I’m not going to sink to your level. Your message says volumes about you.
> On Dec 15, 2016, at 8:03 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/15/2016 5:43 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> The frigid temperatures you have to live with have evidently led to >> confused thinking. One person’s experience is no substitute for data. >> I’m not a fan of any car company — I’ve worked for them all and >> they’ve all been tough clients at times. But I don’t like bullshit. >> Here are some hard facts about dependability gleaned from the >> experience of many: >> http://www.jdpower.com/cars/awards/Vehicle-Dependability-Study-(VDS)-by-Category/843ENG >> >> But if you like one owner experiences, I can tell you my 2014 >> Equinox has never required service in the three years I’ve owned it. >> Oh, and my’55 Chevy had never required service in the 16 years I’ve >> owned it. But that’s just one man’s experience, so like your >> experience with GM, it’s meaningless. > > My experience with GM (including cars owned by my parents): > > 19 something or ever Corvair. > I was pretty young, but I remember the car. Twenty years later my father > still talked about what a pile of crap it was. Apparently it spent more time > in the shop than on the road. > Enough said about that. > > 1962 Impala. At 70 miles per hour, it shook so badly it was impossible to > drive. > > 1965 Olds F85 That one was a darned good car. > > Late 1980s Cutlass Calais. Pushrod guides were drilled crooked, causing the > tips of the rods to wear badly and quickly. They lasted until the engine was > off warranty. We knurled the ends of them and sold the thing quickly. > > 1988 Pontiac Grand Am. Not bad for the first while. In fact, I think I gave > it a high mark with JD Power. Unfortunately, 15 months in, it suffered an oil > pump failure which ruined the engine, and it was never right after that. It > failed again on a vacation in Utah, and very nearly caught fire/ exploded. > After that, it was literally in the shop every other day for several months. > It was probably the spawn of my dad's Corvair. > > 1995 Isuzu Trooper. Admittedly not a GM, but GM was in control of Isuzu in > North America, and had put their own transmission into the thing. The tranny > went south at around 45k km, and due to the shape of the tranny/bell housing, > they had routed the exhaust so close to the starter that the heat fried > starter motors annually. > > Between the Pontiac and the Isuzu, we had a Nissan Axxess. It was not an > especially good looking vehicle, but it was solid, reliable and bullet proof, > and it took us places it had no business surviving through. > > Four out of five vehicles that I had personal experience with were junk, and > one that had GM components that only gave problems because of the GM > components. > > So pardon me Mr. Knows Everything, but I have enough experience with the > general to have a pretty solid opinion of the crap they put on the street. > > When I started this thread, I didn't realize I was going to get into a > pissing contest with a fuckfaced retard. Perhaps, Paul, you should stay the > hell out of these things if you don't have anything smart to say. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
