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Re: help; im a bit stumped... [zq8] by rayainsw
May 04, 2009 (2:54 am)
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Replying to: zq8 (May 03, 2009 6:05 am)

Well, I have not bought 2, but I have driven 4.
And bought the last one I drove.
I now have just passed 6,700 miles on my 2009 G8 GT – purchased in November of last year.
 
Here is the ‘bottom line’ for me:
 
If my G8 GT was totaled today,
I would buy another.
Equipped exactly the same way.
[ Many reasons posted above.
  None have changed, in my view. ]
- Ray
Silver, Sport, Premium, Sunroof, Red & Black . . .
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$3,000 by cracovian
May 07, 2009 (9:48 am)
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Yay - what a rebate... that should really move the inventory now... Am I missing something? Wasn't 2009 already much cheaper like in January or something?
 
At least Ford doesn't have to worry about any price competition or dumping coming from GM or the other guys. The rebates are worse this month. Those Mexican/Canadian-built Italian cars (even though we subsidize them) are also more expensive this month unless you already drive one which will get you one cheaper by ~$500.
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Re: $3,000 [cracovian] by mrpushrod
May 11, 2009 (11:45 am)
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Replying to: cracovian (May 07, 2009 9:48 am)

I assume the Mexican vehicles are Fords and the Chrysler's are Italian from your comments. Ha Ha Ha
 
Assembly of the vehicle only accounts for 8%. Nissan, the French auto maker proves this daily as they only employ 12k people in the US and 250k world wide. My F150 is one of the last vehicles to be made by over paid over insured Americans
 
There are a lot of different departments that make up the total pie of a business, don't kid yourself.
 
If the big 3 go under the joke will be on us. The only company currently hiring in the US is the US mint. They can't keep up
 
This is unless you think Government and service jobs are real jobs
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Re: $3,000 [mrpushrod] by cracovian
May 12, 2009 (4:48 pm)
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Replying to: mrpushrod (May 11, 2009 11:45 am)

Ford actually makes quite a few decent models here though Fusion and Fiesta will be Mexican and it hurts. Chrysler seized to exist as a "domestic" to me a long time ago - now they're nothing... With GM planning to import Chinese-made cars in 2011 on top of their existing Korean junk (all of it designed, tested, and rebadged in Korea by Hyundai and Daewoo, not Detroit, so don't kid yourself either), I don't think I'll be looking their way either.
 
So you seem to diss the gov't but who's keeping this shrinking workforce (and Italian "investors") afloat? They would have seized to exist a long time ago. I'm semi-ok extending loans to them but another $5 billion grant to Chrysler this month (?!) The mint and the Chinese peasants buying up US foreclosed properties will be busy indeed...
 
P.S. You forgot healthcare and education, and... oh yes, banks
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Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car by wevk
May 26, 2009 (4:50 pm)
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http://www.themotorreport.com.au/29073/pontiac-g8-could-live-on-as-chevy-badged-- police-car/
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [wevk] by nojets
May 26, 2009 (5:22 pm)
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Replying to: wevk (May 26, 2009 4:50 pm)

Wouldn't it be great if we could get one in this country without that awful "I'm disguising myself as a rental car" Pontiac front end? All they need to do is ship it here with the regular Holden front end and glue a Chevy badge to it. I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets] by cracovian
May 28, 2009 (5:15 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 26, 2009 5:22 pm)

A different front end and a badge would make you buy this car? Please don’t be ridiculous... What I like to do for fun is to travel all over the world tracing my finger on the globe. I buy exotic cars in every country I go to.
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets] by white6
May 28, 2009 (5:41 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 26, 2009 5:22 pm)

Gee, yeah, I've never seen a rental car with a Chevy badge on it...
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [cracovian] by nojets
May 28, 2009 (4:28 pm)
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Replying to: cracovian (May 28, 2009 5:15 am)

News flash for you, people buy cars based on their looks. Or in the case of the Pontiac Aztec fiasco, they don't buy them based on their looks. There is even a market for an Australian company which is importing Holden front ends over here to retrofit G8's back to Commodores. So I guess I'm not the only "ridiculous" one...
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [white6] by nojets
May 28, 2009 (4:45 pm)
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Replying to: white6 (May 28, 2009 5:41 am)

Does this look like a rental car?
 
http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/g8-impala-front.jpg

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