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Old 06-01-2009, 03:51 PM   #1
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Why does everyone feel sorry for the employees who are losing their jobs? The UAW will have to continue paying them, that is why they paid such huge union fees for so long. It is why UAW is whining so much, and asking the government to bail them out...

And I really hate Hummers, probably because 1) they are nothing like the original HMMWV, 2) they get even worse gas mileage then my Jeep, 3) they are driven by self-centered pricks who don't realize what a huge piece of crap they are (just like the Prius) and 4) they are a joke offroad, where they are suppose to be at their finest. Just watch this...

I also have a Jeep, and am constantly challenging my neighbor who has an H3 to go offroading with me. He won't, because he knows my 1940s technology will make his Hummer look bad!
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^ I have to agree with you on Hummers. There was a Jeep always parked near me in undergrad that had on its windshield "Hummer rescue vehicle". I always got a kick out of that. :p

But I am sad to know there will be no more GTO's, No G8 just when it was getting started (and getting rave reviews from respectable auto reviewers). A lot of people like the Solstice, rated one of the best in customer satisfaction by CR. It has been a major part of America's auto market, as has Saturn been. They will be missed by many of us.

And I've been a fan of Saab for years. I hope they survive somehow by going back to Europe or something.
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Old 06-01-2009, 04:25 PM   #3
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But I am sad to know there will be no more GTO's, No G8 just when it was getting started (and getting rave reviews from respectable auto reviewers). A lot of people like the Solstice, rated one of the best in customer satisfaction by CR. It has been a major part of America's auto market, as has Saturn been. They will be missed by many of us.
^Agree. The GTO, G6, G8, Solstice/Sky and all Saturns will be missed. Damn shame too
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^Agree. The GTO, G6, G8, Solstice/Sky and all Saturns will be missed. Damn shame too
I guess if you want one you have to go to Australia now and buy a Holden.
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^ Yeah we can still buy a Commadore. :p
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Just watch this...
That is just sad.
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