Bostonist: GM Haters Unite, Rally Around the Globe

Bill The Car Guy

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:34:58 -0500

There is a disease being spread through the US market called Toyotaism. This disease is contracted by the ignorant and gullible majority of American Consumers. Other vulnerable consumers include estranged GM/Ford/Chrysler owners from the days of "I wish my car could get to 100,000 miles without breaking down." To protect ourselves, let's be aware of how this disease is being spread by its creators. They want us to remain ignorate; in defense, let's educate ourselves. Look up the facts - even the littlest ones. Know that Lexus did not have the creative capacity to first develope swiveling headlamps as they would have us believe. Citroen, the French automaker, first used this design decades ago. Last, stay in tune with reality. Let's remind ourselves of how repetitive marketing campaigns can easily imprint themselves in our fragile minds. Yet, we have the power to reject them, and force them out like unwanted demons. Lets keep our eyes open, and realize that Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, GM, Ford, and Chrysler have all stayed alive, and will continue to thrive with our loyalty - not by brainwashing us. The creators and supporters of Toyotaism may possibly strengthen my point, by attempting to keep this forum down in the search engines, as they have in other forums. They wait for inactivity, at which point they know the webmaster may not be keeping a close eye on the forum. They will then post keywords and links known to be spam. As a result, the search engines will dismiss these pages as s p a m, rank them lower, and people will not find this forum unless they scroll through hundreds of pages of the search engine results. If I notice this, I will inform the webmaster immediately, so that the webmaster can remove the malignant content. We will not entertain the primal greed behind this disease. Thank you for reading this message.

Kris

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:50:58 -0500

Yawn... I've test driven the G6 - it's a fine car. I have no idea what that moron is whinning about but the car in comparison to the new camry and the new accord is not that far off and is very competitive imo given the price difference. I'd prefer he has solicited some actual criticism. Camry is a boring car anyways...

Steve

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:25:12 -0500

Lots of car's have only driver door key slots. Whats the purpose of putting it on other doors? My old Ford and Jeep had them on the passenger door and I think I used them a cumulative twice. Neither had remote keyless entry either, which means I've only ever used it on my Audi when my battery died (stupid me for leaving the interior light on, stupid Audi for letting this kill the battery).

Mark

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:27:18 -0500

I read the Op Ed in the Globe, and thought it poignant, but took issue with his expectations based on the this: But the G6 is actually a mid sized, mid priced car, with a base price of $17,825, intended to compete with the Camry. The sticker on our Ford Focus wagon with a upgrade package (anti-lock brakes, airbags, weather goodies (heated seats, mirrors)) was over $17k. Seriously? If you think you should be getting something Camry-comparable for $17k, your expectations are as flawed as GM's execution.