I would have to agree that GM is turning out some really good vehicles now (I've always been a car nut), but a lot of people still remember things like the GM Cadillac Diesel of 1981 - don't laugh, I had one and it spent as much time in the dealer as in the garage, before that, I loved my 1978 Cutlass until it threw a pushrod through the valve cover (literally sticking out 3 inches ) those were the bad years for GM and older people tend to remember - the '65 Vette on the other hand never missed a beat and believe it or not is one of the most reliable and easy to fix cars I ever owned, and the H3 sets a new standard for quality control and mechanical perfection for a new model - I love mine. Then there was my 1969 Boss 429 factory NASCAR engined Mustang (fastest car I ever owned, but it rode like a tank, leaked water through the windshield, and went through heater cores every winter) it spent a lot of time at the dealer getting fixed - I wish I had that one back. My last year as a bachelor, a Boss 429 Mustang and my 65 Vette, I was in heaven, and both purchased for under $5,000. New generation, times change, new attitudes -- my father, long deceased, flew in WWII and used to cuss and sometimes use a hand gesture, everytime he saw a VW or Japanese car, if it didn't say GM or body by Fisher, he wouldn't buy it.
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