right on the AOL welcome page "GM MASSIVE RECALL"
04-26-2005, 09:14 AM
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right on the AOL welcome page "GM MASSIVE RECALL"
knew it was going to be front page news...WTF...yup the press has got it out for american brands..
what recently for imports was a major recall??? cus I know it was on here but didnt hear a peep about it in the news...
what recently for imports was a major recall??? cus I know it was on here but didnt hear a peep about it in the news...
04-26-2005, 09:20 AM
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What, you don't know by now? American cars are junk, and will always be. Nothing compares to an import. Toyota, Honda, BMW et al, are all perfect cars. No one can take that away from them. 
Yeah it does get a bit ridiculous how the media reports its news. Hopefully GM, Ford and Chrylser can keep it going and improve upon ots products to maybe someday get rid of this perception.
Yeah it does get a bit ridiculous how the media reports its news. Hopefully GM, Ford and Chrylser can keep it going and improve upon ots products to maybe someday get rid of this perception.
04-26-2005, 09:35 AM
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well its not just that its the fact that when toyota or honda has a major recall it gets a side not or little mention...yet GM gets front headline
04-26-2005, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Caps94ZODG
well its not just that its the fact that when toyota or honda has a major recall it gets a side not or little mention...yet GM gets front headline
04-26-2005, 11:51 AM
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We all know the off-shore automakers rarely, if ever, get publicity for recalls but this is 2 million vehicles for GM...it's a big story and it will be played out as such. Gotta just suck it up and move on...
04-26-2005, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28Wilson
We all know the off-shore automakers rarely, if ever, get publicity for recalls but this is 2 million vehicles for GM...it's a big story and it will be played out as such. Gotta just suck it up and move on...
This is just an ugly ugly fugly year for GM.
04-26-2005, 12:14 PM
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gotta love this forum
if GM made a car named "the inferno" that was designed to explode on impact, and was advertised as such, you'd get people saying "media bias" and the same crap you see above whenever some review came out that said it was a dangerous car ...
if GM made a car named "the inferno" that was designed to explode on impact, and was advertised as such, you'd get people saying "media bias" and the same crap you see above whenever some review came out that said it was a dangerous car ...
04-26-2005, 02:37 PM
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I think your all crackheads...honestly. If imports are sooo much better than domestics you got to wonder what causing the quality to be soooo much better. Hell for my first car I'm driving a 97 Land Rover Disc and the only reason its so cheap was because the previous owner couldn't drive 10 miles without something breaking. The previous owner before him payed to have the entire engine redone and its still crapping out. My friends Toyota Camry is the same way, exactly.
Now on the other hand we have a Ford Excursion (1998), Ford Explorer (01), Ford Expedition (98), GMC Suburban (94?) and the only thing we have had real problems on was the Expedition and that was with the air-ride suspension, Im not really suprised. Honestly I cant point out 1 reason to be biased either way. If I was in the market for a economy car, it would be a Honda or Toyota probably, Performance would be a Chevy, Truck would be a Ford, Luxury would be a BMW or I kinda like those Chryslers.
Now on the other hand we have a Ford Excursion (1998), Ford Explorer (01), Ford Expedition (98), GMC Suburban (94?) and the only thing we have had real problems on was the Expedition and that was with the air-ride suspension, Im not really suprised. Honestly I cant point out 1 reason to be biased either way. If I was in the market for a economy car, it would be a Honda or Toyota probably, Performance would be a Chevy, Truck would be a Ford, Luxury would be a BMW or I kinda like those Chryslers.
04-26-2005, 08:13 PM
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you know, even though it bugs me that the domestic automakers get more negative press, the whining about it here is beginning to sounds like that Kris Rock comedy bit. IT'S THE MEDIA.
it's not just "the media." the newsflash on all this is that a recall is newsworthy material and "the media" is just doing it's job by reporting it. the fact that they tend to sometimes under-report foreign makers' recalls is a symptom of America today. we are more critical of ourselves than anyone else. and frankly the fact that Ford and GM still tend to sell more cars here than any other automaker means that overall their recalls would tend to effect more people therefore, they deserve more media scrutiny. When Toyota passes Ford and GM as having the most market share in NA, don't think for a second "the media" won't shift their eye more toward Toyota.
it's not just "the media." the newsflash on all this is that a recall is newsworthy material and "the media" is just doing it's job by reporting it. the fact that they tend to sometimes under-report foreign makers' recalls is a symptom of America today. we are more critical of ourselves than anyone else. and frankly the fact that Ford and GM still tend to sell more cars here than any other automaker means that overall their recalls would tend to effect more people therefore, they deserve more media scrutiny. When Toyota passes Ford and GM as having the most market share in NA, don't think for a second "the media" won't shift their eye more toward Toyota.
04-26-2005, 08:28 PM
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Re: right on the AOL welcome page "GM MASSIVE RECALL"
Originally Posted by morb|d
you know, even though it bugs me that the domestic automakers get more negative press, the whining about it here is beginning to sounds like that Kris Rock comedy bit. IT'S THE MEDIA.
it's not just "the media." the newsflash on all this is that a recall is newsworthy material and "the media" is just doing it's job by reporting it. the fact that they tend to sometimes under-report foreign makers' recalls is a symptom of America today. we are more critical of ourselves than anyone else. and frankly the fact that Ford and GM still tend to sell more cars here than any other automaker means that overall their recalls would tend to effect more people therefore, they deserve more media scrutiny. When Toyota passes Ford and GM as having the most market share in NA, don't think for a second "the media" won't shift their eye more toward Toyota.
it's not just "the media." the newsflash on all this is that a recall is newsworthy material and "the media" is just doing it's job by reporting it. the fact that they tend to sometimes under-report foreign makers' recalls is a symptom of America today. we are more critical of ourselves than anyone else. and frankly the fact that Ford and GM still tend to sell more cars here than any other automaker means that overall their recalls would tend to effect more people therefore, they deserve more media scrutiny. When Toyota passes Ford and GM as having the most market share in NA, don't think for a second "the media" won't shift their eye more toward Toyota.
standard operating procedure for the 5th gen forum is any slightly bad news reported about GM or ford is automatically "media bias". its an unwritten rule that most people here blindly abide by.
its actually one of the main reasons why this forum is so entertaining.
04-26-2005, 10:31 PM
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By the way....did anyone happen to notice that this was a voluntary recall when GM discovered there was a problem? The NHTSA was not involved..no deaths, no injuries that we know of...........but it was done because it was the right thing to do?