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Buying A 2010 Chevy Camaro? Take This 68-Point Checklist With You
The Consumerist ^ | Tue Jul 21 2009 | Chris Walters

Posted on 07/21/2009 12:29:35 PM PDT by Daffynition

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To: Daffynition
Here's more for you:

69. Taxpayer money has gone to ensure the pension and medical benefits of union workers for life, at the same time taxpayer retirement accounts are being eroded away.

70. The 0 administration forced the disregard of bankruptcy law, thus screwing GM secured bondholders and stockholders in favor of the unions, an 0 interest group.

71. Taxpayer money is warranting every car Government Motors sells.

72. The government and the unions have unconstitutionally taken control of a large portion of a major American industry.

Off the top of my head.

21 posted on 07/21/2009 1:06:51 PM PDT by Emile ("In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind" -- Louis Pasteur)
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To: RatRipper

I’ve been a Chevy man most of my adult life, but I will not buy a Government Motors/UAW produced vehicle of any kind.


22 posted on 07/21/2009 1:08:26 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Daffynition

Yes but what does this Transformer turn into?


23 posted on 07/21/2009 1:09:22 PM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

LOL ... you betcha. The last American car I bought was a Chevy and that was probably 20 years ago ... it had all of the items on this list and more rolling out the dealership driveway. Nothing has changed in Detroit. They never learned.


24 posted on 07/21/2009 1:09:53 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: evets
My P.O.S. was a 1982 2.2L 4-cylinder 3 speed.

Did you buy the car new or as the 3rd or 4th owner when it had 150K + miles on it and was beaten to death??

My wife's 2002 Camaro has been great and zero problem whatsover.

25 posted on 07/21/2009 1:10:57 PM PDT by tc45a
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To: AbeKrieger
"Buying a Camaro? Look in the mirror, there you will see what the real problem is."

LOL....reminds me of the old joke:

IROC = Illiterate Redneck Out Cruisin'.

26 posted on 07/21/2009 1:11:49 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Around here, they say “Italian Retard Out Cruising”.


27 posted on 07/21/2009 1:14:36 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: JoeProBono

LOL. Was that a T-top?


28 posted on 07/21/2009 1:16:13 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: TexasCajun
I’ve been a Chevy man most of my adult life, but I will not buy a Government Motors/UAW produced vehicle of any kind.

The only American car I've ever owned is a Corvette. Unless they get turned into 160 HP "green" cars by the current ownership, I'll continue to stay interested in them when car-buying time comes around.
29 posted on 07/21/2009 1:16:30 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Daffynition

Here’s my checklist:

1. Does the federal government own a stake in General Motors?
2. Did the UAW build it?

If the answer is “yes” to either of the above, then I will not buy it.


30 posted on 07/21/2009 1:17:22 PM PDT by meyer (Obama's failure is America's Success.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I first heard it as “It’s Really Only a Camaro.”


31 posted on 07/21/2009 1:17:51 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Those who provide the least and demand the most have a voting majority.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Just wait until it is completely controlled by the governmeny:

Ten people employed to do the work of one and nine of them on break,

Phone calls going unanswered or if answered unable to understand anything they say as they are actually answering from some foreign country.

Closed for one of the 30 federal holidays.

Unable to answer even the mos basic questions.

Prices that are thousands of dollars more than a cars with the same equipment.

Waiting 6 to twelve months to take delivery of the car that you have been making payment on.

Well now you have some idea of the future of the great government owned auto industry.


32 posted on 07/21/2009 1:19:21 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Daffynition
Yup. T-Top TURBO


33 posted on 07/21/2009 1:21:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: evets

The 4-cylinder in the early 80s Camaro (the only 4-cyl ever in one) was the 2.5L Pontiac “Iron Duke” as used in the S-10, Fiero, Monza, etc. It was probably the least likely thing to fail on the car!


34 posted on 07/21/2009 1:22:53 PM PDT by LeftIsSinister (Liberalism--The Cure for Success)
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To: Daffynition
Having owned Chevys for decades, many of these problems were ones I saw on my vehicles as far back as the 1970s. I never owned a Chevy that didn't have some oil leakage from the valve covers. Too bad Hyundai didn't take over GM as they would never let a vehicle off the assembly line with such problems.

However, wait until your government run GM starts producing electric cars and glorified golf carts to save the world from global warming.

35 posted on 07/21/2009 1:24:58 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Daffynition

This list comes from a bunch of guys demanding perfection from a low-cost high-power car. I know, I used to be one of them back when I got my ‘97 Z28. I bet a most “run of the mill” cars (especially from GM, ha ha) have the same issues, it’s just that no one cares much because the car gets them from point A to point B.

“Driver’s seat makes clicking noises when set all the way back?” WHATEVER!


36 posted on 07/21/2009 1:26:22 PM PDT by LeftIsSinister (Liberalism--The Cure for Success)
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To: Daffynition

Buy a new car from Government Motors?....Hell no!


37 posted on 07/21/2009 1:29:51 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: The Great RJ

“....wait until your government run GM starts producing electric cars and glorified golf carts to save the world from global warming.”...

They would do just great on the friday night run up the I-15 to Vegas from L.A. The ditch would be full of them from getting blown over or run off the road.....


38 posted on 07/21/2009 1:32:35 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Daffynition
The last American car I bought was a Chevy and that was probably 20 years ago ... it had all of the items on this list and more rolling out the dealership driveway.

You did not have a Chevy but a frickin time machine!!!

031. USB drive and aux port works

39 posted on 07/21/2009 1:36:40 PM PDT by tc45a
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To: Daffynition
I still want one to match my 96.
40 posted on 07/21/2009 1:41:37 PM PDT by doodad
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