Do you guys consider the Z a yuppie car?

StLRedrider · 05-31-2009, 02:57 PM

My cousin and a couple of the guys that work for me keep riding my a%@ and saying my new toy is total yuppie ride. One of them works at the GM plant here and told me thanxs to you i'm loosing my job, i told him bulls#@t my purchase had nothing to do with it. I told him blame your president for forcing out GM's headhancho. I don't think it's a yuppie car.

RCZ · 05-31-2009, 03:11 PM

Your friend is an idiot.

StLRedrider · 05-31-2009, 03:15 PM

Yes, i know!!!!

frost · 05-31-2009, 03:23 PM

"Yuppie:
a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle."

I've been called a lot worse than that!

chubbs · 05-31-2009, 03:35 PM

They seem to be a bit jealous.

Envy is a terrible thing.

Modshack · 05-31-2009, 03:59 PM

The president had NOTHING to do with it....GM's ineptitude and BAD decisions over MANY years had everthing to do with him potentially losing his job...The Gov. is acually trying to save his A$$

XBadgerX · 06-01-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

The president had NOTHING to do with it....GM's ineptitude and BAD decisions over MANY years had everthing to do with him potentially losing his job...The Gov. is acually trying to save his A$$

.....Government actually made it worse. They put GM into that position.

dad · 06-01-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by XBadgerX

.....Government actually made it worse. They put GM into that position.

The Government has made it worse for us, our taxes are going to Detroit! I've read that GM wants the country of China to build GM cars there, but I'm not sure if that is fact or propaganda!

Modshack · 06-01-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by XBadgerX

.....Government actually made it worse. They put GM into that position.

That's funny! You apparently werent around for the Decades and decades during which GM built Garbage...

29,000 Non-factory employees? Union agreements that paid workers NOT to work? Gimme a break. Fat, Bloated and out of touch.
NOT the way to run a business in this day and age..

Rans · 06-02-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

The president had NOTHING to do with it....GM's ineptitude and BAD decisions over MANY years had everthing to do with him potentially losing his job...The Gov. is acually trying to save his A$$

I'm with you. The president is playing a lousy hand of cards dealt to him, and only time will tell if he played it well or not. But the bottom line is that GM mismanagement, greed combined with union greed caused the problem. GM never found a way to respond to quality efficient cars being made by other companies. By the time they started to understand they had already ruined their own reputation and still they did almost nothing to restore it.

People should remember that most so called "foreign cars" sold in America are made in America, using at least some American made content, by American workers, delivered, sold and repaired by Americans. My Honda motorcycle was made in Marysville Ohio by American workers with 74% American made content. By contrast, Harley's only have 71% American made content.

The bottom line here is that this isn't a simple black and white American vs Foreign issue. It is a world economy, and if we don't start competing in that economy we are doomed.

(jumping down off my soapbox)

XBadgerX · 06-02-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Rans

The bottom line here is that this isn't a simple black and white American vs Foreign issue. It is a world economy, and if we don't start competing in that economy we are doomed.

(jumping down off my soapbox)

Please answer this question for me then.

How did you expect GM to compete in this "world economy" when GM was FORCED (government pro unions) to pay their employees double compared to their foreign competitors while selling the same product??

It can't be done, simple business.

StLRedrider · 05-31-2009, 05:11 PM

That's cool, thanx for the clearifacation.

juan05 · 05-31-2009, 05:16 PM

wow is not your fault u pick the BEST CAR for the money. talking car that are sporty.. and i agree your friend is an idiot. ignore them. GM (great mess) cars lol

WooZ · 05-31-2009, 05:20 PM

That guy ought to be blaming his own union for causing him to lose his job...

WShade · 05-31-2009, 05:25 PM

Staying out of here..................

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Modshack A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 2,883 Drives: 370Z Sport Rep Power: 977	The president had NOTHING to do with it....GM's ineptitude and BAD decisions over MANY years had everthing to do with him potentially losing his job...The Gov. is acually trying to save his A$$ __________________ Steal my car! (SOLD)...Now Porsche Cayman S Oil Cooler DIY: Here!

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frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	"Yuppie: a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle." I've been called a lot worse than that!

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juan05 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: west palm beach Posts: 372 Drives: nismo 370z black. Rep Power: 17	wow is not your fault u pick the BEST CAR for the money. talking car that are sporty.. and i agree your friend is an idiot. ignore them. GM (great mess) cars lol

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