Comments on: Pontiac’s Gone…Are You Sad? http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/ A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jeff http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-444056 jeff Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:49:30 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-444056 I have a 2003 grand am its a nice car doesn't rattle yet don't have any mechanical troubles with it. and most of the ppl that have pontiacs like there cars. I find it rather annoying when ppl talk badly about a car when it was their decision to buy it. Look online before u buy it. Or ask some ppl. Im kinda sad to see pontiac go, cause it seemed like with the g series they were starting to become a better company. I think pontiac is one of those things that ppl like or don't like. But I like pontiac and ill miss them I have a 2003 grand am its a nice car doesn’t rattle yet don’t have any mechanical troubles with it. and most of the ppl that have pontiacs like there cars. I find it rather annoying when ppl talk badly about a car when it was their decision to buy it. Look online before u buy it. Or ask some ppl. Im kinda sad to see pontiac go, cause it seemed like with the g series they were starting to become a better company. I think pontiac is one of those things that ppl like or don’t like. But I like pontiac and ill miss them

]]> By: flippy130 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-434604 flippy130 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:29:06 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-434604 anything GM is shit stained, their cars are so ugly, i was sad wen i heard that GM was getting back on its feet after going almost completely bankrupt. perhaps the corvette is the only thing worth congratulating GM for. i dont count saab, because Saab used to be owned by Ford, and ford isnt that bad anything GM is shit stained, their cars are so ugly, i was sad wen i heard that GM was getting back on its feet after going almost completely bankrupt. perhaps the corvette is the only thing worth congratulating GM for. i dont count saab, because Saab used to be owned by Ford, and ford isnt that bad

]]> By: charlie Milton http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417542 charlie Milton Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:01:44 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417542 I once owned a 1960 Bonneville,the most beautiful car I ever owned.Paid $1,200.00 cash for it in 1868. You know, the problem with the auto companies is that they try to build a car for every 1,000 people in America.They spend more money on the drawing board than the cars. Just look at the cars in Cuba from the fifties,they are beautiful and they still run. I once owned a 1960 Bonneville,the most beautiful car I ever owned.Paid $1,200.00 cash for it in 1868.
You know, the problem with the auto companies is that they try to build a car for every 1,000 people in America.They spend more money on the drawing board than the cars.
Just look at the cars in Cuba from the fifties,they are beautiful and they still run.

]]> By: JLP http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417540 JLP Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:18:09 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417540 Hogan, You make it sound as though I am in support of bailing out Wall Street. I am not. Regardless, we can't bail out every industry. Hogan,

You make it sound as though I am in support of bailing out Wall Street. I am not.

Regardless, we can’t bail out every industry.

]]> By: Hogan http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417537 Hogan Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:08:10 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417537 JLP: I am sure you work hard for your money just like union members and nonunion members do but you said "those wages and benefits need to be supported by the market" again then why are we propping up wall street, at least Ford, GM etc. make something? Wall street basically was the guy riding into some frontier town selling snake oil, they were selling junk worldwide, and we are bailing them out. JLP: I am sure you work hard for your money just like union members and nonunion members do but you said “those wages and benefits need to be supported by the market” again then why are we propping up wall street, at least Ford, GM etc. make something? Wall street basically was the guy riding into some frontier town selling snake oil, they were selling junk worldwide, and we are bailing them out.

]]> By: TylerReddun http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417464 TylerReddun Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:03:42 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417464 I'm not surprised Saturn is on the block. A few years ago it was the only profitable part of GM, because of that the higher ups went out of their way to destory the company. They did it in part by opening a Saturn plant in Detroit which did everything at lowerquality and higher cost, then mandating the original plant use only the Detroit designs. Their once was a point when Saturn owners were proud to own the car, not anymore. Thanks to GM Managment it's become the same piece of gosa that the rest of GM puts out. I’m not surprised Saturn is on the block. A few years ago it was the only profitable part of GM, because of that the higher ups went out of their way to destory the company. They did it in part by opening a Saturn plant in Detroit which did everything at lowerquality and higher cost, then mandating the original plant use only the Detroit designs.

Their once was a point when Saturn owners were proud to own the car, not anymore. Thanks to GM Managment it’s become the same piece of gosa that the rest of GM puts out.

]]> By: C http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417371 C Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:47:07 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417371 I have a 78 firebird... best car ever. Same thing as a camero except it has a trans am engine. Pontiacs are chevy's... if you think they are different you should look into it. I have a 78 firebird… best car ever. Same thing as a camero except it has a trans am engine. Pontiacs are chevy’s… if you think they are different you should look into it.

]]> By: JLP http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417338 JLP Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:48:33 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417338 Hogan, There's nothing unAmerican about wanting a better wage (and the benefits that typically go along with them). I understand that. BUT, those wages and benefits have to be supported by the market. Everything has a cost. Hogan,

There’s nothing unAmerican about wanting a better wage (and the benefits that typically go along with them). I understand that. BUT, those wages and benefits have to be supported by the market.

Everything has a cost.

]]> By: JLP http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417337 JLP Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:28:57 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417337 Hogan, When I wrote this post, unions weren't even on my mind. BUT...since YOU brought it up... You do have to admit that unions played their part in the unraveling of GM. How? By demanding wages and benefits that couldn't be supported by the market. Everything was great...until Toyota, Honda, and the other foreign automakers started building cars that Americans wanted to buy. Meanwhile, GM's putting together crap under different brand names and paying union wages. Don't get me wrong. I'm a Buick fan—always have been. My next car will probably be a Buick. Hogan,

When I wrote this post, unions weren’t even on my mind.

BUT…since YOU brought it up…

You do have to admit that unions played their part in the unraveling of GM. How? By demanding wages and benefits that couldn’t be supported by the market. Everything was great…until Toyota, Honda, and the other foreign automakers started building cars that Americans wanted to buy. Meanwhile, GM’s putting together crap under different brand names and paying union wages.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a Buick fan—always have been. My next car will probably be a Buick.

]]> By: Hogan http://allfinancialmatters.com/2009/04/27/pontiacs-goneare-you-sad/comment-page-1/#comment-417335 Hogan Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:15:05 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=3362#comment-417335 JLP I know you are not sad because you think the unions deserve it. If fighting for healthcare and better wages in unamerican then financial planners who herd people into bad high fee investments are just as unamerican, why are many financial planners still standing, because of taxpayer bailout money, that is why. JLP I know you are not sad because you think the unions deserve it. If fighting for healthcare and better wages in unamerican then financial planners who herd people into bad high fee investments are just as unamerican, why are many financial planners still standing, because of taxpayer bailout money, that is why.

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