I’ve always considered myself a chevy guy. My first car was a 88 Chevy Cavalier. It had 4 wheels, an engine but not much else; no air conditioning, no power windows, no automatic transmission and no radio (that lasted about 2 days until I bought a cheap one at Kmart). My dad always had Chevy’s. The car I learned how to drive on was a 78 Chevy Impala (think cop car). I’ve always had good luck with my Chevy’s. They weren’t flashy but were reliable and well made. So, for me this is a tough decision but…..
I will not buy another Chevrolet or GM car again (Chrysler is out too but then again I would never have bought a chrysler in the first place. What can I say, I was a chevy guy.).
How does a Chevy guy come to this decision? I can not and will not support private sector bailouts and government control of private sector companies. I voted against this in the past presidential election and now I will vote with my dollars.
Ford is looking pretty good to me right now and I suspect to many other Americans that want to buy American but don’t support big government run amok.
Think about it.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Still a Chevy guy // Aug 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Depends on how you define bailout. Ford just got some gvt money. States have given $$$$$ to foreign automakers to build a plant in their state for decades.
Don’t lose sight of or stop supporting the 1000’s of men and women who actually build the products.
2 joe // Sep 4, 2009 at 1:47 pm
No, we can’t lose sight of the pain of the American worker, but to what end? How much can we overlook?
The UAW’s political contributions :$24 million given to Democrats versus $194 thousand given to Republicans since 2000?
The pay scale? Auto workers have a higher salary than teachers.
The horrible mismanagement of the company?
The total abandonment of contract law in bankruptcy? Secured debtors are supposed to get their money first.
What about the thousands of investors that lost everything?
No, I feel for the American worker but we need to encourage the companies and their workers that are not controlled by big government.
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