Very important message to all...

[wolfdogs]

From Scott Settlemire.... one heck of a fine person for those who have never met him:

this email came in, read the thread he posted at chirpthird forum....
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Good afternoon, all,

Many of you have emailed or called me in the past weeks with questions as
to my 'take' on what's happening in the auto industry....and more
specifically, what's happening to GM. (you can't seem to open a newspaper
these days without gloom and doom at GM)

I don't mean to minimize what's happening at GM, but I can assure you it
isn't as bad as many would like you to believe.

What bothers me more are the accusations and statements made by many that
have no idea of the inner workings of the auto industry ...........

............... (can you say "armchair quarterback???)

Thus, rather than fill your mailbox with my ramblings, I thought I'd post
an address where you can, if you wish, get my take on WHY I'm PROUD to be a
GM Employee....................

Have a safe weekend......and
remember..........seatbelts.......everytime....... .no excuses!


Here's the address

http://www.chirpthird.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2391



Scott

[95TransAm]

All interesting points in Scott's thread. I liked the fact that he said there is a V8 RWD Coupe coming from GM. We all know that GM is having it's problems, but IMO, they are still putting out a lot of good cars, as well as having a huge variety of vehicles to choose from for your needs. It seems like lately the trend is to just bash on GM, and everyone's been jumping on the wagon to do so.

Take a look at history, many successful companies have had its slumps at one time or another. Hopefully this will be the drive for GM to put out things that blowout the competition in several categories. I still say that for a newer performance RWD car, I would take a GTO (with the sport appearance package) over a charger or mudstain any day. Sure it may not have the looks that the old school GTO's did, but what car does have its old looks. The new charger and mustangs are a disgrace in comparison to what they used to look like years ago.

Hopefully GM can pull through all of this with flying colors. I still have faith.....

Just my couple pennies worth

[Kevin - Blown 95 TA]

I don't recall any other company ever laying off 25,000 workers. I love my car, but I have NO brand loyalty, for endless reasons. DO YOU HEAR THIS SCOTT!!! WAKE UP GM!

[soCalTA]

Interesting reading .... He seems to personify why GM is in the mess it is in. Really there is nothing wrong ... we are doing a great job .. see we are 4th overall. If second place is first loser then what is 4th?

2004 reached 65% satisfaction .. soooooo then 35% unsatisfied is the mark of success????

I am not sure how many cars are in the GM stable but if only three cars from those three plants shows a winning combination then I must be missing something.

Big deal .. 2nd in satisfaction ... they still suck ..... these dealers see a car like ours and they run .... Not ONE dealer that has looked at my car has made any extra effort. They come up with reasons not to figure it out once they see you have moded the car.

This guy is nuts ... perhaps he should look at the state of the American auto industry if those companies he singled out were not here ....How many of his fellow workers would even have a job. I guess he feels it better that they kick our axx from a distance.....

I could go on but I want to go home

He is in denial just like the company in general.