6th Jun 2011, 21:24
I really respect your comment, good job! Even though today I drive a Town Car, I am still a fan of GM. Even though quality has dwindled a bit, I would still consider a GM car, because all but one out of five gave me no trouble.
All the vehicles that you mentioned were really a golden era for GM; pretty much everything that was mid-size to full-size in the 60's, 70's and mid 80's were great cars.
The first car I ever drove was my father's 85 2 door LeSabre RWD. That car had over 240,000 miles before he sold it.
6th Jun 2011, 11:58
Guess you got really lucky. I wish I could have seen 6 digits on just ONE GM product before retiring it due to excessive repair bills. Sub par is sub par, and GM knows all about it in my experiences with them. You can list 100 GM cars that went a million miles, and it still doesn't erase the $8K in repairs I have made to the crappy ones I have been unfortunate enough to own.
I will stick to trouble free imports from now on. You can talk about recalled Toyotas and Honda tranny issues, but I have never had a problem with either of these supposed issues. Until any of my imports lets me down, I will continue to drive them. GM has let me down immensely, and therefore they are off of my list... except for old muscle that is. I still love Pontiacs from the 60's and 70's and Old's 442's. GM in the past 30 years though?? blah!! The only domestic brand I will ever own is Ford today.