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Old 03-14-2009, 11:17 PM
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.............. then GM deserves to go under and reorganize....Phil
GM needs to reorganize either way.

Funny story as I have test driven Bentley and the dealer had no problem. Did not even ask for my license.

You sure that CTS-V was not made of gold and diamonds?
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Old 03-14-2009, 11:41 PM
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The only car I've ever been told this about was a Ferrari. They basically wanted to run my credit and negotiate a price before I drove it, and since I had no intention of buying it, I just left. But even when I leased a $90k Acura NSX, they let me test drive it first. I've also test driven a Porsche 911 before with no problem.
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Old 03-15-2009, 12:12 AM
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Unbelievable! Hey Barry, go try and take one out for a spin and see what happens. GM should literally be kissing your ass if you are even considering buying one of their cars these days! If this is their modus operandi, then they should go under!
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The only car I've ever been told this about was a Ferrari. They basically wanted to run my credit and negotiate a price before I drove it, and since I had no intention of buying it, I just left. But even when I leased a $90k Acura NSX, they let me test drive it first. I've also test driven a Porsche 911 before with no problem.
Wait...You wanted to test drive a Ferrari, you leased a $90K Acura NSX and were looking at a Porsche 911 and you don't pay a percentage of your employees health care?

Instead you'd like the rest of us to pay...Nice.
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Old 03-15-2009, 01:53 PM
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Wait...You wanted to test drive a Ferrari, you leased a $90K Acura NSX and were looking at a Porsche 911 and you don't pay a percentage of your employees health care?

Instead you'd like the rest of us to pay...Nice.
Good Call! Of course it doesn't count. Why should erik pay when someone else can? That way he can lease another expensive car! I smell a hypocrite...
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Wait...You wanted to test drive a Ferrari, you leased a $90K Acura NSX and were looking at a Porsche 911 and you don't pay a percentage of your employees health care?

Instead you'd like the rest of us to pay...Nice.
Back a few years ago when things were better. I did indeed pay for their health care back then. Now I drive a Mini Cooper, have downsized our company office to half it's original size, and cannot afford to pay for health care that costs 3 times as much as it did then.
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Bad service and a subpar product don't mix. BMW might have some service issues from time to time, but when you get behind the wheel, you soon forget about the clown you may have encountered along the way.....Phil
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what we're discussing, guess this is just a rant thread..because we've spun from a dealer that was an @ss to politics.....
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Wow, this sounds crazy to me. I know the CTS-V is a nice car, but an M5 it is not and with GM hurting so bad I can't believe this is happening. As others have said, you would think they would be paying people to test drive their products these days. I guess this is why GM is currently doing so well. What B.S.
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