[Jammer]

Mech: Those poor quality deals and stunts of the 1970's is exactly what cost GM so much market share. There quality was very poor then. It has also taken them to the brink of bankruptcy to wake up and smell the coffee. I have retirees in my family that worked over 30 years for GM. Im not lie-ing when I say that I can NOT park a Honda nor Toyota in my fathers, and a few other's driveways. All they see is jobs being lost to which they put much of the blame on people that, as they see it, cut their own throats by buying imports. The do not see the quality issues that got the ball rolling. I am more middle ground on this stuff, I have to be.

Yes I had some serious problems with my Colorado, but my previous chevys were pretty darn good. I had an S-ten that ran so long I think it would of rusted out before the engine would of gave in. Growing up in a GM town I learned alot about their cars. They used to never stop the production line for anything. Thats one of the reasons the quality was so poor- they just ran every car and part no matter what. My Colorado was a lemon, which I did not learn until 50,000 miles. But I see it as a bad truck not a bad series. I talked to many online that owned the same model truck I had and were going strong over 100,000 miles without the problems I had. I really think I just got a bad one that should of be caught by their Quality Control.

I feel good buying American during such hard times. I even support my local business people, like small stores instead ordering on the internet. I feel better spending money on products and services near me. The way things are going we will be left with: China-mart, and the Internet to buy/order about everything we may want. People speak so much about what is good for the earth, I prefer to think about what is good for our economy.

Man, I am still baffled over the clash of the reporting being done over GM right now. I have witnesses that were watching the same report I did, and it's entirely the opposite of the ones on google. The report on tv pointed to a 15% rise in sales and said that higher quality and new styles were attracting buyers... They talked to new Chevy buyers that were saying they used to drive imports but were now sold on GM's cars... man it went on and on! And then I read Franks report and I'm all baffled as to what the heck is going on with the news media? How on earth can they be reporting on the same company and be painting an entirely opposite scenario?