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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur I will die a happy man if I get to witness both GM and Ford go completely under.

It'll never happen. Ever. EVER. Why the fuck would you want that anyway? Less competition is bad. BAD. Also, the world is not worth living in without Corvettes.

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Originally posted by TheVrk It mostly applies to economy cars imo. I think it boils down to longevity. I'm by no stretch of ANY imagination a car buff, but its pretty obvious that the avg N.American economy car is hurting by 200 000 kms. Whereas as a German or Japanese economy car EASLIY clears 300 000 or more...

That's not necessarily true either.
I have a '97 Grand AM with over 350,000km that is working just fine...

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 It'll never happen. Ever. EVER. Why the fuck would you want that anyway? Less competition is bad. BAD. Also, the world is not worth living in without Corvettes.

Yeah, imagine no domestic brands. All of a sudden a base Civic is $30000 and build quality falls.


I love 'Vettes

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r That's not necessarily true either. I have a '97 Grand AM with over 350,000km that is working just fine...

And I know Hondas dieing at 150,000.

ANY car has to be taken care of. And if you take care of it, then it will last! Domestic or import.

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Originally posted by Stingray I love 'Vettes

Me too.

Oh you lustful Blue Devil you ;-*

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 It'll never happen. Ever. EVER. Why the fuck would you want that anyway? Less competition is bad. BAD. Also, the world is not worth living in without Corvettes.

You're probably right. I don't know about GM, but Ford will just fall back onto full-scale truck production and just keep living off of that. at least in NA. Plus it'll take forever for such giants to come down. GM is what, 300 bill in debt? And Ford is losing a bill every quarter. That's gonna catch up sooner or later.

And less competition? How many car brands does GM own? If anything, it'll give those brands a chance at being independent again because GM will sell em off one by one in its glorious downfall. Although I doubt the damage done to Jaguar can ever be repaired (yes, I know it's owned by Ford); ******s destroyed such an historic car make.

As far as Corvettes, new cars will come out to replace em. There are lots of automakers gunning for the cheap sportscar segment.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Me too. Oh you lustful Blue Devil you ;-*

Aye! I was thinking more along these lines though...and what beautiful lines they are...




BTW Cosmic Fur, $80000 for a ZO6 is hardly 'cheap'


There's no point in bickering back and forth about this. Time will tell. Hell Chrysler was on the brink of bankruptcy in the late 80s. You never know what can happen.

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Originally posted by Stingray Time will tell.

Agreed. i'll warm up the popcorn and enjoy the show.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Agreed. i'll warm up the popcorn and enjoy the show.

I'll roll a fattie, Cale you bring a 12 of Steam Whistle.

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Originally posted by Stingray Aye! I was thinking more along these lines though...and what beautiful lines they are...

My mom owned a '76 Stingray splitback with the t-roof. My parents sold it when I was born, and I hate myself for it.

Okay so I don't hate myself at all, I just wish they had kept the damn car

Yeah my parents used to be cool too...

Before I was born they had a 70something Cutlass with a 305 and t-tops.

my parents are cooler than yours.

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