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Re: Equinox Accessory's [equinoxed]
by almatti
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Aug 25, 2009 (10:16 am)
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Replying to: equinoxed (Aug 18, 2009 2:01 pm)
I didn't know that car Manufacturers still did that: Tell you the build date of the car on "order". The old adage in the "good old" day was Never, Never, get a car that was built on a Monday or Friday...On those days, most of the regular workers would call in -"sick" [used to be a solid 10-15% issue], so guys that would fasten the side panels would be fasteneing the bumpers for instance. You know what the American Product became in the 70s and onward right??? Maybe now that cars are assembled all over the world, GM cars I gues mostly in Mexico, much of the work is done by Robots...Thank You Mr. Toyota and Mr. Honda. Robots don't Call In Sick.... Good Luck with your new Chevy Nox. I had many GM cars over the course of 40 years of driving (including my Dad) - last one was a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix. Sadly, that car was a POS; engine oil leaks, body rattles galore, etc. etc....It's gonna take a lot more to get me back !!
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- #2219 of 2239
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Re: Suggestion [steve_]
by tazzi
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Aug 25, 2009 (11:40 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 25, 2009 8:16 am)
Well....some sites have this nice little ignore feature...Maybe Edmunds might look at adding that here?
Back to the Nox though. I'm really not sure what GM is thinking by ramping up production. I'm glad they are but I don't think the sales volume is going to hold without C4C. But, if they become overstocked, I'll get a better deal on mine 
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- #2220 of 2239
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Re: Suggestion [tazzi]
by dmathews3
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Aug 25, 2009 (12:39 pm)
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Replying to: tazzi (Aug 25, 2009 11:40 am)
My guess is they are ramping up production to mean that like all new models they start at a very low volume in order for the employees to learn their job, find things they didn't see hand building them etc. and are now trying to get production up to what the line speed should be per hour.
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- #2221 of 2239
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Production ramp-up
by brueggie
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Aug 25, 2009 (12:59 pm)
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Here in Dallas, I can tell you that if there was an Equinox sitting on the dealers lot, it had a sale pending. I visited about 5 dealers on the north side and couldn't find any. The C4C deal helped but the demand was already there. Ramping up production will allow inventory and selection which hasn't been available since they rolled out at the end of July.
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- #2222 of 2239
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Re: Production ramp-up [brueggie]
by tazzi
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Aug 25, 2009 (5:44 pm)
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Replying to: brueggie (Aug 25, 2009 12:59 pm)
Oh I agree they need more immediate inventory but they are talking about increasing their builds by 33% in September and another 20% by the end of the year, adding overtime etc. That's the part I'm not sure I agree with.
I'm concerned they are going to end up with a lot of inventory on the lots. I think they are producing 500+ Nox's a day now. The increase brings them up to around 700 a day. Long term, I'm not sure the market will hold to sell that many. That's good for me because it means I will get a better deal but bad for Chevy/GM.
Here in Northern California it's almost impossible to find one and when you do they are already sold as well but a lot of that had to do with C4C. I hope the demand keeps up because it's good for Chevy, I'm just not a believer yet
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- #2223 of 2239
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on '2010 Equinox.. is Homelink available
by stakeout
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Aug 26, 2009 (2:12 am)
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homelink or now Chevy calls it Universal Home Remote .. a/k/a garage door opener... can't seem to find it listed on any of the sites including Chevy's home site... it is available on other models like the Traverse but only in LT2 trim or better...
the three dealers I spoke to don't know... hard to believe... but then again not many new '10 Equinox's are available in this area
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- #2224 of 2239
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EQ built this week?
by equinoxed
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Aug 26, 2009 (1:54 pm)
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Is there any way I can find out when my 2010 EQ is being built this week? 
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- #2225 of 2239
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Re: on '2010 Equinox.. is Homelink available [stakeout]
by runox
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Aug 30, 2009 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: stakeout (Aug 26, 2009 2:12 am)
Stop looking, Home link is no longer an option / standard equip. Same as the opening window in the tailgate. It's fixed in place.
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Re: Production ramp-up [tazzi]
by charla1
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Oct 06, 2009 (10:43 am)
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Replying to: tazzi (Aug 25, 2009 5:44 pm)
Here it is October and there still isn't any inventory at the dealeships. I live in MD, between Baltimore and Wash., D.C., and have checked with 5 dealerships. If there is one on the lot, it is already sold; and the ones being shipped are those which were placed on order. Our build date is scheduled for next week.
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- #2227 of 2239
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Re: on '2010 Equinox.. is Homelink available [runox]
by dmathews3
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Oct 06, 2009 (12:53 pm)
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Replying to: runox (Aug 30, 2009 5:23 pm)
I've noticed more and more cars no longer come with homelink nor is it an option. The reason being as I was told is as more and more people replace/buy garage openers they are getting ones with the rolling codes and they are hard to program and in some cases unable to be programed relieablely. They may work for a week, month, or less but they just seem to lose their memory sooner or later and need to be reprogramed again and again. Plus gagage door opener remotes continue to get smaller and smaller with key chain ones being quite nice too.
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