Nabbing small car factory could be pricey

define extortion: general motors telling the state of tennessee that it will cost them 200 milliion dollars to get the small car business. it is a shame that the government has wasted so much of OUR money on this pathetic excuse of a automotive industry. what nerve does GM have to ask the american people for anything after the sacrifices we have made for them and this is the thanks we get. it will be a cold day in h*ll before i ever buy another GM.

Boy, thats some balls Troy Clarke has to ask for money from Tennessee, to bring the small car production there.

Tennessee needs to tell him to shove it and tell G.M. to refund all the tax break cash they owe the state.

The Great state of Tennessee ought to take over the GM property for lack of promises GM made to the State when the deal for the plant was made a few years back. Sale the land and plant to FORD.

We as tax payers have already paid to bail them out once. Who do they think bought those cars in the the first place while they lived high on the hog???? Do they really think that much of their customers to ask for more money? In my opinion they just signed their death sentence. They can keep their vehicles. Goodbye GM!!!!!!!!!!

lol wrote:

define extortion: general motors telling the state of tennessee that it will cost them 200 milliion dollars to get the small car business. it is a shame that the government has wasted so much of OUR money on this pathetic excuse of a automotive industry. what nerve does GM have to ask the american people for anything after the sacrifices we have made for them and this is the thanks we get. it will be a cold day in h*ll before i ever buy another GM.

I think they should get 400 I know Corker would pay it....

glenn wrote:

<quoted text>I think they should get 400 I know Corker would pay it....

when GM went bankrupt the government said GM now owned 40% and the government along with the american people owned 60%(yeah right). this is what i think we owe them:
200 mill with a 60% discount - the millions in bailout we have already gave them = not a d*mn thing

i seen on the news where the government is going to give us 5,000 in (no people not bonuses) for our pieces of s*it we drive but it will have to go towards a fuel economy vehicle. and i can pretty much guess which automotive industry they plan on benefiting from it! i think i will keep my piece of s*it at least i know where that 5,000 is not going.

That d-ckhead Corker stirred the pot in all of this, with his rants in November. I hope Spring Hill doesn't get the car. He didn't have a problem throwing the Detroit 3 under the bus. "What goes around, comes around"

is it really a suprise to anyone that GM let their own state have the small car business. i guess the plan to extort money from the state of tennesse didn't work. this company has got so pathetic that they are making the american people buy jobs. this is what i think about buying their jobs or a GM vehicle...my middle finger extended

lol wrote:

is it really a suprise to anyone that GM let their own state have the small car business. i guess the plan to extort money from the state of tennesse didn't work. this company has got so pathetic that they are making the american people buy jobs. this is what i think about buying their jobs or a GM vehicle...my middle finger extended

Guess Corker should have got on board sooner,or shut his mouth, how much did they give Toyota to come to Tenn.....get yout finger out of your nose..Besides when things pick up Springhill will get something...

we had to start ANOTHER f'ing thread about this? way to keep it organized.

Fulltimer wrote:

The Great state of Tennessee ought to take over the GM property for lack of promises GM made to the State when the deal for the plant was made a few years back. Sale the land and plant to FORD.

Hell ford is closing plants what in the hell would they do with it sell candy??

glenn wrote:

<quoted text>Guess Corker should have got on board sooner,or shut his mouth, how much did they give Toyota to come to Tenn.....get yout finger out of your nose..Besides when things pick up Springhill will get something...

a least toyota wasn't so da*mn stupid to announce what they wanted and i don't remember having to bail toyota out. so i guess you are saying it is ok to keep giving money to a company that we had to bailout??? maybe you need to stick your finger up your nose but by the way you think it want do you any good.

screw toyota wrote:

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Hell ford is closing plants what in the hell would they do with it sell candy??

i dont know maybe we should ask 400 million dollar man glen he seems to know what is going to happen after all he said they would be getting something.

"woops" 400 million dollar man glenn i mispelled you name in my last comment but it was due to having my finger up my nose.

lol wrote:

<quoted text>a least toyota wasn't so da*mn stupid to announce what they wanted and i don't remember having to bail toyota out. so i guess you are saying it is ok to keep giving money to a company that we had to bailout??? maybe you need to stick your finger up your nose but by the way you think it want do you any good.

No the U.S. never had to bail out Toyota that is because Japan did!!

Bet nobody has seen this in the headlines anywhere in the media!? To all you people that support Hondas!! Yeah, they have a great car!!

440,000 Honda's Accords & Civics are being recalled due to airbags that may shoot shrapnel into people's faces when deployed -- a potentially lethal defect. One person has already died & 6 others injured. My question is -- where is the press? I know that if this were Ford, GM or Chrysler, this would be in every cover story across the country. The Accord was the # 4 best seller in the United States in 2001 & #5 in 2002. The Camry was the #8 best seller in 2001 and 2002 -- the years being recalled.



http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTR...

what amazes me is the gov allowing people to use cash for clunkers to buy jap cars. what the heck is up with that?

blahdeedah wrote:

what amazes me is the gov allowing people to use cash for clunkers to buy jap cars. what the heck is up with that?

that shouldnt be allowed it should only apply to gm,ford,chrysler thats the way it should be not supporting the foreign junk.

I had two great cars in my life. A 1938 Studebaker Club Commander and a 1980 Datsun B-210 wagon. The Studebaker was elegant and simple in design. It got great gas maileage and still built like a tank. The Datsun wagon had the original battery for 9 years. I may of changed the oil only 3 times and I only had to put brakes and tires on it. I drove it over 200,000 miles.
America used to be the innovator. Now we are constantly playing catch up with foreign countries. During the 70s I watched brand new cars rusting out in the sales lots. We were churning out gas guzzling junk and wondered how Japan got their foot in the door. The Big Three improved their quality dramatically but continued to design cars nobody liked. Hence the predicament we are in now.