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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