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Re: GM job banks [62vetteefp]
by xrunner2
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Jan 28, 2009 (3:49 pm)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 28, 2009 3:14 pm)
GM will terminate Job Banks Feb 2? What took so long? The GM CEO went to Congress late last year, hat in hand, for bailout money. Jobs bank should never have been. The GM high mgmt caved to the union way too many times. That the jobs bank is still in effect this January is an affront to American taxpayers and millions of American workers who have no golden "jobs bank" parachute. I bet that MBA clasess, for whatever MBAs have any worth, will include the jobs bank fiasco in text books for decades to come.
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [imidazol97]
by xrunner2
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Jan 28, 2009 (3:56 pm)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 28, 2009 3:29 pm)
I strongly agree about the bundling of somewhat useless options (for some people) in otherwise desirable models of cars. Navi, sunroof, leather applique, come to mind. We have had to take sunroof on many cars over the last 25 years because that is the only way the mfr make the car and/or model. I often wonder about the mentality/sanity of drivers who have sunroof shade open and sun glaring down on head and in eyes on a 90+ degree summer day at high noon.
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [andre1969]
by wvgasguy
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Jan 28, 2009 (4:13 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 28, 2009 10:15 am)
Chevy has had this problem for awhile now
It's the whole GM lineup. The Cadillac CTS is not made for a normal height adult. The STS was not much better. The only mid-size or normally priced car GM has with any room is the Pontiac G8 which is quite roomy. I'd have a CTS right now if it had a back seat like the G8. My Camry had a back seat with more room for a tall person; considerably more so than anything I sat in of the GM line other than the G8.
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Re: GM job banks [62vetteefp]
by 210delray
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Jan 28, 2009 (6:18 pm)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 28, 2009 3:14 pm)
The 1,600 UAW workers in GM’s jobs bank will be placed on layoff and must apply for unemployment. Between a mixture of unemployment and company pay, they will then receive about 72% of their normal compensation, GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said.
I'm a little confused: GM's ending the jobs bank, but the workers on layoff will still get some company pay? More smoke and mirrors?
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [xrunner2]
by 210delray
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Jan 28, 2009 (6:22 pm)
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jan 28, 2009 3:41 pm)
I don't think the Corsica had that problem; it was much farther back in time as I recall. The Chevy Monza V8 (if you can imagine such an incongruity today -- a subcompact with a V8) had one spark plug at the rear that was inaccessible without disconnecting one or more engine mounts.
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [210delray]
by wvgasguy
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Jan 28, 2009 (7:01 pm)
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Replying to: 210delray (Jan 28, 2009 6:22 pm)
The Chevy Monza V8 (if you can imagine such an incongruity today -- a subcompact with a V8)
That brings back memories. My brother wore out the front tires on one of those in 5000 miles
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [bpizzuti]
by dave8697
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Jan 28, 2009 (7:05 pm)
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 28, 2009 3:37 pm)
wires? wires? how many? 3? 4? It took 2 minutes to catch a lie in putting down GM today.
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- #3857 of 8683
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One nav for 5 cars
by dave8697
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Jan 28, 2009 (7:06 pm)
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yet still only a wire
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Re: GM job banks [210delray]
by dave8697
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Jan 28, 2009 (7:10 pm)
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Replying to: 210delray (Jan 28, 2009 6:18 pm)
they are getting cut from 85% down to 72% of full pay. Not sure what happens when unemployment runs out. I wonder if this will disturb the mindset that when on layoff from GM, no need to write a resume, read the classifieds, no need to worry, maybe no need to ever work again?
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Re: GM Spending at Daytona [210delray]
by fezo
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Jan 28, 2009 (7:26 pm)
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Replying to: 210delray (Jan 28, 2009 6:22 pm)
Yep. That was the one. They made it as pretty much every GM nameplate except Cadillac to boot. My friend had the Oldsmobile version but thankfully not with the V8.
I remember having a rental Corsica. It was OK for what it was but I only had to live with it for a week. It was fast enough. I managed to get a ticket in that week...
To give a fair evaluation the 97 Malibu was a clear improvemnt over that Corsica.
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