If you have a GM car, get rid of it!

[Archae]

Look who is advertizing GM...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/28/limbaughs-gm-commercialhes-just-looking-out-for-global-climate/

[madokie]

1. not a chance I'd own one of them in the first place ;-)

[lostinacause]

2. Wouldn't the solution be not to buy GM cars in the future?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

3. Oh, yeah... that'll show 'em...

A bunch of car-less DUers will make such a difference :sarcasm:

[tammywammy]

4. LOL

:rofl:

[xultar]

41. BUHWAWAWA! Now that was funny.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Genetically modified cars?

Wouldn't be caught dead in one.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I'm about 10 years ahead of you

Worst POS automobile I have ever owned. Never again.

[Seabiscuit]

54. I'm decades ahead of you...

I've NEVER owned a GM vehicle and never would. And I'm an old fart.

[1monster]

7. but but... my GM (Astro Van) is nearly 18 years old and has about 190,000

miles on it.

I can't even begin to think about getting a newer car for another forty or fifty thousand miles!

(Unless, of course, you want to start a new car fund for 1monster? :evilgrin: )

[azmesa207]

8. Get rid of your GM car

what happens to all the good liberal democrats working for G M if you stop buying there cars just because they use Limbaugh .

[tammywammy]

11. That's what they get for working for GM

:sarcasm:

[Archae]

9. One remark in the comments...

How it's GM that is the most resistant to changing their cars, especially to get better gas mileage.
Don't forget who builds that POS the H2 and H3.

[JNelson6563]

10. I have a Chevy and love it!

Here in Michigan we take "buy American" pretty seriously.

Julie

[davsand]

17. You don't park "furrin made crap" on a union lot.

Not for long anyway...

:nuke:



Laura

(who still drives a Ford Escort Wagon held together with Union stickers...)

[fudge stripe cookays]

32. See, I don't get that anymore.

Years ago, I can understand.

But now, you could buy "American" and half the parts and labor would be done overseas, or you could buy a Nissan assembled at a factory in Tennessee or somewhere else in the states. I mean, it seems to be six of one half dozen another now.

:shrug:

[lastliberalintexas]

44. GM workers are still union

Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and other foreign car makers build in right to work states of the south and bust unions every chance they get.


I've never understood the antipathy towards GM and Ford on this progressive site. Toyota, Honda, et al really are not any better corporate citizens of this world, they just have better marketing departments.

[blondeatlast]

51. Even in Mexico? Just curious... nt

[blondeatlast]

50. That's precisely how I see it. My Camry is far more American than a Chevy. nt

[Bluebear]

12. This would not effect GM economically by one penny.

If you would say "don't buy GM" it would make sense... except for all those hardworking Union members who would lose their jobs.

[NMMNG]

13. I love my Saturn

:shrug:

[tammywammy]

14. You're not a true democrat

if you drive GM!

:sarcasm:

Not to mention that getting rid of your car effect would have zero effect on GM.

[NMMNG]

19. I have to ask

What does that cat have on its head?

[MissB]

20. That is the famous lime hat on kitty picture.

You can probably google it up.

edited to add: http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=cat+with+lime

[NMMNG]

24. Oh my

The things we do to animals to amuse ourselves. :rofl:

[viat0r]

15. who is this Gm you speak of??

ford and Gm make lousy vehicles...if you want to get a vehicle that will last forever and has a high resale value i suggest toyota.

The poster with astro van how does it have such low mileage for being so old?? You dont take long trips or anything???

You can easily get 300k or more off of one of the well built "foreign" manufacturers

[FogerRox]

34. Chevy Astro with V-6 engine, they are known for 300k

Thats why so many fleet sales went to the Astro.

[1monster]

37. I use it to go to and from work, ferry my kid around and do grocery shopping.

But come on, if you had a van that had 190,000 miles on it (and was used very hard as a newspaper delivery vehicle over some really baaaad road the first year we had it), would you take it on long trips?

BTW, since I usually don't use the air conditioner (except if it is raining very hard or the temps are well into the 90s, I get about 25 miles to the gallon of gas...

Astros are good vehicles.

[LeftyMom]

16. Who would selling my ten year old car hurt other than me?

:shrug:

[shaniqua6392]

18. We drive Chrysler and Ford products.

Anything but a foreign turd will do for our family. Here in Michigan we like to support our auto workers and their families. Every foreign car out there means a job lost to a hard working American auto workers. The American auto companies have made a real difference to many in my family and I will always buy American. Even though GM advertises in places I do not like I would still buy their products. Just my opinion.

[viat0r]

23. hmmm thats funny

The parts gm uses you think they are made in america no they are not.. "foreign" automakers like toyota and honda etc do virtually all of their manufacturing here and run by WELL PAID americans in many cases unionized.

Chrysler is a GERMAN company lol.. Dodge is NOW separate from them again but let me ask you something about turds.........

Why did dodge continue to sell the neons with the 420a engine with a design flaw which causes the head-gaskets to go on them they knew about it in 95 never recalled never changed the design never admitted the problem and keep selling them till 2003 why?? FOR PROFIT

[lastliberalintexas]

46. Actually, Toyota fights unions tooth and nail

But they are now facing certification votes in some areas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/25/AR2007052502458.html


And LOL, you think Toyota is not a for profit corp also?

