[Spridgets] Hope...for GM?

[David Riker]

I haven't seen a 2007/2008/2009 Silverado towed into the dealership in the 
last year.  As for stranded, Onstar, blue button.  Oh, and free roadside 
assistance for 5 years/100,000 miles.  Frequency of warantee repair has been 
dropping to the point that we cut back one service writer and the 
pre-delivery inspections rarely find anything that needs attention.  A far 
cry from the days when mystery parts were in the trunk.
When I started in the business in 1995, there was no way we as a new car 
franchise would even think of putting a trade-in  with over about 80,000 
miles out on the used car lot.  Today, the real proof of quality is the fact 
that 150,000 mile trade-ins need little more than some fluid changes and a 
detail job to sell, and be proud of selling.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Billy Zoom" <billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
To: "David Riker" <davriker at nwi.net>; "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Hope...for GM?


>>  GM and Ford currently build WORLD CLASS CARS AND
>> TRUCKS.
> Ford makes some good trucks.  If World Class means leaving you stranded on
> the roadside before it's logged it's first twenty thousand miles, then I
> guess GM qualifies.