Toyota and GM

Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al., post #21,692
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 Built_Well
 2008-07-19 09:45:29
 Toyota and GM
I really hope GM avoids bankruptcy. My dad only ever owned
GM products.

I've been happy with the 2 Toyotas I've owned and probably will
stick with Toyota for the rest of my life, but I hope GM survives
too. The more competition, the better. Companies strive to
out-do each other.

I agree with Hachi that GM occasionally makes some really
good cars. My mom and dad still own an Oldsmobile Delta Eighty-Eight
with 95,000 miles on it. I think it's the 1987 model, but it still
drives *really fine* today. Whenever I visit St. Louis, I love to
take her out for a spin. I'm amazed at how really fine that
car drives. I love it.

Any other Delta Eight-Eight stories?
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 sooba
 2008-07-20 03:22:13
 Re: Toyota and GM
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:45:29 -0700, Built_Well wrote:

> I really hope GM avoids bankruptcy. My dad only ever owned GM products.

The world would benefit from GM going bankrupt, so it is to be hoped that
they do proceed in that direction.

> I've been happy with the 2 Toyotas I've owned and probably will stick
> with Toyota for the rest of my life, but I hope GM survives too. The
> more competition, the better. Companies strive to out-do each other.

GM never strove to outdo anything - witness the garbage that they have
foisted on people in the US. GM subsidiary operations outside of the US
make demonstrably superior product to US product.

There will be plenty of competition coming from China and India.
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 Steve B.
 2008-07-20 00:19:11
 Re: Toyota and GM
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:45:29 -0700 (PDT), Built_Well
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>I really hope GM avoids bankruptcy. My dad only ever owned
>GM products.
>
>I've been happy with the 2 Toyotas I've owned and probably will
>stick with Toyota for the rest of my life, but I hope GM survives
>too. The more competition, the better. Companies strive to
>out-do each other.
>
>I agree with Hachi that GM occasionally makes some really
>good cars. My mom and dad still own an Oldsmobile Delta Eighty-Eight
>with 95,000 miles on it. I think it's the 1987 model, but it still
>drives *really fine* today. Whenever I visit St. Louis, I love to
>take her out for a spin. I'm amazed at how really fine that
>car drives. I love it.
>
>Any other Delta Eight-Eight stories?

A very good friend of mine also has one of those and just decided to
let it go when the transmission went. He has close to 300k on it and
it still ran as good as ever until the trans got tired.

Steve B.