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Re: Obama now owns GM -- fit/finish OT
From: pj <pj4380(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Obama now owns GM -- fit/finish OT
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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:47:36 -0700
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CardsFan wrote:
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> I just bought a lightly used car this past weekend, a 2008 Acura TL that was
> a dealer service department loaner. I looked hard at the Malibu, and every
> single car I saw on the lot/showroom had fit and finish issues of one sort
> or another. Panels didn`t align, gaps were inconsistent on opposite sides
> of the car, etc. My honest opinion is that none of those cars would ever
> have made it out of a Honda factory. ....
>
> AJM
> `93 40th Anniversary coupe, 6 sp (both tops)
>
>
As Calif. is nearing a couple of tax/license
jolts I also ventured into the salesrooms this
last weekend. Never made it to Ford and wound up
not opening my checkbook.
Lucerne fit-finish and paint looked better than
the Avalon and also better than a Cadillac STS.
So GM is capable of getting fit-finish right
on at least one car.
Something else though struck me.
Over some 55 years of buying new cars, most were
assembled built in Lansing, Flint or Canada
during the cold winter months. They seem to run
quieter in the winter then, rattles appeared in
the summer. The car was again quiet the
following winter. The few cars that I`ve bought
at the end of the model year (June-August
production) haven`t shown this tendency. (Some
were never quiet.)
I`ve not seen this `seasonality` in Toyota or
Honda rentals. But, my leased Infiniti seemed
to be "seasonal."
Might our production methods be missing something?
--
pj
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:45:00 -0700
From: WayneC <WayneC(at)linkline.moc>
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GM can`t go chapter 11 now, Obama`s buddies in the UAW
must be protected, no matter the cost.
From: "Uncle_vito" <uncle_vito2002(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Obama now owns GM
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:27:41 -0700
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About time. I don`t care what talents Rick Wagoner may have. When his
company has so many problems, he has to go!
Vito
"WayneC" <WayneC(at)linkline.moc> wrote in message
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> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20625.html
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> GM can`t go chapter 11 now, Obama`s buddies in the UAW
> must be protected, no matter the cost.
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