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GM to offer free car insurance
CNN Money ^ | 7/7/11 | Peter Valdes-Dapena

Posted on 07/07/2011 11:50:43 AM PDT by Nachum

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To: Nachum

I wouldn’t own a GM prodect now or for the rest of my life time - at least 45 years to go (I hope) even if it was all free.


21 posted on 07/07/2011 12:16:52 PM PDT by Pilated
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To: Nachum

so if a person has to sue GM they will be able to sue the federal government and obama personally.

will GM claim sovereign immunity?

this just sounds illegal.


22 posted on 07/07/2011 12:23:14 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: cableguymn
Note to GM. your crap stinks and no one wants it. Polishing it just makes it a shiny turd.

You are apparently wrong. The Chevrolet Cruze was the #1 selling passenger car in the US in June. The Chevrolet Malibu was the #2 selling passenger car in June. They both beat the Corolla, Civic, Accord, Camry and all others.

What has been very difficult for GM is the West Coast (Left Coast). They haven't been able to break through there as they have in the more sane parts of the country. Note that this offer is only in Washington and Oregon. The west coast has been a difficult place for both GM and Ford. This has to do with the mindset of the type of people who live in these two states. California is probably too large to try this in and it might be that regulations make it difficult to enact there. This is just a marketing mechanism to see if they can break through the pig headed mindset that is so prevalent in these two states.
23 posted on 07/07/2011 12:25:24 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: truthguy

How many of those cruz and malibu’s where bought by government?


24 posted on 07/07/2011 12:29:52 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Nachum

Communism is advanced cancer:

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Watch this bone chilling video and then forward to everyone you know.

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25 posted on 07/07/2011 12:31:42 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE BUSHS!)
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To: cableguymn
Or by rental companies?

Only someone with no principles would buy a GM car.

26 posted on 07/07/2011 12:35:08 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (I'm sick of damn idiots)
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To: Nachum

No kidding. So government motors offers “free” car insurance on a car they manufacture. Will they deny anyone based on their driving record? And if a sucker oops customer has to make a claim, who will pay the claim?
Will the customer have to sue obama motors when the insurance arm denies the claim?
Will obamamotors send the customer a crappy calender at Christmas time?


27 posted on 07/07/2011 1:10:22 PM PDT by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: Nachum

Okayyy...

Let’s look at who they’re trying to attract. The average individual already has insurance that generally exceeds the state minimums, and isn’t going to cancel it just to take advantage of the offer so...


28 posted on 07/07/2011 1:15:10 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Nachum

The US Government is giving speculators a chance to short GM stock a second time.

GM has until election day 2012 to get its act together. After that, GM stock will go down the toilet.


29 posted on 07/07/2011 1:15:51 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: Nachum

Deag GM.
Your government sponsored cars stink.
Nobody wants them.
Free insurance is just like polishing a turd.
When you’re done, it’s still a turd.


30 posted on 07/07/2011 1:19:18 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (2012 is the opportunity to get rid of Obama and his Empire of Lies.)
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To: Pollster1

“I am boycotting GM and Chrysler forever because of their immoral actions in having the company nationalized, stiffing the rightful claimants on their assets, and sticking the American people with the bill. There is no situation in which I would buy, rent, or accept any GM product ever again. I don’t deal with crooks; that corrupt company is dead to me.”

Me too...I’ve bought two Durangos over the last few years. I’m done with Marx Motors...


31 posted on 07/07/2011 1:24:55 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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“I am boycotting GM and Chrysler forever because of their immoral actions in having the company nationalized,

Are you also going to boycott all of the various financial institutions who took government bailout money? These companies took far more money than what GM and Chrysler took. And besides, the deal the government offered GM was the only deal in town. It was either that or liquidation. So what would you have chosen?
32 posted on 07/07/2011 1:45:35 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: Nachum

-GM Auto Insurance Claims Best Practices-

Customer calling: Finally! I got a claim.

Claim Rep answering: GM aqui. Imprima al dos. Abren la puerta en Internet. GM es el Guapo! Le siento, pero...

Customer: Huh? My GM car was in an accident. Acci-den-tay.

Claim Rep: No feex. Es mandatorio que Ud. compran un nuevo GM! Abren el Internet. Nuevo autos. GM es el Guapo!

Customer: Hey. Ah, never mind. No puedo ganar! (Hangs up)

Claim Rep: GM aqui, por todo el futuro.


33 posted on 07/07/2011 2:03:21 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: cableguymn

Yep, Met Life is now on my permanent boycott list. I am not a current customer, so I can’t cancel a policy, but I will never consider doing business with them again.


34 posted on 07/07/2011 2:03:27 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Nachum

I have a sister in Oregon.

I ought to have her find me a small apartment to rent in her town; an apartment with a lease that permits a sublease.

Then I could briefly set-up a residence there and buy a new Chevy (not a Volt, sorry GM).

Then I could sublease the apartment, using my sister’s network of friends and church associates, with agreement from that tenant that I will continue to get mail there, which they will forward to me.

At least for one year I’d save about $3 thousand. In the following years just buying Oregon auto insurance instead of New Jersey auto insurance would probably save a mint as well.


35 posted on 07/07/2011 2:06:26 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: truthguy

Yep...already doing it.


36 posted on 07/07/2011 2:06:32 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: cableguymn

Future Call to GM Insurance:
Hello
Yeah, ah, I been involved in an auto theft.
OK, Right, I need some info.
Right, what you need?
Vehicle, Vin number etc
2012 Cadillac, purple, Vin Number? I have the license plate #.
Can you further describe vehicle?
Yes, had the spinner rims.
What is the nature of your loss?
Ah, well, seems car disappeared from front of my house.
Did you pay your car payment on time?
Car payments, umm, well, let me think.
OK, while you are thinking, any idea where the car might be?
Yeah, it is two blocks over in a alley. Seems someone burned it up, I believe they used Chevron Gas.
Why Chevron Gas?
Because that is the only gas station close to here.
Ah, hold on while we call 911.
You calling the police on me?
You got a guilty consience?
Me, no Obama says he was going to buy my car, so here is his chance.
Click.


37 posted on 07/07/2011 2:07:02 PM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: truthguy
"Note to GM. your crap stinks and no one wants it. Polishing it just makes it a shiny turd."

You are apparently wrong. The Chevrolet Cruze was the #1 selling passenger car in the US in June. The Chevrolet Malibu was the #2 selling passenger car in June. They both beat the Corolla, Civic, Accord, Camry and all others.

It wasn't my post, so I won't argue. Suggested correction:
"Note to GM. Your crap stinks even if some people want it. Polishing it just makes it a shiny turd.

I imagine everyone honest will be satisfied with that compromise (unless we have a GM-paid troll here pretending that the crap produced by that massively corrupt company is worth having). If we do have a paid GM troll, I don't expect that his posts will help the company. FR has critical thinkers who both do the research and have moral values. I doubt that many on FR would deal with GM any more willingly than they would buy an implausibly cheap computer that "fell off the back of a truck", even ignoring the fact that with GM the prices are about the same as from a reputable company.

GM delenda est.

38 posted on 07/07/2011 2:11:42 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Nachum

GM is offering “free insurance”?!!!Heh heh.

WTF?!!!

YOU AND I ARE PAYING THE PREMIUMS OF THOSE DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!


39 posted on 07/07/2011 2:12:11 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: cableguymn

Mark my Cruze as bought by a FReeper.
I LOVE it.


40 posted on 07/07/2011 2:17:53 PM PDT by nascarnation
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