Do not bad mouth Toyota for building quality cars, put your frustration where it belongs, the big 3 ripping americans off for so long that they switched to a better product and the big 3 are getting exactly what they deserve.”"”

Youre fing retarded. Thats all I have to say… My dad has worked 31 years for the UAW and he is a hardworking man… and trust me he is not over paid… and whoever said they get paid 76 dollars an hour for screwing in a lug nut its also retarded… You would not know the first thing on working on the line.. Try this on for size … my dad still has 67 firebird and 69 z28 bought in those years in great condition with no restoration… They have been around for over forty years… I have driven the same v6 camaro with over 200 thousand miles with not a problem… JUST because one problem occured with yours doesnt mean it happens with EVERY american car… Problems also happen in japanese cars.. have you considered that you may not know how to take care of a car? Lets face the facts people..

When someone starts a rumor… it is spread like wildfire… So when someone started the rumor that Japanese cars are better, everyone liked japanese cars… Give the big three a chance… It would be a devastating mistake to watch these companies go under… I couldnt imagine… This is the last major industry we have… I dont think people realize this…. The only reason we got out of the recession of the 80s was b/c we had a great deal of manufacturing… Now we are going to watch the last of it die?? What are we thinking… I will always be forever greatful of GM… I will always drive american… Give GM a chance people…. We will regret if we dont

They say guys with small drive large cars.

Guys with small intelligence buy foreign cars to show they can’t make a decision based on quality.

They just buy foreign to be in style with the Jones.

I saw a person buy a new American car and I though wow someone does care. It was the new Chevy Malibu and it looked great.

If you ask the same ding dong if they bought an apple Ipod or and apple computer its in style.

American engineers designed that apple and it’s an American company. Opps should not have said that it might make people return there ipods.

Its time American people start having some pride!!

Support GM,Ford

Support our new president.

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This is to GMSAJOKE
My wife and I have owned FORD vehicles for over 15 years. Currently we drive an 8 year old truck and 5 year old SUV. We have never had problems and they only been in the shop for required maintenance. In fact some of my friends have had their Toyotas (which were lot newer than mine) in the shop for engine problems and then complained on how much it costs them to fix.

Sorry to put this in a GM VOLT blog site, but I refuse to let some smug Toyota Rules American insult the quality of American Cars. I am interested in the future of American Cars and in this product. I only wish that Ford had the drive to push for this as well or team up and maybe get this plug-in concept on the road faster.

And likewise, I am against the Bailout for the BIG 3. Just by giving them money, it won’t change their business practice. The Big 3 (and its Unions) need to restructure or go the way of the Horse and buggy.

SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices slid to near $55 a barrel Thursday in Asia as more bad economic news from the U.S. heightened fears of a severe global downturn that will pulverize demand for crude.
Light, sweet crude for December delivery was down $1.08 to $55.08 a barrel, after falling to as low as $54.67, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midafternoon in Singapore.

“As the global economy continues to weaken, we’re going to see further downward pressure on oil,” said Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, in Singapore. “I think we’ll certainly challenge the $50 threshold. We could challenge the $40 threshold.”

The crude futures contract overnight fell $3.50 to settle at $56.16, the lowest closing price since January 2007, after the U.S. Energy Department slashed its 2009 oil consumption forecast.

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There you go GM. The dealer lot inventory of heavy vehicles will now sell as pump gas drops to $2 a gallon. Here is the cash you’ve been asking for. I am happy for you and the SUV manufacturing and R&D employees.

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As hard as I tried to talk her out of it, my mom is a union worker and insisted on buying an american car. She is now upset that she has to keep paying on her Ford for another 2 years because the piece of shit is in the shop all the time. I can assure you she will not be buying another american made car because of Ford and its patriotic union workers that let her down.

I will KEEP buying foriegn cars until the DUMB ASS management at GM gives me a car that I want, AND IT FRICKING WORKS.

Ford, in the shop every 2 months.
GM, how many times are you suppose to replace motor mounts before you just say screw it.
Toyota truck, Never….I repeat NEVER in the shop other that normal oil/tune ups AND I SOLD IT FOR MORE THAN I PAID FOR IT.
Toyota Celica, 1 instance in 7 years and they covered the simple cracked exhaust manifold FOR FREEEEEEE. Try that for patriotism at GM or FORD.
Toyota MR2, I didn’t think they could build a more solid car than the Celica, but they did. Not a dam thing went wrong with that car. EVER.
Toyota FJ Crusier, 60,000 miles and i haven’t even given it a tune up yet. Toyota messed up putting the tires on and gave me FREE tires even though I had already put 20,000 miles on them. Your PATRIOTIC Ford let people DIE rather than change flawed tires. Hows that for your patriotic piece of crap management, they would rather see you die than fix a flaw.

GM, FORD and especially CRAPSLER need to be taken out back and thrown under the bus, along with all their useless union workers that could care less about building quality products for patriotic americans. Until you wake up to fact that they could care less about you and only care about their bloated paychecks, they will keep selling you crap products.

Do not bad mouth Toyota for building quality cars, put your frustration where it belongs, the big 3 ripping americans off for so long that they switched to a better product and the big 3 are getting exactly what they deserve.

No I do not work for Toyota, I just believe in not getting ripped off. And I will not buy a Prius golf cart unless it will drive all electric for my commute.

I understand your view. If you check the prior 2 dozen threads you will see much support for GM and brands. GM said they would “transparent”. And that the mind set of Hummers and Envoys has been renewed to an interest in high mpg vehicles.

GM took a $600 million hit last quarter with the Cruze engine factory start up. GM also had labor issues with the UAW striking and stopping production. GM also had issues with the supplier Delphi. Which was supposed to have been resolved with some sort of loan. So all things were looking up.
GM anounced that South American and China sales were looking good. With U.S. sales slowing but not badly due to the “popular” Malibu and Impala models.

Then BAM! Earnings were anounced at something like a $7 billion short fall for the quarter. We all here were stunned. How did this rosey picture suddenly turn totally dark after a fairly good list of news.

You can see where I am headed. It’s a trust issue now.

Q. Does GM need more tax cash for continued production? Or is this a ploy to be able to increase their stake in a China auto manufacturer?

Q. The Cruze was delayed…now it’s not. Are we being played for their gain?

Q. The excitment over the plug-in Vue and the Camaro has been put on hold. Both products are now “delayed 6 more months”.

Others here can list more. I just wanted to give you a history of the site.

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There wouldn’t be any concern about economic collapse due to failure of the Big Three if… drum roll please… people simply bought domestic rather than stuff from the imports.

So many people I know buy imports rather than domestics simply because they are so image conscious and feel that it allows them to climb up one more rung on the social ladder. One such example: My brother’s friend once made a comment in front of me saying, “Who would want to buy a Chev?” This comment is from a Mini Cooper Convertible-driving prick who lives in San Fran and drinks fancy Perrier when he goes to a restaurant. The car wasn’t bought in rebellion to so-called poorly-built domestics… the Mini Cooper is said to be sub-par in that respect. But people love and buy them because they are marketed as the coolest thing on four wheels.

He never used to be this way until he started living the fancy-ass California lifestyle where he admitted to me that the social environment gets you into the habit of spending all your money to appear successful to others.

I hope the government will do what’s best and get GM back on the track.