For the life of me, I do not understand how General Motors is still in business.
Their cars are subpar, boring and ugly looking. They are undependable and have less than average resale value.
I’d sooner buy a Kia or Hyundai than a GM.
Not all are bad. I have a 2004 Buick Century (with the V6) that I bought new, and religiously changed the oil every 3000 miles, as well as other maintenance. It had a few features that stopped working over the years (tire pressure sensing was a joke from day 1) but overall it has been extremely reliable and has averaged 28 to 30 miles per gallon.
It now has 275,000 miles on it and refuses to die...which ticks me off because until it does I can’t justify one of those nifty Dodge Challengers to Mrs. RepRivFarm. I drive it to work every day.
As with most car makes....some are good designs, some not.
“For the life of me, I do not understand how General Motors is still in business.
Their cars are subpar, boring and ugly looking. They are undependable and have less than average resale value.
I’d sooner buy a Kia or Hyundai than a GM.”
Agreed.
My last GM product was a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville. It was a comfortable car, drove well, and as for looks, well, there were uglier cars. But this Bonneville would break, sitting in my driveway. It was a constant headache.
I traded the Bonneville in on a ‘05 Camry and never looked back. Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia... you can buy those cars and you don’t have to become a frequent flier at the dealership service department.
GM definitely has a pre BK and post BK delineation in terms of their quality....
I got burned by a GM long long ago that my first wife just had to have an against my better judgement we bought... complete P.O.S. Will never buy another one.... however I also recognize they have markedly improved their quality since BK, however it would be impossible for them to NOT have improved quality because it was virtually non existent pre BK.
However, as I said they burned their bridge with me long ago, no way I’m giving them another shot EVER...
Oh and you can keep tell me its not by father’s Buick... but I’m solidly into middle age now, and until I no longer am stuck behind an old man in a buick doing 20 miles under the speed limit with his blinker going for 10 miles plus, Buick is still a car for the post retiree set in my world.
GM is dead to me after the Harley Earl era.
That’s why they are offering employee pricing, 20% off msrp and 6 years 0% finance.
While Ford just giggles and gets msrp with out the bs