GM SUV plant in Arlington will shut down for 3 weeks

[logansowner]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

Good who is crazy to buy 12 mpg suv when price of gas is almost $4. And it will just continue to go up.

Dude, STFU, you are arrogant and rude in every post, how damn many times do you need to be told that you are annoying and negative.

Millions of people "is crazy to buy 12mpg suv". Go play on a Toyota board or something....

[pennyhank]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

Good who is crazy to buy 12 mpg suv when price of gas is almost $4. And it will just continue to go up.

I just want to point out that gm has sold 70,000 large suv's in the 1st quarter, the market is down no doubt but there are still plenty of people who will buy one 4 dollar gas or not. Everyone's needs and wants are different. What seems ridiculous to you may be perfectly rational to someone else.

[logansowner]

Originally Posted by yukonho

I for one. Show me another vehicle that can literally do it all. Tow a 6000 lb. (+ or-) travel trailer during the summer...and while camping in the summer get 7 people to the beach on the sand dunes...get me to work in the snow most of the winter... and make it possible to cart around 2 families to dinner and other events several times per month and so far average 14.8 mpg with less then 2000 miles on it. Remember I need one vehicle to do all this. Last month we traded in our Silverado Crew Cab for a Tahoe. It is by far the best overall vehicle I have ever had. It can do everything and look good doing it too. $4/gal. gas is a bargin compared to $8/gal. bottled water!

I agree to this point, but you can't really compare it, we need gas to get to work, but nobody needs to buy bottled water.

Lots of cancer drugs are hundreds of thousands per gallon, but you can't go saying they cost to much because a gallon of water is..."only $8". lol

I mean, of course, not all of us need to drive trucks. But we all do lots we don't need to...I don't need my motorcycles and big TV either, but I can, so I do. It shouldn't be up to someone to tell others what they can drive...

[VCDJ]

Originally Posted by logansowner

I agree to this point, but you can't really compare it, we need gas to get to work, but nobody needs to buy bottled water.

Lots of cancer drugs are hundreds of thousands per gallon, but you can't go saying they cost to much because a gallon of water is..."only $8". lol

I mean, of course, not all of us need to drive trucks. But we all do lots we don't need to...I don't need my motorcycles and big TV either, but I can, so I do. It shouldn't be up to someone to tell others what they can drive...

What motorcycle do you have?
I have ninja ZX-10r and 08 vulcan 900

[HoosierRon]

Originally Posted by Ming

People with money aren't stupid. That's why they have money.

[TruckMan]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

What motorcycle do you have?
I have ninja ZX-10r and 08 vulcan 900

Why in the world would anybody buy a gas guzzling zx-10r or vulcan 900 when you could by a 100mpg moped for <$1000!? What are people thinking?

[Ming]

Originally Posted by HoosierRon

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Ha, well, who's stupider - Paris Hilton and Britney, or the people who made them rich in the first place (Joe Public)?

[Ming]

Originally Posted by pennyhank

I just want to point out that gm has sold 70,000 large suv's in the 1st quarter, the market is down no doubt but there are still plenty of people who will buy one 4 dollar gas or not. Everyone's needs and wants are different. What seems ridiculous to you may be perfectly rational to someone else.

True to an extent, but when the dealership down the road with that big shiny new SUV has $4,000 or more dollars offered on the hood, a buyer can rationalize that will help offset the cost of a lot of gasoline.

In an ideal world for GM, they would not need to "push" people into vehicles with lures like that. The big cars would sell on their own merits, and would sell near sticker. Just as they should no claim with false logic that people "do not want" small pickups like the 2008 Colorado/Canyon Crew Cab -- a vehicle that currently has zero GM incentives on it....conversely they cannot claim that people "do want" vehicles that only sell well with big fat, tempting incentives on them, like the f/s trucks and SUVs of GM's.

As long as big incentives are being offered to move the big vehicles, the automakers selling them are effectively subsidizing the cost of gasoline.

I don't think you'll find many Americans willing to buy the big gas suckers for close to sticker --- whereas they apparently will when it comes to a Toyota family sedan, for instance.

[wpageabc]

Takes time for the big ship to turn...

[SUPERBADD75]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

Very True. But it is also true that you can get by just fine with hhr. Why buy Tahoe that get 12mpg and you use it the same way as you use HHR.

because maybe you just want one? fact is, if you've got the money for the gas, the Tahoe is a damn nice vehicle and a lot of people like them. you've clearly got something against SUVs, and if you don't want one that's fine. for people that do want them and have the means, an HHR is not the same thing, and it's really not even a good substitute. SUV sales are dipping, but they're still popular.

[SUPERBADD75]

Originally Posted by TruckMan

Why in the world would anybody buy a gas guzzling zx-10r or vulcan 900 when you could by a 100mpg moped for <$1000!? What are people thinking?

yeah, who could resist this beauty?

[vanshmack]

Originally Posted by SUPERBADD75

because maybe you just want one? fact is, if you've got the money for the gas, the Tahoe is a damn nice vehicle and a lot of people like them. you've clearly got something against SUVs, and if you don't want one that's fine. for people that do want them and have the means, an HHR is not the same thing, and it's really not even a good substitute. SUV sales are dipping, but they're still popular.

I'd like to honor the late, great Charlton Heston...

"I'll give you the keys to my Tahoe when you take them from my cold, dead hands!"

[vanshmack]

Originally Posted by Buick61

What sweet justice this is. First they kill the Caprice, Roadmaster, and Fleetwood to build these things, and now everyone is going back to cars.

Don't forget the G-body! Arlington assembly built my Grand National!

[TruckMan]

Originally Posted by SUPERBADD75

yeah, who could resist this beauty?

I was thinking of something along these lines...

[pgill00]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

Good who is crazy to buy 12 mpg suv when price of gas is almost $4. And it will just continue to go up.

OK EVERYONE STOP SAYING IT GETS 12MPG. Both my Mother and Stepmother own one (both actually built in Arlington) and they both swear they get 19mpg + combined driving after 20k miles. The Tahoe is an amazing vehicle and everyone who is saying 12mpg may be really leaving an impression on readers who do not care to do some actual research.

If you want a 12mpg vehicle go get you a New F450 Super Duty Gas burner. That is the kind of new vehicle that gets crappy mileage.