GM garbage in general, was: <VV> GM(garbage motors) 4-6-8 Caddy engine mgt system

[Ron]

Yes, GM can build good cars but it's more by chance than by plan.  I got 
that info from an insider.
RonH
(We have a Toyota!)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
To: "Tamias Metis" <korvayrouille66 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:56 PM
Subject: GM garbage in general,was: <VV> GM(garbage motors) 4-6-8 Caddy 
engine mgt system


> Along with those and the Caddy V8-6-4 and the Vega engine you mentioned,
> and the 200 tranny debacle, I'd personally add: Buick engines (bad oil
> pumps, twice, less than 100,000 miles each), Cavalier Ecotech 4 cylinder
> (barfed at 77,000), '84 Iron duke 4 cylinder (worse than the Vega
> engine, block cracked at 19,000 and head at 21,000), front drive
> automatic trans (OD went at 70,000 and again at 104,000), and the front
> drive manual trans pressure plate (broke at 26,000). All unreliable
> garbage. And all things that in the future I'll avoid buying like the
> plague.
>
> They SAY that their quality is now some of the best in the industry. But
> it's going to have to take time to prove to the (skeptical) public.
> Maybe their 1000,000 mile warranty will help.
>
> Right now, I'm driving an '84 Impala 350 with over a quarter million
> miles on it - and the heads have never been off it! So I KNOW that they
> can build good cars if they want to.
>
> -Mark
>
> Tamias Metis wrote:
>>
>> Absolutely horrible!  GM squandered any engineering prestige during that 
>> period.  Problem was "hubris" thought that they were the untoucheable 
>> giant.  What trash! Ditto the diesel produced from an Olds 350.
>
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