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GOVT MOTORS cars already falling apart! (Drudge headline) (The new Vega)
Wall Street Journal ^ | 4-11-2011 | Jonathan Welsh

Posted on 04/11/2011 7:01:14 PM PDT by Frantzie

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To: Frantzie

The Big 3 never really grokked small cars. If you think about the Camaro and Vega, GM pretty much just shrank the Camaro.
I remember riding in the very back of a packed Ford Pinto, right under the window, ice in the road: “Don’t stop short, Jerry! (the driver).”
So he stopped short on I-70, we got hit in the rear end and I jumped out of that bomb on wheels like a jack-in-the-box.
I suppose with the Volt the danger will be a dousing with battery acid.


41 posted on 04/11/2011 7:52:49 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: tumblindice; All

Occasionally, GM DOES make a good product. I have my 1989 Olds Trofeo , that I drive every day about 70 miles. It still does pretty good on gas and is pretty reliable. It makes a lot of creaking and rattling noises(struts and such getting old), but still drives good, gets pretty good mileage, decent pickup—and is MUCH more reliable than my 2001 Chrysler minivan that I drive MUCH LESS often.


42 posted on 04/11/2011 8:14:39 PM PDT by Rca2000 ( The Obama regime.....and all that goes with it .."All part of the "big plan"......)
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To: Uncle Ike

Aa/fc? The Grump I remember ran Pro-Stock. He had a Monza, too.


43 posted on 04/11/2011 8:20:13 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: Frantzie

Steering wheel recall and the UAW factory upgrade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGeZvwKCSM


44 posted on 04/11/2011 8:22:44 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: ebshumidors

Remember the Monza “Spyder” Edition with the black widow on the hood!!!


45 posted on 04/11/2011 8:23:21 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I spent most of my childhood terrified that The Rhythm was going to get me.)
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To: Tzimisce

“Large Detroit Car Company”

A classic from Michael Nesmith’s Elephant Parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEPxc3RW4js


46 posted on 04/11/2011 8:36:15 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: cripplecreek

right, my old vega ran for 20 years, I finally gave it away and even then I still saw it occasionally on the streets. One trick you had to learn tho, was stopping on wet streets, it wanted to slide all over the place, fun fun fun in LA traffic


47 posted on 04/11/2011 8:40:01 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: Steely Tom

I know your type, Tom—you’d vote for Obama if he wore those white go-go boots!


48 posted on 04/11/2011 8:41:17 PM PDT by Humble Servant
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To: Pollster1

I’ll keep cheering until GM is dead.

I’ll second that!

In addition to ripping of the taxpayers, the Obama Administration and GM also conspired to rip off bondholders in a big way. The bulk of the stock of the surviving entity went to the unions, rather than to bondholders, in defiance of about 200 years of bankrupcy law. I suppose that comes under the heading of “fundamental change”.

As a holder of GM bonds in my retirement account, I will never buy a GM product again. As far as I’m concerned, anybody who does so is dealing in stolen goods.


49 posted on 04/11/2011 8:52:32 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: Frantzie

1975 chevrolet vega commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwoM6-QC2eE


50 posted on 04/11/2011 9:01:33 PM PDT by luckybogey
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To: Frantzie
Photobucket Coming soon... More Jimmy Carter cars.
51 posted on 04/11/2011 9:03:28 PM PDT by baddog 219
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To: cripplecreek

After my ex’s Vega blew the engine for the third time, it became a chicken coop.

Wasn’t even good for that.


52 posted on 04/11/2011 9:16:54 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: Frantzie
I hereby christen this car the "Obama".

Yes, with full knowledge of the connotations of "christen".

Cheers!

53 posted on 04/11/2011 9:45:01 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Skepolitic
In addition to ripping of the taxpayers, the Obama Administration and GM also conspired to rip off bondholders in a big way. The bulk of the stock of the surviving entity went to the unions, rather than to bondholders, in defiance of about 200 years of bankrupcy law. I suppose that comes under the heading of “fundamental change”. As a holder of GM bonds in my retirement account, I will never buy a GM product again. As far as I’m concerned, anybody who does so is dealing in stolen goods.

I no longer held GM bonds when that crime was committed, but I was equally disgusted. The rule of law is supposed to mean something, but Pelosi, Reid, and Obama saw those private assets as just another pile of wealth they could spread around to their supporters. That grand theft was the final straw and the reason my boycott is permanent. It's not just a matter of politics, but one of values. It would be immoral to support GM in any way after their hideous conduct toward the rightful claimants on their assets.

54 posted on 04/12/2011 3:21:56 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Frantzie

“Imagine turning your car’s steering wheel, or giving it a gentle tug, and having it break away from the steering column.”

I’d be singin’ “You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel...”!


55 posted on 04/13/2011 5:02:57 PM PDT by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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