sanity check ...

[Vincent Gelinas]

IMHO, GMs have been junk for a while.  Even as recently as a few years ago.
 A family friend had her steering rack fail on her 2/3 times in 80k miles on
an 06 Cobalt.  The only American company that didn't get bailed out was
Ford, and their products have been dead reliable for me.

Agreed - along with manual transmissions, grease fittings need to be brought
back.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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