• 29 Sep 2009 at 1:28 PM

Baby Steps Of Progress For General Motors

By Greg Michaels

GM.jpgThere may be hope yet for the new General Motors and anybody looking to see auto bailout money complete the round trip. It took just six weeks for GM to learn that eBay may work well for buying artifacts from failed investment banks or California’s liquidation but when it comes to autos, consumers want a bit more than the standard pitch of ‘can’t you just see yourself in that car’. The lack of demand for visualization-based car and truck purchases has led GM to cancel their online program. Showing its ability to make subtle refinements, the automaker will shift its focus from trying to get people to take a test drive in their head to giving them a risk-free two months to mull over their purchase decision. Given their performance over the past couple of decades, a one step forward, one step back model is, literally, a step in the right direction.

Comments (16)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    Greg -
    I wish you would baby step right off the roof of that fucking building.
    Mom

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    It’s crazy how you can spot a Greg post without even reading a word of article.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    This is a month old news you fucking twat. Kill yourself already.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Greg you would fit in so well with the fuckers over at Zerohedge. Please do us a favor, and go over there.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Greg,
    If they gave me a two month test with you i would have thrown your ass right back
    UKW

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    DBPGR-Dealbreaker Peanut Gallery Rage: A boilerplate angry response to Greg’s post for no other reason than I’m an anonymous commenter wanting to be cool like the rest of the children. Normally done by referencing Maxine, Greg’s Mom, His Grandma, Jeff Macke, or musing as to why Bess hasn’t canned Greg already.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    Greg responds best to the kid-glove treatment.

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    6= Mitch Cumstein

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    greg. we need the photo of the hottie standing by the car, whenever you do a GM story

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    @6 I wouldn’t characterize the insults as “boilerplate”. I would use that term for Greg’s posts.
    -Fan (and occasional member) of aforementioned Peanut Gallery.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    @6/Mr. Cumstein, a wise old owl sat on an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke; the less he spoke the more he heard; why aren’t you like that wise old bird?

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    These big vagina ladies are getting away with murder!

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Dis ‘n dat.
    -CG

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    @1 & 2, FTW!

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    @11
    Thats funny I was just thinking of that cute little ditty for the blabbering DB Peanut Gallery.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | September 29, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    Simple solution…just sell Michigan to Canada…..like the state is worth saving anyway.

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