I work for an automotive group and get to drive many different types of vehicles as demos. I keep them anywhere from 5000 to 20000 miles at a time, and I have had probably 40 different vehicles over the past few years. Now, I would never complain about a free car, but here's my experience with GM :
GM: Chevy and Buick: Easily 80% of the time the vehicles I have driven will start to exhibit minor issues within the first 5000 miles. Things like sticking power windows, CD's overheating in the players, and so on. This would be for Chevy and GMC; primarily in the Yukon / Envoy brands. Can't really comment about the car lines as I usually end up in trucks. It's the little things that drive me bonkers about GM products... cup holder inserts that stick to soda bottles so you accidentally throw them in for recycling. Floor mats that are cut just a little too small so they creep and bunch. The 2007 Buick Terraza I'm driving now has an infuriatingly poor interior cabin design, between the poorly placed dashboard instrumentation to the back to the 70's era styling's, it's just a joke wrapped up in a 25K dollar price tag. Things like: A lack of the rain channels so if your window is even a little open on a rainy day you are getting wet from everything flying off the roof and into the cabin. Gas tank locks that don't open properly when it's cold out. Hell, even the key faubs have shitty button layout. Design flaws are what I would call them. Unimportant little things that add up to a bad experience for the owner over time, but I see it over and over and over again. Based on my experiences, Would I plunk down 20G's on a GM product? Nope, never. When the day comes, I will be looking very closely at the Japanese products. David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF]: Europe's new monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO Allen wrote: > having brought a jeep built in the us, I must reluctantly say I agree. > Allen > So many agree with you, Allen. I knew a guy that owned a Jeep Grand Cherokee--brand new--and he wasn't happy with it either. What is it about the Japanese (and other non-US auto manufacturers) that they seem to get that the American auto companies cannot? And their product isn't that much more expensive (if at all) than their US competition? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
