TheNailman
Warcock
GM filed for chapter 11 today. ...
http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/01/news/companies/gm_bankruptcy/index.htm
Well it finally happened. .. .(danger, Chapter 11 content)
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-=Lobstah=-
Active member
It is Government Motors now
Looking forward to 200+ mpg vehicles that they're screaming about in DC
boxer3main
<1.8 liter
I would be looking forward to true engineering.
The 3 main boxer is no joke. Ask 65+ years of lycoming flying over our heads (american made). It is so comical..it is not funny.
200+_ mpg and american way of life is unlikely. the engine I just mentioned is a powerful way out. As most of us have subarus here, young and old..there is still a lot of japanese weirdness to play with. don't even argue that it is not a monopoloy because it is the ONLY. that is never a good excuse to claim the best.
I could guess what dodges hemi engineering dept would do with one, or GM..big bore little strokers...ford long strokes with supercharged 2.6 liters from the factory...
I just saw a corvair 95 pickup at jay lenos garage. com
what a goofy vehicle. If I am not mistaken, it is the only boxers ever attempted for mass production by usa...and not a single masterpiece: four cylinder.
I guess I am hurt in a way, I finally went for strong facts and abandoned badly handling v8s for 500 dollars, America is the only place to get what we got in the quantity we got it. Time to be smart, kick subys ass. Meanwhile, I stay sube. In fact I may give mine up to a disciplined "subinarian" to get a newer modern sube for daily. I kinda went farther than a junk pile barely gaining inspections. May real business happen, GM anytime now.
The 3 main boxer is no joke. Ask 65+ years of lycoming flying over our heads (american made). It is so comical..it is not funny.
200+_ mpg and american way of life is unlikely. the engine I just mentioned is a powerful way out. As most of us have subarus here, young and old..there is still a lot of japanese weirdness to play with. don't even argue that it is not a monopoloy because it is the ONLY. that is never a good excuse to claim the best.
I could guess what dodges hemi engineering dept would do with one, or GM..big bore little strokers...ford long strokes with supercharged 2.6 liters from the factory...
I just saw a corvair 95 pickup at jay lenos garage. com
what a goofy vehicle. If I am not mistaken, it is the only boxers ever attempted for mass production by usa...and not a single masterpiece: four cylinder.
I guess I am hurt in a way, I finally went for strong facts and abandoned badly handling v8s for 500 dollars, America is the only place to get what we got in the quantity we got it. Time to be smart, kick subys ass. Meanwhile, I stay sube. In fact I may give mine up to a disciplined "subinarian" to get a newer modern sube for daily. I kinda went farther than a junk pile barely gaining inspections. May real business happen, GM anytime now.
Nigel Prodrive
Dirt surfer
how many tax payer $$$'s are already dumped in there?
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I read recently that so far, the gov't has dumped in approx $8000 per GM car sold this year.
I would be looking forward to true engineering.
The 3 main boxer is no joke. Ask 65+ years of lycoming flying over our heads (american made). It is so comical..it is not funny.
200+_ mpg and american way of life is unlikely. the engine I just mentioned is a powerful way out. As most of us have subarus here, young and old..there is still a lot of japanese weirdness to play with. don't even argue that it is not a monopoloy because it is the ONLY. that is never a good excuse to claim the best.
I could guess what dodges hemi engineering dept would do with one, or GM..big bore little strokers...ford long strokes with supercharged 2.6 liters from the factory...
I just saw a corvair 95 pickup at jay lenos garage. com
what a goofy vehicle. If I am not mistaken, it is the only boxers ever attempted for mass production by usa...and not a single masterpiece: four cylinder.
I guess I am hurt in a way, I finally went for strong facts and abandoned badly handling v8s for 500 dollars, America is the only place to get what we got in the quantity we got it. Time to be smart, kick subys ass. Meanwhile, I stay sube. In fact I may give mine up to a disciplined "subinarian" to get a newer modern sube for daily. I kinda went farther than a junk pile barely gaining inspections. May real business happen, GM anytime now.
You seem like a nice guy and all but man your posts get weird sometimes.
Nigel Prodrive
Dirt surfer
the thing that turned General Motors in to Govt Motors is that the company got taken over by the GM finanacial division instead of being run by car guys.
Instead of competing to build the best cars out there, GM ended up using crapola cars as a loss leader to sell ppl the financing to buy them. Obvously not a sustainable business model.
Yeh sure, we are a buncha suby freaks here, but really...what was the last GM car (if any) that an enthusiast would want to buy? OK a Vette would be fun...for a while until you needed to go somewhere on a snowy Maine night and carry luggage and all.
Instead of competing to build the best cars out there, GM ended up using crapola cars as a loss leader to sell ppl the financing to buy them. Obvously not a sustainable business model.
Yeh sure, we are a buncha suby freaks here, but really...what was the last GM car (if any) that an enthusiast would want to buy? OK a Vette would be fun...for a while until you needed to go somewhere on a snowy Maine night and carry luggage and all.
2point5RS_Dan
HATER DAN
All the LSx series of cars are sweet, but like you said, snowy Maine night. I loved the new GTO, but awd and Maine winters were made for eachother.