frostylaw

Did you hear Avalanche is going away??? I'm thinking seriously about buying one.

MWG2

Re-think American Cars? YES...some of them, but not ALL of them. I still like my Edsel and my Tucker.

mongo

It's becoming clear that we are basically in agreement, Chevy does have a wide range of vehicles....which is how I ended up choosing to buy my HHR. Not because it was a Chevy, or from an American company, but because it was the closest match to my needs. If Chrysler had actually built the Panel Cruiser it would have been in the running, hard to say who would have won.

I just feel that making a purchase to please someone else diminishes your enjoyment of the product.
I used to work for Zenith Radio Corp, they closed the last US plant in the 80's. I lost my job, and talked my way into a lower paying job in stamping press maintenance that over time built into a near six figure income. The last place I worked for closed, so I went to work for the company that built out feed equipment. It's less pay, but only because I only work a 45 hr week. We ship press feed equipment all over the world, inclujding Japan, China, and Korea. I do not feel sorry for those who cannot or will not read the writing on the wall and train for the future.

hhrcrafty

I haven't heard that it is, but the plant that builds them down in Mexico is on the shut down list. They could build them somewhere else, but if they're not selling it's just as easy to kill it off. I'd buy one used since it's a buyer's market right now.

frostylaw

I drove a friends Avalanche and I liked it better than my loaded 4-door F150 (which is still a very nice truck). Thinking about trading the F150 in on a new Avalanche. I see GM extended the 0% financing sale.

Kingfrog

+1 Want a raise? SPEND LESS. Want more money still. Attaini a marketable skill in demand. The glory days are over. Americans are driving to unemployment lines in their Toyotas yes...but they are actually MAKING it there without a breakdown or "warning light" Worse would be unemployed with an Equinox.....

There is no excuse for shoddy workmanship. The problem is the DIVISION between management and workers. NO other Automaker in the world has such a manufactured and perpetually instigated division within their respective companies. Where there is a divide their are spiteful actions, tactics, which are always paid for by the "Patriotic" buyers of their angst and ass waste.

I buy the best for the money. If its Japanese so be it.
I bought a GEO Prism years ago because I could support American while buying a quality car. And make no mistake that Prism was a great car. Whether by design or build.

Cokeybill

You might want to do some research in your claims of quality and workmanship of vehicles before you spout off about which is better or worse. Try looking up legit info on this, you would be surprised to see the results. GM has passed most auto companies in quality and total defects in the last 3-4 years. I guess some are more educated than others when making statements of imaginary content. I buy the best made vehicles that are made today= GM.

Kingfrog

The numbers speak for themselves. The situation GM finds themselves in speaks volumes about their "reliability" and resale value. Please. I am not one of the 66,882,230 gullible who voted for Obama. I can actually see the forest through the trees.

My HHR is more than proof. The list of issues and TSBs far exceed the same 2006 RAV 4 we have. The trips to the shop for warranty work....5-0 same mileage same year, Both vehicles have 23K miles on them. I don't believe I am the exception on both vehicles. Nor will I drink the GM Kool-Aid just because I own one.

Cokeybill

Obviously you haven't seen the light... or the numbers

hhrcrafty

Technical Service Bulletins are not recalls. They are suggested solutions to previously encountered issues that may or may not ever occur in any other customer's vehicle. Your HHR is hardly proof of any of GM's so-called reliability issues. That's like saying my HHR is proof of GM's absolute perfection because I haven't had a SINGLE thing go wrong in 70,000 miles.

Oh wait. I did have a wiper switch replaced under warranty a couple months ago. My bad. This must be the worst car ever made. Especially because there is no TSB for a wiper switch malfunction that defaults to only high or low speed for safety.

Resale value isn't really an indicator of reliability or desirability for that matter. If it were, using your logic Honda and Toyota would have no depreciation at all. In fact, coming from someone who's actually been in the used car business, resale value is affected more by the actual volume of a given model in the marketplace. GM flooded the used car market with rental and fleet sales. How many RAV4's have you ever seen on a rental lot? It's simple supply and demand. Resale value is simply not a good indicator of reliability, no matter what Honda and Toyota are spouting in their latest mass-media advertisements.

In regards to "drinking the Kool-Aid", as offensive as the underlying connotation remains, I think you've already drank plenty of the "imports are always better" variety. Yes, in America you have the freedom to drive whatever you want whenever you want, to a degree. When we get to the point where there aren't any more jobs that pay a living wage in this country, the only people we'll have to blame our ourselves.