded this week.
I really don’t understand the Chrysler bail out at all. At least GM will more than likely limp along as a American company. Chrysler was given to Italians, who arguably produce worse cars than Chrysler did. I don’t get the management selection on that deal...
For all those who say, “what about Ferrari and Lamborghini?”, well, go own one, and call me about that maintenance bill, and the constant breakdowns.
At the end of the day, gubmint may be forced to buy exclusively GM products to keep it afloat.
No so much for the company, but for its powerful union.
And it has a silver lining for the rest of us, it will be much easier to spot the gubmint workers drving such cars ......
Like’em all except that Calvin & Hobbes one. I hate that one.
Every Ford redneck has one around here, and every Chevy redneck has a similar one with the blue oval under the stream.
I think they are all copyright violations, but there is so many producers out there, the guy who owns the rights can’t hope to ever get it under control again.
Yes, taxpayers bailed out Chrysler also. The U.S. closed out and lost somewhere around $1.3 billion dollars.
As GM stands right now if the U.S. closes out I believe we’ll lose 10 or 15 times that much.
GM did not cover problems, but it was the Impala, not Malibu. Add Impala owners to the list!
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