Great stuff. It’s not just in the auto industry. My father was a plumber, and he was definitely a “Fixer”. In fact, in his prime I would put him up against any other plumber in the country, and not because he’s my dad. As one of his old coworkers once said “If there’s a leak and Ronnie can’t fix it.... it can’t be…

Love all of the replies here, all so true.

So true. This is why I’m over all the posts saying “German cars are reliable as long as you keep up with routine maintenance...”. Well, yeah ok, I can believe that. But most folks don’t consider “routine maintenance” to be “rebuild entire car every 30,000 miles”.

I can hear the ticking from this time bomb through my computer speakers. CP all day.

Agree with this. I don’t really buy all the love for Pontiac around here or other car sites. If Pontiac had never been shuttered and was still alive today, it would be looked at as “just another shitty GM product” and folks would post snarky comments about how they should just kill it. But since Pontiac is gone, now…

I would encourage everyone reading this to take Racecar’s advice. I made all those same mistakes in my 20's, going into debt to purchase vehicles I couldn’t actually afford, always having a monthly payment, and again, never getting ahead financially. I’m now pushing 40, and the vehicles are all gone, and more…

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