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Old Nov 23, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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Originally posted by Gilligans Hitch:
Excursion, Explorer, Escape, Freestyle?....really necessary?


perhaps not.. but this is pretty damn cool if you ask me. And yes.. it really EXTREMELY hard to drive.. especially downtown Calgary in the midst of rushhour... turning into tight intersections.


The Excursion is now discountinued.. 2006 was the last year.


But your right about there being too many models.

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Old Nov 23, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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One thing that nobody else has mentioned is the job spinoff... for every job GM cuts, 7 more jobs are lost in other industries.

That means that the 4000 jobs in canada that are lost will spin into 28,000 more lost jobs.

I can't cry for someone who has made $38/hr and is losing their job. but I can be sad for those who make significantly less and are out of work because the CAW crybabies want more and more every year.
Old Nov 23, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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Originally posted by Sassmaster:
hyundai guy: the cobalt was the ONLY compact car to recieve a "least reliable" rating in a recent poll.

GM quality is crap.

GM is the Pyramid of cars.
Means absolutely nothing to me. This poll probably came from a magazine that rides on the nuts of imports and gets paid a great deal of money from these import companys to give good reviews to their cars. The car hasn't been out much more than a year, you probably wont find one with more than 30,000km on it so how are they gonna tell me whether or not my car is "reliable"?
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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Originally posted by SwantonRX-7:
That is true but I think you are missing one thing...the import companies have there own plants here in north America also and most of the cars now are not imported but made here...I mean look at Hyundai they spent 6 billion on there new factory in the us.
No ... Hyundai, Daimler-Chrysler, and Mitsubishi formed a manufacturing alliance in 2003 and have opened several new plants in recent years. It's not exclusively Hyundai's plant ...
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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Originally posted by Prolifik:
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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Paycheque ... We're Canadian, eh ?
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 02:55 PM
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i feel no remorse for the company going belly up if they do. any company that spends as much money on making **** as gm does deserves all they get! for those who dont know, gm is the #1 backer of **** in the world. i really feel for the workers who are use to making 30 bucks and hr for spinning one bolt on a flywheel that are now going to have to "actually" do some real work for 10 bucks and hr. and no benefits, ouch! my prayers go out to you.
Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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Originally posted by goalie 35:
i feel no remorse for the company going belly up if they do. any company that spends as much money on making **** as gm does deserves all they get! for those who dont know, gm is the #1 backer of **** in the world. i really feel for the workers who are use to making 30 bucks and hr for spinning one bolt on a flywheel that are now going to have to "actually" do some real work for 10 bucks and hr. and no benefits, ouch! my prayers go out to you.
uh.. yeah moron... GM spends lots of money on ****.

how did you know all this time?

GM = ****.. who would have known eh?


Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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^ did you know that Walt Disney owns the world's largest pornography production company?

sick eh?



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