Evidence Mounts that GM Delayed Recall with Deadly Results

NLPC ^ | February 21, 2014 | Mark Modica

[2ndDivisionVet]

Who is still buying the crap that they manufacture? I drive a THIRTY YEAR OLD Mercedes that I bought for $100 TEN YEARS AGO. Think about that.

[bfh333]

Yes, who indeed...

Look CAREFULLY at the ethnic makeup of who is driving A LOT of NEW GM Products...

[2ndDivisionVet]

I can’t kill this M-B 300D. I had no problem killing a Vega, a Nova, a Kingswood Estate and an Eight-Eight.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Let's hope that continued pressure from media sources encourages GM to start acting in an ethical manner.

IOW, let's delude ourselves? Not a chance. I never want to see the inside of another GM dealership, and this only adds to my reasons.

[publius911]

Bookmark

[Son-Joshua]

I own an 8 year old C250 Benz w/80k miles. The car has no rattles and still handles like it’s new. Tell me how many new GM’s come off the line that don’t rattle.

[jazusamo]

You may be right but the lawyers handling these cases are not going away soon and Government Motors looks like their rears are hanging out a mile. I hear you about GM/UAW.

[Gen.Blather]

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/16/chevy-ss-pace-car-fire-daytona-video/

This is hilarious. Video of a recent Chevy pace car catching fire during its pace lap. Feb 14, 2014

[Dr. Sivana]

Who is still buying the crap that they manufacture? I drive a THIRTY YEAR OLD Mercedes that I bought for $100 TEN YEARS AGO. Think about that.

And I have put over 100,000 miles in harsh northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin on a 1994 Chevy Caprice Wagon that I bought six years ago for $1,700. I have driven $75,000 S-class Mercedes and the seats were like molded plastic chairs. The owner spent a lot of money on a car that only saw moderate action.

I won't be buying a post 2009 Chevy, but their older cars are just fine.

Mine seats up to nine, and repairs (outside of tune ups) are reasonably priced. Mercedes does not make a model roomy enough (passenger and trunk) for my taste without going into SUV land.

People have reasons to buy the cars they buy. I am glad that you have had good fortune with your Mercedes. Not everyone does.

[Dr. Sivana]

I had no problem killing a Vega, a Nova, a Kingswood Estate and an Eight-Eight.

You DO know that you should check the oil every once in a while . . .

[Billthedrill]

You DO know that you should check the oil every once in a while . . .

Inside the engine? Oil inside the engine? Who knew?

[FAA]

Good.

I hope GM and, by extension the UAW, get their asses sued clean off. Better get to them before they go bankrupt. (Yes, again.)

[jazusamo]

Absolutely, saw that a day or two ago. :)

[Da Coyote]

To quote Click and Clack...

“You bought a GM cah? You bought a GM cah?”

Followed by their laughter.

[Ezekiel]

Government Motors = Obamacare on wheels.

[2ndDivisionVet]

It weren’t the oil, FRiend.

[jazusamo]

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[2ndDivisionVet]

1984 300D turbo diesel. No rust, no rattles.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don't know what year your 300D is, and I don't know how old the Nova, Kingswood Estate, etc, were when you killed them. I am pretty good at killing cars myself, and I was most Unimpressed with the '97 Monte Carlo (camshaft. Really?Camshaft? At 65 mph?!) and with the '96 Buick Century (transmission just decided it was done.) BUT, I have had great fortune with the aforementioned '94 Caprice (350 ci) and all manner of Dodge Dart (two out of 7 dying from abuse/neglect, one from rusted torsion bar holders). Darts from the late 60s/early 70s were not an common sight in the rusty northeast even into the mid-nineties, easily outlasting its Nova and Falcon peers from Chevy and Ford.

Much has to do with the type of people who own/drive the cars. That is why Corvettes have AWFUL accident records DESPITE being a safe car on paper.