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Worst-Made Cars on the Road [Government Motors]
Forbes via Yahoo ^ | 4/11/10 | Hannah Elliott

Posted on 04/11/2010 11:10:21 PM PDT by advance_copy

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As GM goes, so goes the nation, under Obama. President Barak Obama could screw up a two-car parade. So it's no suprise that he's screwing up General Motors.
1 posted on 04/11/2010 11:10:21 PM PDT by advance_copy
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To: advance_copy

Government Motors

Remember: a camel is a mouse by government design.


2 posted on 04/11/2010 11:15:11 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Craven spirits wear their master's collars but real men would rather feed the battlefield's vultures)
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My vote is for this one. Ya can't see out the back window.


3 posted on 04/11/2010 11:17:01 PM PDT by Slyfox
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The Obamanauts are aboard the good ship “Calapso”.


4 posted on 04/11/2010 11:19:19 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (i)
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Cobalt and Aveo are being replaced within the year.

If you believe Forbes then avoid the Ford F-250.

Any guy who uses heavy duty work trucks can tell you the Ford F-250 is not unreliable.

Escalade sells like hotcakes with the largest profit margins for GM. If that is a vehicle to avoid then GM needs more of them.

Canyon/Colorado being unreliable is bovine feces too.


5 posted on 04/11/2010 11:21:48 PM PDT by Reaganez
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Government motors=fascism. For some reason, well intentioned, liberal democrats cannot seem to realize that their progressive leadership is more fascist than Bush/Cheney/Haliburton even if you believe their version of history.


6 posted on 04/11/2010 11:24:26 PM PDT by douginthearmy
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Sorry, no, the Canyon/Colorado twins being unreliable is gospel. They have Chinese-made engines which are known to be problematic.

As for the F-250... in a world where the F-350 can sometimes be had for not even $1000 more, yeah, it’s not a good value. The F-250 only prospers in states that require commercial drivers licenses to drive a one-ton pickup. Elsewhere, everyone just buys the 350.

The Escalade may sell well but that doesn’t mean it’s not crap. The Pinto, Vega and Gremlin all sold well, too.


7 posted on 04/11/2010 11:25:33 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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>>Government motors=fascism. For some reason, well intentioned, liberal democrats cannot seem to realize that their progressive leadership is more fascist than Bush/Cheney/Haliburton even if you believe their version of history.<<

Slowly the US population is waking up to this. I predict they won’t buy the damn things in droves...


8 posted on 04/11/2010 11:29:39 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Craven spirits wear their master's collars but real men would rather feed the battlefield's vultures)
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I wouldn’t buy a GM vehicle if they were selling them for $100 bucks.


9 posted on 04/11/2010 11:33:04 PM PDT by highlander_UW (First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
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Barak Obama is the biggest half-assed president in history.


10 posted on 04/11/2010 11:34:55 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: Slyfox

I saw one of those the other day, too boxy for my tastes and just generally ugly as hell.


11 posted on 04/11/2010 11:41:13 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Ked Tennedy would have been plowed... I mean, proud today..." - Senator Max Baucus (Drunk-MT))
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The Escalade may sell well but that doesn’t mean it’s not crap. The Pinto, Vega and Gremlin all sold well, too.

The Escalade sells well because every stupid rap artist drives one, and then people watch MTV Cribs and they say, "OH! I GOTTA HAVE ONE!"

12 posted on 04/11/2010 11:45:12 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Ked Tennedy would have been plowed... I mean, proud today..." - Senator Max Baucus (Drunk-MT))
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My vote is for this one. Ya can't see out the back window

Can't see in either. That's so the guy in the car behind can't see the driver and shake his head in wonder at the fool who bought such a car.

13 posted on 04/11/2010 11:48:06 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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Surprised to see that the Escalade is not safe. A lot of Moms drive these.


14 posted on 04/11/2010 11:51:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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I was buying Chrysler vehicles for over 40 years and spent 25 of those years as dealer mechanic, 20 years at the last dealership that was one of the 789.

I will never buy another UAW/Chrysler vehicle.

What Daimler began, Obama and the UAW will finish.


15 posted on 04/11/2010 11:54:06 PM PDT by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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I will never buy a UAW vehicle (until The Regime madates it, that is).


16 posted on 04/11/2010 11:55:41 PM PDT by clintonh8r (I always look for the union label. So I know what NOT to buy.)
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Truly conservative, hard working American men will keep old vehicles and keep them running fine until after the cleansing of sovereign debt crises, when we’ll see reasonably smaller government again. ...doesn’t matter which older make that you drive.


17 posted on 04/12/2010 12:51:06 AM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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No, you won’t.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2490862/posts

Kiss your old hot rod byebye. Guess what 15% ethanol does to fuel systems not intended for it.


18 posted on 04/12/2010 12:52:26 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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This headline and the article itself are soundly based on bulls bovine excrement.

Read carefully what it actually says and look at the "ratings" for each vehicle before you swallow this codswollop.

Example: How do they rate the relieblility of the vehicle?

With a "Predicted Reliability Score", as opposed to any facts, user results or analysis of actual failure data.
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19 posted on 04/12/2010 1:03:45 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." - Steinbeck)
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The Forbes article is quoting the Consumers Report article recentely published. I have completed CU’s on-line surveys for automobiles and I can tell you that CU’s questions are useless. I will never do another CU survey.

But as for GM and Chrysler Government motors, none in my driveway and there never will be!


20 posted on 04/12/2010 1:23:14 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave (To anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.)
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