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To: Alighieri who wrote (604732)	3/23/2011 8:19:11 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577809

Al, > You talk about GM failing as if it was an abstract event and people's lives didn't depend on it. I find that level of disconnection distasteful frankly. I'm sorry. I thought the subject was about GM producing something worthy of a multi-billion dollar bail out. Because if it's jobs you wanted to preserve, you could just pay people to dig holes that other people fill up. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but hey, as long as people's lives depended on it, that would suit your "tastes"? > Which is why GM is being so careful. What's so not credible about that? I don't know the inside scoop AND I hope things are going well for the sake of GM and its employees...wingers are actually hoping for failure...i get the feeling you are among them...How shitty is that? GM is not being "careful." They are making wild claims such as 230 MPG. The execs even drove the Volt from Detroit to D.C. as a PR stunt because taxpayers hated to see them fly private jets. Deny it all you want, but the Volt was one of the motivating factors for bailing out GM. "Save our bacon, and America will eventually produce a car that can out-Prius the Prius." I like the potential of the Volt, and I have never wished for such technology to fail, but I do have severe reservations about how well GM can execute to its plans. I also have my doubts that GM has improved after the bankruptcy and bailout. They're still going to produce cars that aren't as reliable as many of the foreign makes. Even Hyundai, long the laughing stock of the American auto market, seems to be doing better in terms of reliability. Now if GM actually improves and produced better quality cars, then I might be more optimistic about whether the bailout was worth it. I might even consider GM for my next car, being a fan of the Transformers movies. Plus I'm worried about Beamer quality as of late. But to accuse me of wishing for GM's failure is pretty childish of you. My motives are clear. May the makers of the best cars win. And the ones that produce mediocre crap should never be "too big to fail." Tenchusatsu