GM axes performance division

[Don Whitmore]

Originally Posted by Steve Williams

When things were good it was everybody's friend (the big three). But when things go bad the true colors come out and people with no knowledge whatsoever about the GM problem throw rocks. Paul-What do you know about the UAW? Why is this their fault? Ed-You might get your wish and when the others fall( and trust me they will) you will be stuck driving a generic Foreign piece of crap. Tow with one of these so called trucks from the Japanese automakers and let me know how it works out. Sean-Get a grip, the cutting back was a necessary evil to save a few dollars and last that I seen KJ was still sporting their colors. Am I wrong? Jeff-thanks for the post, the article is an interesting one and something that in my town has been known for months. Their is plenty of blame to go around in this deal, so research it and then blame all guilty parties. BREAKING NEWS-Toyota is laying off people in the United States! You gentlemen (not including Jeff Lee) have not a clue about what the deal is about this GM crisis and what the consequences could be if GM falls. I see it everyday in my community and it is sad. Hope you never have to go through what people in my area live with everyday. Spend some of your time online looking at the Detroit News or the Detroit Freepress or the local Detroit television news broadcasts to get a better idea of what the real deal is.

This is not opinion, but the brutal truth.....

Have a nice day,

Steve Williams

Steve...I couldn't agree more.

Interesting to note GM has produced guns, airplanes and military engines that supported this country in time of war. What about that?

GM has an incredible technological base, but their current cost structure is prohibitive. Management has made mistakes, but this company deserves to survive.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Steve Williams

When things were good it was everybody's friend (the big three). But when things go bad the true colors come out and people with no knowledge whatsoever about the GM problem throw rocks. Paul-What do you know about the UAW? Why is this their fault? Ed-You might get your wish and when the others fall( and trust me they will) you will be stuck driving a generic Foreign piece of crap. Tow with one of these so called trucks from the Japanese automakers and let me know how it works out. Sean-Get a grip, the cutting back was a necessary evil to save a few dollars and last that I seen KJ was still sporting their colors. Am I wrong? Jeff-thanks for the post, the article is an interesting one and something that in my town has been known for months. Their is plenty of blame to go around in this deal, so research it and then blame all guilty parties. BREAKING NEWS-Toyota is laying off people in the United States! You gentlemen (not including Jeff Lee) have not a clue about what the deal is about this GM crisis and what the consequences could be if GM falls. I see it everyday in my community and it is sad. Hope you never have to go through what people in my area live with everyday. Spend some of your time online looking at the Detroit News or the Detroit Freepress or the local Detroit television news broadcasts to get a better idea of what the real deal is.

This is not opinion, but the brutal truth.....

Have a nice day,

Steve Williams

In an earlier post I did bash Chrysler and I still feel they deserve it.They have been building cars that aren't keeping current with real world situations.I have a 1999 Dakota I tow with and I love the truck.Their
problem is with the cars.They flat out get **** gas milage.Being taken over 3 times since the early 80s hasn't helped their image.This gas problem didn't start recently and they never worked to raise fuel milage in the cars.GM still hasnm't learned to stop the model duplication accross brand lines.Let GMC build trucks,Chevy bread and butter cars,buick more upscale cars and Pontiac sportier cars and let Cadillac be what Cadillac used to be.Hummer should have been dumped before they came out with the H3.And I wish I could get 80% of my pay for sitting on my *** when things got slow.Auto workers have known their jobs were not 12 month guaranteed,that's why they get a high rate of pay.And the Jap cars are laying off only because us poor suckers dont have the money to buy ANY new cars.And BTW I have never bought and very infrequently ridden in a Jap car and I'm 63 years old.And I race a car that parts are not the easiest to come by.They are out there,sometimes having to be either fabricated or modified.I can't go to an AMC dealer or Summit/Jegs like the big 3 for some of my stuff.The ironic part would be if a Jap or Korean co. bought a majority share into one of the big 3.
And Detroit hasn't been a suburb of Beverly Hills for a long time.


Ed F.
From the Socialist State
of New Jersey

[Sean Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Steve Williams

When things were good it was everybody's friend (the big three). But when things go bad the true colors come out and people with no knowledge whatsoever about the GM problem throw rocks. Paul-What do you know about the UAW? Why is this their fault? Ed-You might get your wish and when the others fall( and trust me they will) you will be stuck driving a generic Foreign piece of crap. Tow with one of these so called trucks from the Japanese automakers and let me know how it works out. Sean-Get a grip, the cutting back was a necessary evil to save a few dollars and last that I seen KJ was still sporting their colors. Am I wrong? Jeff-thanks for the post, the article is an interesting one and something that in my town has been known for months. Their is plenty of blame to go around in this deal, so research it and then blame all guilty parties. BREAKING NEWS-Toyota is laying off people in the United States! You gentlemen (not including Jeff Lee) have not a clue about what the deal is about this GM crisis and what the consequences could be if GM falls. I see it everyday in my community and it is sad. Hope you never have to go through what people in my area live with everyday. Spend some of your time online looking at the Detroit News or the Detroit Freepress or the local Detroit television news broadcasts to get a better idea of what the real deal is.

This is not opinion, but the brutal truth.....

Have a nice day,

Steve Williams

I pay an extra 5 bucks for your oil filters now, because you do support us. Did really read my post at all? Thanks for supporting drag racing!

I will support the companies that support this sport. I do not wish to see GM fail, but I make a lot of my decisions based off of this. I don't think you should be criticizing someone who just said they buy your products now for those reasons.

The reason GM is going under is because they don't make a very competitive product anymore. All of the automakers are suffering, but there is a reason that GM and Chrysler are on the verge of bankruptcy and others are not. Correct me if those statements are untrue.

[trmnatr]

Originally Posted by Sean Kennedy

After they ended the GMPP and AC Delco sponsorships of drag racing last year I decided I will no longer be supporting GM in any way.

In our family we have 4 Chevys. Other than the minivan stocker project, we don't own anything but GM products.

I will never buy a new GM vehicle ever , or use a GM part on any of my vehicles unless I have no other options. Not even an AC Delco spark plug or oil filter.

If I can ever afford a new truck it will be Ford, or even possibly Toyota.

This is crazy comment

So you think they should have kept sponsoring and using more of yours and everybody elses tax dollars ? Come on man, talk real world

Racing is Secondary

Lift comes first, it is a life or death thing for GM

They had to borrow 9.4 billion in end of 2008 but spent 20 billion in motorsports ,,, hmmmmmmm.

Be real man