sanity check ...

[Tony Hoffman]

However, they still have one major thing against them, one which makes me
wonder how long the contract is for: Code name, Dex-cool. What I and most
other mechanics call Dex-crap or GM mud.

WHen they get rid of that junk, I may start having some respect for them
again. Untill then................

Then again (political warning) they are no longer a "real" company IMO. They
were artifically kept afloat when any normal company would have gone
bankrupt (including my own).
 I like your mention of grease zirks, I've actually been adding them to most
of my vehicles. Really makes me wish cars still came with them. Grrrr!!

Anyhow, I will continue driving Audi's, and using the old $600
conversion van when I need a tow vehicle/people hauler.

Tony


On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mark Rosenkrantz <speedracer.mark at gmail.com
> wrote:

> GM used to be CRAP products.  My father had an 1989 Sedan DeVille which
> went
> through 3 engines in 100K miles.  I mean total crap.  But starting in the
> early 2000's and certainly today... they seem to be producing world class
> products.  One of the really cool features on that 1989 Caddy- you could
> use
> the climate control interface to pull codes.  Built in code reader!  My Z06
> has something similar... I don't know why GM stopped doing that.  Really
> cool... because it's a built-in code scanner... not just OBD2.
>
> Why the Escalade?  Nice styling (for a truck), comfortable ride.  It's a
> pickup which can take 4-5 people out to lunch in business suits and tow my
> cars and haul dirty track tires, too!  Oh, and it's been TROUBLE FREE, save
> for some age related items, like an alternator at 120K miles, wheel
> bearings
> at 135K miles.  Two window regulators around 110K.  Seriously, trouble
> free.  I broke it in, Mobil1 since 1000 miles.  5K intervals.  Change other
> fluids every 50K miles.  Oh, and grease fittings everywhere... it still has
> the original ball joints!  That truck is the most trouble free vehicle I've
> ever owned, including my family vehicles.  Did I mention we had TWO
> brand-new A8s which were lemons?  One a 1999 and one a 2000.
>
> Oh, and at winter driving school one year, I had the fastest time (I was on
> studded hakkas) driving the Escalade.  Really miffed quite a few Audi
> drivers!  LOL
> (Had I had my S4 on studs, I would've been faster, of course!).  =)
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz