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Apr 17, 2005
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Originally posted by: Tbirdkid
retards. gm is a good company, and they make good vehicles. i own a yukon, and its a great vehicle. this place is full of asians, and of course i mean no harm by saying this, but every single one of them isnt the average sized person. they are small, and they buy their own brand of vehicles. do yourself a favor, and read the reviews on them.

you're an idiot...first of all, very few us asians are japanese...then why would there be loyality towards a japanese company. THere are strong rivalries between many asian countries so there is no way a chinese or vietnamese was choose a japanses or korean car out of loyality. Second, all major japanese companies design seperate cars for american, european, and asian markets...so it has nothing to do with the size of asian people
 
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Originally posted by: Tbirdkid
go over to europe, you will see ford is a luxury vehicle over there, and you can hardly afford one. same with gm. and im not accusing them of ethnic loyalty being the reason why the big 3 are losing, but it does hurt.

yeah, they cost so much cause american companies have extremely poor management and efficiency skills. With the incredible martket share they are losing here, its not surprising that they sell a handful of cars over in europe and japan.
 
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Originally posted by: shilala
I'd have an Envoy Denali.
I wouldn't own a ricer if it was free, but that's because I have a spark of unselfish patriotism about me that's enormously lacking here at ATOT. :p

capitalism is american...and i am patriotic, so i support capitalism. People with small brains think otherwise.
 
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Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Yes... the Z06 Vette! Though 2.5k off is almost next to nothing off for a 70k car.

i believe the employee discount doesnt apply to the corvette
 

PlatinumGold

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also, as to the OP,

ya, if i could get $2500.00 of employee discount pricing, i'd have no problems buying a GM.

the Pontiac G6 looks pretty sweet. the new chevy Impala SS with 5.3 v8 shouldn't be too bad.
 

Squisher

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poll?

yes, their quality is good and even have some with decent styling.

I'm thinking about replacing my Trailbazer with a Buick Lacrosse or a Lucerne.




 

shilala

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Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: shilala
I'd have an Envoy Denali.
I wouldn't own a ricer if it was free, but that's because I have a spark of unselfish patriotism about me that's enormously lacking here at ATOT. :p

capitalism is american...and i am patriotic, so i support capitalism. People with small brains think otherwise.
That made me laugh so hard I spit coffee all over my desk.
Thanks Jihad!!! :D

 

Vegito

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No but if you want a better deal.. my friend works at GM, he not only gets that employee discount you see on TV before, he gets more..

Car Price - His discount = X
X - employee discount = Y
Y - any other discount you have = Z

basically he can get up to 30-40% off a car when they had that employee discount..

They still have that employee discount crap ? or no ?

 

KokomoGSTmp

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Only the Saturn Sky... they probably will not discount that (Pontiac Soltice) nor the GTO or Vette.
 

shilala

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Originally posted by: forcesho
No but if you want a better deal.. my friend works at GM, he not only gets that employee discount you see on TV before, he gets more..

Car Price - His discount = X
X - employee discount = Y
Y - any other discount you have = Z

basically he can get up to 30-40% off a car when they had that employee discount..

They still have that employee discount crap ? or no ?
I think it ended the day before yesterday.
I asked the wife to pick out a new truck last week and she didn't get it done.

 

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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
also, as to the OP,

ya, if i could get $2500.00 of employee discount pricing, i'd have no problems buying a GM.

the Pontiac G6 looks pretty sweet. the new chevy Impala SS with 5.3 v8 shouldn't be too bad.

We just bought a G6... it is very nice :)
 

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Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: Tbirdkid
go over to europe, you will see ford is a luxury vehicle over there, and you can hardly afford one. same with gm. and im not accusing them of ethnic loyalty being the reason why the big 3 are losing, but it does hurt.

Ford is luxury over here?
I would think Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar and the like are luxury, definately not Ford.
But that might just be my Eurocentric view.

Agreed.

The Mondeo's a popular and very nice vehicle (I loved the 2004 Mondeo I had as a rental car for a month), but they're not luxury cars/
 

mugs

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I'd definitely consider it, but I don't need a new car right now.
 

sixone

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I would consider buying an Envoy - the one with the tailgate that opens two ways. Depends on how it would compare as far as options, price, etc.
 

Ferocious

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heh, my brother was in a similar situation five years ago or so. I told him to stick with a GM truck or SUV.

Of course he didn't listen and bought a Pontiac Grand Prix.

Surprisingly (to me) it has been an outstanding car.
 

Cattlegod

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heck yeah.

i wouldn't bother with a japanese pos because they are overpriced. you can get a good car for a good deal going through GM.
 

dandruff

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Originally posted by: Tbirdkid
retards. gm is a good company, and they make good vehicles. i own a yukon, and its a great vehicle. this place is full of asians, and of course i mean no harm by saying this, but every single one of them isnt the average sized person. they are smart, and they buy their own brand of vehicles. do yourself a favor, and read the reviews on them.

fixed.

+

thanks for making me feel superior this sunday morning!


p.s. had a company yukon denali ... POS ... hey its sunday go watch nascab ...