Comments on: GM Ford And Crysler Keep The American Dream Burning

By: magnetite

magnetite — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:34:35 +0000

I’m pretty much amazed that you haven’t had a single power steering failure either. Looks like you got lucky.

By: magnetite

magnetite — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:25:59 +0000

2001 GMC Yukon Denali - 6 litres of V8 truck engine pulling around three-quarters of a ton. Average MPG of 15. Top speed: around 97 mph. Built in: USA, Mexico (but mostly Mexico).

Shame you didn’t give more details on year and model of the others. If you’re still around Iowavette, the engines are rarely a problem in these SUVs (being truck engines, and therefore refined to their zenith to prevent truck customers from changing brand next purchase), it is the shoddy build quality of the rest of the vehicle that is generally the issue with us abroad. Dashboards and internal trim as thin as plastic cups, handling that would frighten Red Adair, brakes unfit to match the weight of the vehicle. I could go on. God, could I go on.

We had crappy home-built vehicles in the UK too. British Leyland made most of them. That company, and other similarly shoddy ones, died a rightful death many years ago.

By: iowavette

iowavette — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:33:28 +0000

While the article was funny, the comments reflect the typical Couric inspired gruopthink. We have four GMC products in the family, one ancient Jimmy, that have well above 200,000 miles with little or no mechanical repairs. The 2001 Yukon turned 300,000 last spring and has never had a single mechanical repair. My sister with the useless husband has the 1984 GMC which has over 350,000 miles with repair to the FWD at around 80K. After my parents gave it to her, my brother-in-law traded it for a T-word fore-skinner. It couldn’t plow the upstate New York snow so he had to trade back for the GMC. We have a Lincoln, Cadillac and Chevy with much lower miles but also no mechanical work. They are thrashed daily when driven in the daily commute and run like charms. Don’t write about what you’ve never driven. BTW, does the phrase “engine sludge” have any meaning to you?

By: Chenier

Chenier — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:58:29 +0000

David
Are you still up for some science stuff?
If so, can you email the editor and volunteer?
Address is below…

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:28 +0000

I dont like to see people thrown out of work, I come from a union family.
However, GM products have gone right down the pan and I would never buy one.
I might if they could make anything as good as my little japanese commuting car,
241,000 miles, original transmission, uses very little oil and runs great. Prior to that I had a 1990 Toyota that’s still running, I sold it to one of the neighborhood kids back in 2001, it’s up to 360,000 miles now and still chugging around though a little rusty.
GM only has itself to blame, they should try making a decent product for a change,

By: Anorak

Anorak — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:12:37 +0000

Indeed, only then they can be saved…

By: June

June — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:54:47 +0000

Its the new company habit - a version of the meaning of the word executive?

By: Chenier

Chenier — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:06:38 +0000

Good to see the big boys doing all they can to ensure that their companies will be forced into bankruptcy…