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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:07 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 8:17 am)

Because you had the same 2 cars for eons!
 
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OW
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [circlew] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (10:17 am)
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Replying to: circlew (Feb 19, 2009 10:07 am)

I had more GM cars than those two:
 
My first car - a 1968 Buick was purchased by myself in 1981 and was still in the family in late 1992.
 
I had a 1979 Buick Park Avenue which I totalled in an accident in May 1989.
 
A 1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency that went 148K miles but was destroyed by a careless driver in a box truck in 1991.
 
A 1975 Cadillac Sedan DeVille I sold to a friend of my Dad's in May 1993.
 
A 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Classic from which I traded-up to my 1989 Cadillac Brougham.
 
I had a 1994 Cadillac DeVille purchased new which I traded for a new 2002 Cadillac Seville STS which in turn I traded for a new 2007 Cadillac DTS Performance.
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Re: GM's worst case not realistic [kernick] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:20 am)
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Replying to: kernick (Feb 19, 2009 9:47 am)

Excellent post! I've been saying the same for months now. The government has the commerce numbers and they believe the GM forecast which is not even close??
 
You'll have to forgive me but I assumed these guys were professional. I would have used 9.5 MM SAAR and 10.0 for next year. That pegs any possible payback well into the future. This bailout is going to get quite sticky, indeed.
 
There is no viability as far as I'm concerned, just a bailout-addicted system that we've signed on to. Remember these last words...there is nothing too big to fail. Roman Empire, anyone? Hitler?
 
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OW
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:27 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 10:17 am)

9 similar to me. Only one Lincoln in the mix which was the best of 'em all. 1988 LSC. Would not go with a tiny Caddy at the time. My Dad bought the junkbox 1988 FWB D'Eadwood which was the wost cars in our family's history of automotive.
 
The current Yukon Denali is another load of junk. Sort of like the manufacturer these days...worthless!
 
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OW
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [circlew] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (10:42 am)
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Replying to: circlew (Feb 19, 2009 10:27 am)

My 1989 Cadillac is the REAL Caddy - the big RWD car!
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:53 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 10:42 am)

Better than the shrunk-down FWD junk they made back then.
 
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by andres3
Feb 19, 2009 (11:24 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 6:36 am)

Hey Lemko, you keep touting the bulletproof abilities of your 80's model Chrysler's and GM's..... did you happen to try anything in the 90's?
 
What about this decade? Or do they just last so long that you don't need a modern era car?
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Where's Rockylee? by dhamilton
Feb 19, 2009 (12:04 pm)
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Saturn is going the way of the dodo bird, [as all GM, and Chrysler products will soon.]
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [andres3] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: andres3 (Feb 19, 2009 11:24 am)

The cars I'ved owned span the 1960s through to the present.
 
Per the 1990s and present decade, I had a red 1994 Cadillac DeVille. I also had a white 2002 Cadillac Seville STS and currently have a black 2007 Cadillac DTS Performance.
 
To be brutally honest, my 1988 Buick Park Avenue is such a dependable car I don't really need the other two.
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by andres3
Feb 19, 2009 (12:55 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 12:19 pm)

Why the quicker turnover of the more recent models in your fleet?

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