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Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:05
AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Non
Chevelle (Hemi)
Well, I will say I am far from what you would call a complete Chevy
guy. I'm more of Pontiac guy at heart, but appriciate just about anything on
the road including imports. I agree that Gm needs to get into the market
share... they kill the f-body and they have always lagged way behind in
truck technology. Is it just me or did anyone else wonder what Gm was
thinking using a TBI type injection system on their trucks from 1987 all the
way till 1995? I mean Ford had a port type injection availible in 1985!
Dodge does have some good prices and such, but their warranty procudures
aren't any better then GM, Ford, Honda, or whoever really. Our shop owns a
new Dodge and I also am good friends with a service writer at a local dealer
and their system is as hassle filled as anyones from my knowledge.
I'm very hesitant to jump on this big dodge bandwagon... it seems like
it is just like back in 1994 when the new body style came out... what
happened? Opps... trannys and tranfer case problems galore! Took Dodge to
about 1997 to get control of the problem and still have less then the
strongest drivetrain. I also will say that outside the Cummins and MAYBE the
hemi... their engines aren't much IMO. The 318 is a dog and the 360 sucks
gas down like a mutha. Also I don't know how many people work with cars and
service at a general auto facility, but I do and have for 5 years, thus I
have a very differnt view then what many people have when they judge the
quality of a vehicles design and construction. I see more dodge trucks
then any other truck and in my shop's area more people own gm's then
anything. I'll wait a few years to see if the Hemi is another engine that
isn't quite as good as it sounds on paper... examples being the neon 4
cylinder and the lovely 3.5 V6's Dodge offers... I love the fact they
say the word Hemi and half the car enthusiast marker is all over it. I'll
never buy a first year motor cause they always have problems (sometimes
minor... many times major).
I'm not trying to flame or insult anyone who likes them, drives, them,
bought one, whatever... I'mn just trying to present a different
angle of looking at things. I am definetly not getting into a Gm
v.s. Dodge war or questioning somoeone owning a chevelle cause that is dumb.
You can own a Chevelle and not be a GM guy... just like you can own a
mustang or a charger, or even a honda and be a GM lover. I see vehicles in a
whole different way since I work on them. When I go to buy a vehicle I focus
more on the quality and reliability. Most people out there unfortunetly
don't. Then they have the nerve to whine about their $30,000-35,000 truck or
ute breaking and it costing 800 or whatever to fix like it is my fault their
credit is maxed out and you bought something that has numerous design flaws
causing early repairs. It is a shame too cause you would think for that kind
of money you could get a quality product. Heck there are still a lot of
people out there that don't even make that much in a year.
Mikey
