04-27-2009
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flips McGee
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Goodbye, Pontiac.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
meh, wouldnt bother me to see pontiac go. It's terrible though that 21,000 people are going to lose their jobs not to mention dealerships ect.
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
They should get rid of Buick too. I'm really surprised they didn't get rid of Saturn instead though. Hell, Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, and Buick are all selling the exact same cars with different plastic panels stuck to them.
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I agree with Kracka.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
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Originally Posted by Kracka
They should get rid of Buick too. I'm really surprised they didn't get rid of Saturn instead though. Hell, Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, and Buick are all selling the exact same cars with different plastic panels stuck to them.
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They should get rid of all GM vehicles. They all suck imo.
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Originally Posted by Matt D.
Leave the straight line highway dick wagging to the ricers and people who think they are good drivers.
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Originally Posted by 93GSX5SD
I'll second that. Its your car your choice. Enjoy your dsm experience.
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Manic Narcissistic
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
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Originally Posted by Kracka
They should get rid of Buick too. I'm really surprised they didn't get rid of Saturn instead though. Hell, Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, and Buick are all selling the exact same cars with different plastic panels stuck to them.
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Yeah but pontiac actually sucks and the cars all look the same. At least Saturn has the Sky and Ion Redline. Buick will go when all the baby boomers are dead.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
Part of me has always wanted an old Pontiac Firebird, though.
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wants to be sideways...
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
Have you driven a saturn? They have electric power steering with zero feel or feedback. Way over assisted.
I work on gm vehicles quite a bit at my job. I personally can't stand the way they drive or how they're budget made and designed for the average yahoo who doesn't care/know anything about they're vehicles. They're cars just for transportation.
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Originally Posted by Matt D.
Leave the straight line highway dick wagging to the ricers and people who think they are good drivers.
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Originally Posted by 93GSX5SD
I'll second that. Its your car your choice. Enjoy your dsm experience.
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Reynolds number user
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
I really liked the G8 GXP 
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04-27-2009
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Blaine
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
im hoping to find a g8 dirt cheap, its a pretty nice car
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04-27-2009
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: south minneapolis
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
Pontiac Solstice = Opel GT. 26th car down on the wish list.
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wants to be sideways...
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
The G8 is only nice because it's a Holden. lol
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Originally Posted by Matt D.
Leave the straight line highway dick wagging to the ricers and people who think they are good drivers.
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Originally Posted by 93GSX5SD
I'll second that. Its your car your choice. Enjoy your dsm experience.
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04-27-2009
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: North Branch
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
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Originally Posted by 123abc
They should get rid of all GM vehicles. They all suck imo.
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For the "average yahoo" all these no feed back cars are great. Could you imagine what it would be like if people actually had to drive. Pandemonium!
I have owned Ford, GM and even a Dodge. Currently I have GM and would never go to anything else again. I hope they can hang in there and continue to pull my boat to the lake.
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
More and more foreign cars are built in the U.S. while fewer and fewer domestics are. Truth of the matter is the domestics haven't been able to catch-up to the foreign cars since the late 70's.
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I agree with Kracka.
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
In my esteemed opinion, GM should make like foreign manufacturers and have their Low-Mid level brand, and a High End brand. Chevrolet and Cadillac. Fuck all the rest. Anyone who thinks a buick, saturn, GMC, or pontiac is really any different from any other chevy is a moron.
Take Honda for example: Honda and Acura, Toyota and Lexus (i know, scion too (dumb)), Nissan and Infinity. That's a good idea.
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Manic Narcissistic
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
Mitsubishi and... Mitsubishi....
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
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Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty
In my esteemed opinion, GM should make like foreign manufacturers and have their Low-Mid level brand, and a High End brand. Chevrolet and Cadillac. Fuck all the rest. Anyone who thinks a buick, saturn, GMC, or pontiac is really any different from any other chevy is a moron.
Take Honda for example: Honda and Acura, Toyota and Lexus (i know, scion too (dumb)), Nissan and Infinity. That's a good idea.
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That sounds like a damn good idea to me |
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04-27-2009
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
I think the reason they're keeping Saturn around is that they are doing somewhat well in Europe. If they do get rid of Pontiac they should make the G8 a Chevy labeled car, and put a damn 6 speed in it. The rest of their line can just go away.
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04-27-2009
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Who has my man-card?
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
I think saturn and hummer are for sale... they aren't planning on keeping it. If it doesn't sell it goes.
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04-27-2009
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Maple Grove
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
My careplane has left the airport, let em all fail! This is sooooo wrong, lets put it this way, if animal breeders only bred the runts, they would have a terrible end result.
We need to stop keeping these obsolete companies on life support.
Too big to fail my ass.
Give me my Opel "Saturn" Sky and my Holden "Pontiac" G8.
Corvette is awesome btw.
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04-27-2009
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Manic Narcissistic
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Re: Goodbye, Pontiac.
Or maybe they should just regear to what they are good at. Trucks and gas guzzling engines. They could try to compete against International and Mack.
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