Thanks for pointing out my problem with expensive GM vehicles, there still $40G vehicles at heart. When you still can’t engineer engine components that are engineered correctly after building cars for 100+ years, doesn’t that say something about how they view customers?. I find if I buy my GM stuff used, severely…
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On the plus side, you didn’t use this non-review as the prelude to tomorrow’s slide show. Yet.
This is apropos of nothing, but I test drove a new GMC Sierra last week and got stranded on the side of the road because it ran out of gas while the gauge was reading a quarter tank/90 miles of range. Modern vehicles have so many components that have to be exactly right for the vehicle to function, it’s inevitable…
I’ve been watching GM since the 80's and they seem to have very good engineers. As you pointed-out, they manage to keep that engineering from making their products stand out as exceptional. Don’t worry, they’ll offer all of their best features on the product the last year before they discontinue it.
Dude, he liked the car apart from the spongy brakes and an ugly shift lever. Everything else, especially the interior, was given high marks. Be like Elsa and let it go.
They’re really solid vehicles and they certainly look the part of an $80-110k vehicle. Our customers love them and, the fact that we can’t keep a single one on the lot for more than a few days is a testament to that.
I’ll admit that, looking at the responses here, this story was too “inside baseball.” It’s poking fun at how journalists often write reviews about cars they haven’t driven in months. This happens all the time in this industry. They get a huge back-log, and then write a review many months later as if they just drove…
If a vehicle isn’t selling and gets terrible reviews their solution is to rename it and give it some new styling....not actually make it good.
I thought everyone kind of hated GM and for good reason. Meanwhile, this story was unremarkable and seemed to like this truck.
Because of the horrendously terrible exterior design.
says a lot about gm if its halo vehicle leaves absolutely no impression on you after 4 months.
Not to mention Oahu has 3 yes THREE Interstate Highways! Why people don’t drive there is beyond me! H1 here I come!
If you go to Maui, rent from Kihei Rent a Car (.com)
I learbed about them years ago when I was going there 2 or 3 times a year. they rent used mini vans, Wrnaglers, and Sentras that are dinged, maybe a bit of rust or scratches. Used cars basically.
Why do you want this besides it’s cheaper? Because when you park at a…
You know, people could just save themselves the trouble of having to rent a car and just drive to Hawaii in their own.
If you want to get around the Big Island and see more than a resort, a rental car is the only reasonable way to do it. I would be infuriated if I was a resident, but it’s hard to blame tourists for choosing a legal and economical option.
Rear wiper blades. I’m obsessed with them. I have a weird love of both the ones that are hidden at the top (Lexus RX, Range Rover) but also the ones on sedans that are basically just for cleaning the screen. OBSESSED. I need me a sedan with a rear wiper blade one day.
I saw it on Regular Car Reviews, but some 1990s Mazda 626 has OSCILLATING A/C VENTS!! What an amazing, bizarre detail.
I love little clever storage solutions or interior design features that are for specific problems:
The numberpad on Fords that lets you lock the keys in the car and just put the code in to unlock it. Best feature by a country mile.