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RJB

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  • Birthday 06/02/1973

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  1. This continues to outrage me and other people at GM. The guy is making $3000/hour and only works 20hrs a month???!!! WTF, I'm scraping by tooth and nail and they bring this joker back! It goes to show that Whitacre and everyone else at the top still has the same greedy mentality, which is pay ourselves first and then, only then, maybe pay everyone else. If the windows open down at club med(ren-cen)they should shove these people out the window in revolt
  2. What an absolute joke! GM has not changed or has anything else internally, they are just playing one big shellgame by moving around people. Same old old brittle farts at the top. They need to change the sign out front of GM to - Barnum and Bailey Circus.
  3. I agree for the most part. The biggest chance GM has against the new Focus would be if they brought the new Astra here, but I don't know much bigger this car is than the Focus. Other than that in the small to midsize segment I really don't know what GM has to fight off the onslaught of new products from Ford and the other carmakers. They obviously should have kept the G8, this will remain a very very sore spot with many people and not to mention possible new customers. I hope they bring it back and they damn well should.
  4. I'm not counting out GM yet and I'm not proclaiming doom and gloom, I'm just telling you what I saw and gave you the opinions of my friends who do not work in the industry. So, to me their opinion is invaluable being outsiders. GM historically being behind DOES NOT CUT IT THESE DAYS!! There is no excuse! Sure the Terrain, Equinox, and CTS are selling. So what, again I said what does GM have to appeal to the average buyuer in their upcoming lineup? The Spark is shockingly disgusting, and I saw not one, NOT ONE PERSON looking at it, or the Cruze! GM once again dropped the ball by doing the HD pickup intros in...Chicago??? Michigan is pickup country not Chicago. So out of the show as far as small to midsize cars, the Aveo RS is nice, but GM will find a way to screw it up once it comes to market, the Spark well... , the Cruze not so good, but nice try. The Regal has lots of potential but in typical GM fashion they could have gave us the all out version with 325HP but instead gives us the 255hp version WTF??? This car in general all of my friends really liked and was the only bright spot other than the CTS-V coupe and of course the XTS. I do the powertrains for these cars and trucks, and I'm very proud to say we have THE BEST, but I can only hold up my end, now its time for the designers to hold up their end.
  5. GM is screwed, really screwed. I went to the show with an open mind, and out of the big 3 I think Ford is poised to overtake GM and Chrysler and be number 1 overall. Chrysler's situation well we know what that is right now, holding on barely. GM...this a hard one with me since I'm a 3rd generation GM worker. I thought the entire lineup save for a few cars I cant't afford(Cadillac, Corvette)were nice, but their lineup looked really really tired and dated. Even the new products to me look dated already, except for the Equinox, even the CTS is starting to look dated(gulp!). I had to stand there and listen to my friends bash on GM and I didn't really have much to stand on to throwback at them. The Cruze is a complete and utter disappointment compared to what Ford is going to bring out in the new Focus. That car blew me away!!!! All in all I walked away from the show with a bad uncertain feeling for GM, a lot of concern, they need to turn it around quick because Ford has a head start and is off and running and we are losing sight of them.
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    $1 billion?

    How come there is not more news on GM investing $1 billion in their next-gen fullsize trucks? What can we expect from these new trucks, there is a new diesel coming we know that, but from the spy pics I've seen of upcoming models there is not much to be excited about. Unless these are stopgap models until newly freshened sheetmetal comes out?
  7. AMEN!! Where is the truth about Japan and their free reign over our market. Of course there is a gap between the Japanese automakers and the Big 3 when it comes to price point and making money on each car there is no competition. Who was the Alabam senator who said let them fail? Of course he wants them to fail because he has three Japanese auto plants in his state.
  8. An untrue rumor that has spread like wildfire. It is going into production!
  9. They are very nice up close and in person. Not behind a rope or on a stand. They had 3 of them here yesterday at the GM car show, a yellow one, a blue one, and the cyber grey. Very cool!!
  10. The GM crossover trio of Cadillac, Chevy, and Saab is going to be very nice!
  11. Got the Aura on Monday amidst my power being out and more storms. So far love the car and I'm happy with my decision of not getting the Vue.
  12. Well it looks like I'm getting an AURA now. The leases on the VUE are outrageous, and I thought I would have liked the VUE better. I actually like the AURA better. It is quieter, rides nicer, and I think the interior looks better as well. And of course again it is way way cheaper than the VUE!! BTW I couldn't believe how busy the dealership was last night!! I left at almost 9pm and there were still people signing paperwork and even people coming in to look at close to 9pm?!
  13. I'm going to test drive a VUE tonight. Hopefully everything works out deal wise on it.
  14. Yes let me know too. All though as I said in another post my commute is getting scaled back by the end of the summer from 60+ miles round trip to around 14 miles round trip. I'm hopefully getting my XR FWD VUE by this weekend.
  15. Yes brand new, and I'm leaning towards the XR FWD. I like the body color bumpers much better, along with the larger wheels. I don't really see a need for the AWD either. The mpg between the models(XE V6 - XR V6) isn't too much so I don't think I will be hurting too bad. Besides my commute by the end of the summer will be shortened by quite a bit!! I drive 60+ miles round trip right now and it will be cut down to 14 miles approx. round trip. Hopefully I will have my Vue by the weekend!
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