[RedCappedBandit]

26. What if foreign companies..

have factories here in the US? Like many of them do ...

BTW, Chrysler is not an American company. Both of those companies use imported materials and parts.

[fudge stripe cookays]

33. What about hard working American workers...

at Nissan plants in Tennessee and some of the other American plants for foreign cars? When I buy a car I want it to run for a decent amount of time.

I haven't owned an American car since 1987. My mother and I both had Chevrolets (which I believe is French for "piece of shit") and they both died at the same time, leaving us without decent transportation. And the cars weren't that old. Our family had bought Chevys for YEARS because my uncle was a parts manager for them back in the 70s. The 1980 Chevy Citation was a LANDMARK in crap cars. But my mom was newly widowed, and didn't know the old rule about not buying a car the first year they are made.

I won't own an American car again until they buy something worth making.

[RB TexLa]

42. So people in other countries are somehow less deserving of a job?

You don't support those "hard working auto workers?"

[Stuckinthebush]

43. I really don't think the buy American car motto works anymore

In Alabama we have a few factories that make "foreign" cars. They employ a load of people. It would be foolish to buy GM or Ford because it is "American" because it would hurt our Alabama workers.

I think it is time to give up the old buy American car line. It doesn't work anymore. And anyway, the "foreign" stuff is so much better.

[MissB]

21. Seems easier to encourage people to not *buy* a new GM product.

[Wiley50]

22. Well, that new Chrysler is interesting, and I don't like Chryslers, but this one rebuilds itself

No shit!
They've got a revolutionary car coming out

When it needs an overhaul
you just lock it in the garage for three days
and it rebuilds itself

They call it the Jesus, by Chrysler

[RedCappedBandit]

25. Uh, no.

A) I bought it used, didn't support GM.

B) Foreign cars in the same class are way too expensive.

C) Getting rid of my car would have no impact on GM at all..

D) What, exactly, makes foreign companies better, in your opinion?

[BlackVelvet04]

27. NO....

love my car.

[hiaasenrocks]

28. I'll sell you mine for twice what I paid for it, if it's that important to you.

Otherwise, MYOB.

[viat0r]

29. well

They cost more because..
1)They are built to higher standards

2)They get better gas mileage in every class

3)have a higher resale value

This might not be the best analogy but.....
If you buy a mobile home instead of a house sure its cheaper to buy outright but you might have to pay lot rent etc it isnt buit very well it cant withstand high winds and might need to be fixed more often and the the value goes down dramatically in a short amountof time a home holds its value well infact it goes up.

[jody]

30. No thanks, I'll continue to own GM autos. n/t

[Fierce]

31. Yeah, God knows you wouldn't want to buy a union-made vehicle.

Depends on your priorities, I guess.

[PuppyBismark]

35. Where to contact GM

Mark LaNeve
GM Vice President Sales and Marketing
Phone number: [phone]
link:email address: [e-mail]

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. I got rid of my last GM car in 1974. The last American made car I owned.

Or, ever will.

Our '91 Tercel and '94 Toyota pickup will probably outlive us.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Duh!

A pointless exercise. The car is already purchased. The cost is sunk.

I don't have any use for that drop-out either, but this is just silly.
The Professor

[comtec]

39. BUY AMERICAN/UNION MADE... BUY TOYOTA~!!!

Sad but true Toyota makes mote of their cars in the US in Union shops.
The Japanese understand and appreciate unions, so they aren't anti union.
If you buy an American car (aside from Saturn) it's probably made in MEXICO or Canada.. if you're lucky!

Also if you want great economy... buy Toyota or WV Diesels!

The Diesel cars here by VW BLOW AWAY most petrol engines. And diesel is cheaper, and burns 'cleaner' than petrol. That is it]s smokier, but it has fewer harmful chemicals coming out of it compared to gasoline.

-A patriot in exile.

[lastliberalintexas]

47. You really think that Toyota or any other big corp is union friendly?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/25/AR2007052502458.html


They are facing the union cert vote because of the shabby way they are treating their workers and the proposed wage freeze. Sounds like a great employer to me.


And Toyota and Honda went right along with GM in their destruction of their elcetric cars, yet GM is the one that gets bashed on these boards. Some of you people are freaking amazing, and not in a good way.

[AngryOldDem]

40. Well, I can't join the cause on this one

Because if I gave up my 1988 Nova, I'd have no way to get to work and I would soon be gainfully unemployed and a leech on this nation's great economic resources. No money right now to rush out and buy a more-PC model.

So, if it's all the same, I'll keep on driving my Chevy.

[spinbaby]

45. I'm ahead of you

Just traded my Saturn in on a Prius. Now I'm getting over 50 MPG and feeling ever so environmental and virtuous.

[Marrah_G]

48. Please explain the logic you are using

Now if you said "Don't buy GM I could understand it" But what purpose is served by "getting rid" of an already manufactured and paid for car?

[TX-RAT]

49. Not going to happen.

Ive owned nothing but GM's for the last 25 years and i don't see that changing any time soon.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

52. Oy Vey.

:eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

53. I guess I'm a bad democrat.

I buy cars based on what I like and how much it is going to cost me. You know, bottom line and all that.

Sorry 'bout that.