There You Go

"Dad" > wrote in message

> "tww1491" > wrote in message
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> > "Speaker of the Truth" > wrote in
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> >> See what I mean about the company GM having their heads up their
> >> asses. They
> >> get rid of Pontiac and keep Buick.
> >>
> >>
> > GM today still reflects the marketing philosophy of the 50s
> > (Sloanism). In those days, when you were starting out as a young
> > man (women stayed at home in those days for the most part) you began
> > with Chevrolet and progressed through Pontiac, Olds and so forth
> > until you had arrived -- at Cadillac. My Dad, a corporate executive
> > with Firestone in those days when it was still an American company,
> > drove a Caddy (except for an abortive disaster with a 57 Lincoln).
> > So, if you were someone you would not be caught dead in a Chevy; of
> > course a Corvette was OK for the more adventurous. The
> > distinctiveness Pontiac, Buick and so forth had in those days is now
> > blurred and has become essentially badge engineering. So, to me it
> > makes sense to move beyond that.Other than Corvette I gave up on GM
> > years ago and have driven Hondas -- even though I could easily buy
> > a Caddy.

> Not sure I agree with all of that, Buick is doing their homework and
> catering to those that want a quiet, trouble free automobile, the WWII
> babies, as Honda is doing. They have done that pretty well were as
> Pontiac is offering nothing more than what you can get in a Chevrolet
> with a different skin, ala the '50s. Pontiac will join Oldsmobile as a
> thing of the past and a casualty of the Obomanation rule.

Not sure I agree with all of *that*, because the oldest boomers are hitting
SS age now and the youngest boomers are almost 50. I think it's the next
generation down that is getting marketed to more.

Being an outboard mechanic I have about given up on new electronic cars and
will likely get an older (southern) piece of American Iron for the next
family car - one I can fix 99% of the problems without an electronic degree.
A low miles 70's pickup truck (with a 6) would do me just fine now. Then I
don;t have to deal with any of the bastiches again.

-W

"Dad" > wrote in message
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> "tww1491" > wrote in message
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>> "Speaker of the Truth" > wrote in
>> message ...
>>> See what I mean about the company GM having their heads up their asses.
>>> They
>>> get rid of Pontiac and keep Buick.
>>>
>>>
>> GM today still reflects the marketing philosophy of the 50s (Sloanism).
>> In those days, when you were starting out as a young man (women stayed at
>> home in those days for the most part) you began with Chevrolet and
>> progressed through Pontiac, Olds and so forth until you had arrived -- at
>> Cadillac. My Dad, a corporate executive with Firestone in those days
>> when it was still an American company, drove a Caddy (except for an
>> abortive disaster with a 57 Lincoln). So, if you were someone you would
>> not be caught dead in a Chevy; of course a Corvette was OK for the more
>> adventurous. The distinctiveness Pontiac, Buick and so forth had in
>> those days is now blurred and has become essentially badge engineering.
>> So, to me it makes sense to move beyond that.Other than Corvette I gave
>> up on GM years ago and have driven Hondas -- even though I could easily
>> buy a Caddy.
> Not sure I agree with all of that, Buick is doing their homework and
> catering to those that want a quiet, trouble free automobile, the WWII
> babies, as Honda is doing. They have done that pretty well were as Pontiac
> is offering nothing more than what you can get in a Chevrolet with a
> different skin, ala the '50s. Pontiac will join Oldsmobile as a thing of
> the past and a casualty of the Obomanation rule.
In the end, I suppose it does not matter anyway. I suppose the Obama
administration will press ahead with the grandiose plans to spend and spend
us out of the recession. I have a very bad feeling that the worst is still
to come... inflation and no one will want our paper. But, this is not venue
for this little fit of anger.

"tww1491" > wrote in message news:Fc5Jl.114447

> and no one will want our paper.

Heh... China will. )

-W

"Clams Canino" > wrote in message
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> "tww1491" > wrote in message news:Fc5Jl.114447
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>> and no one will want our paper.
>
> Heh... China will. )
>
> -W
>
>

They're getting a little nervous at all of the "stimulus spending."