GM "Proud" Commercial

[two_bit_score]

Whitacre should be chaged with securities fraud due to his commercials and articles claiming the money was paid back in full.

This has solidified my intent not to buy another GM product. The only new vehicles I've bought in thelast 30 years have been GM. But because of the misleading nature of Whitacres articles and commercials I don't feel I could believe anything said by GM.

Whitacre is spending GM money (taxpayer money) to lie to the public about the repayment of the gov't loans to entice the public to buy GM products, invest in GM stock and back additional gov't bailouts of GM. He should be charged with fraud.

 

[GaryS]

Amazing show about what is wrong with GM.

from the show description:

A car plant in Fremont California that might have saved the U.S. car industry. In 1984, General Motors and Toyota opened NUMMI as a joint venture. Toyota showed GM the secrets of its production system: how it made cars of much higher quality and much lower cost than GM achieved. Frank Langfitt explains why GM didn't learn the lessons until it was too late.

I've listened to it twice. It's amazing.

 

[N80]

Things might be looking up for GM. The other day I saw a new GM pickup and BOTH daytime running lights were working. Haven't seen that in a while.

 

[Gizmo2]

I have had many, many new and used GM vehicles and I can say without reservation, I do not own one now and I will never own another, as long as I am paying GM's payroll and then buying a vehicle at full price. It's like paying for the vehicle twice.

 

[Gizmo2]

Things might be looking up for GM. The other day I saw a new GM pickup and BOTH daytime running lights were working. Haven't seen that in a while.

You did not!

 

[N80]

You did not!

You're right, I didn't. :laughing:

Seriosuly, that was just a poke at GM. I've never owned one. I've owned one Ford and its fine. Got friends that love GMs that seem to be just as good or bad as my Ford.

If I were buying today I'm not sure what I'd do. Not a Dodge. I'd have concerns about what kind of corners they may be cutting at GM to make ends meet.

 

[RollingsFarms]

if i were buying a truck today i'm not sure what i would do either. deffinatley not a Dodge, although i would love to have the Cummins. 99$ sure i wouldn't buy another GM truck as i have a bad taste in my mouth from all of this. on the other hand the guy that sold me my truck and my mom her car is a very good friend of mine, and i would love to give him my business just for the sake of doing so. however i think it would eat me up inside knowing i supported a company of business practices i don't agree with. i would most likely be coming home in a new F-150/250 but would have to drive aways as the closest Ford dealers are less then desirable to deal with.

 

[mustangsallysdad]

Things might be looking up for GM. The other day I saw a new GM pickup and BOTH daytime running lights were working. Haven't seen that in a while.

Thats a funny observation...my wife and I play a "one eyed Chevy" game when traveling...that's how prevalent they've become...sort of like the "slug bug" or "beetle bug" game of yore which involved Volkswagons. It's really seems that the majority of GM pickups (vast majority) have malfunctioning daytime running lights.

 

[mjarrels]

Saw a new GM car the other day with one light bright and the other light dim. Would'nt touch one with a ten foot pole.

mark

 

[N80]

It's really seems that the majority of GM pickups (vast majority) have malfunctioning daytime running lights.

I'm honestly not down on GM products and currently don't have any brand I'm loyal to or even like particularly but I noticed the GM light thing a few years ago and its no different now. Its a minor thing but when it is so prevelent and so enduring it really gets my curiosity going about 1) how on earth could this happen 2) why don't they do something about it and 3) what other similar issues might be lurking there.

Mostly I'd just like to know the story behind how it happened. How do you mess up a light?