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Old 05-15-2009 | 11:17 AM
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GM Starts informining dealers of cuts

1100 dealers says the Times by late next year

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/bu...16auto.html?hp

but the headline from Reuters says
GM set to cut 1200 dealers
http://www.reuters.com/article/bonds...38446920090515

even tho the article sayss 1100 plus 470 from Saab Saturn and Hummer



GM dealers affected by the closure plans received letters by express mail on Friday morning informing them that the automaker did not see how it could have a "productive business relationship" after 2010.

" Hi. You are going out of business. Best Regards, GM."
Old 05-15-2009 | 11:27 AM
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YIKES, this whole thing is really getting ugly. It's the dealerships I feel bad for, they've been out there trying to sell these and now they're about to get the axe
Old 05-15-2009 | 10:48 PM
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Some of the crap Mazda dealers should get axed.
Old 05-15-2009 | 11:08 PM
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Some of the crap Mazda dealers should get axed.

So I can drive 4 hours to get to a Mazda dealership?
Old 05-15-2009 | 11:20 PM
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scary info stinks. im in the automotive field....my back up medical career i have been avoiding is looking more promising by the day......very sad
Old 05-15-2009 | 11:28 PM
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Maybe government should issue another bailout for these "under performing" dealerships ?

Hey I mean they wasted like billions of dollars for nothing already. might as well, u know ?
Old 05-15-2009 | 11:35 PM
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scary info stinks. im in the automotive field....my back up medical career i have been avoiding is looking more promising by the day......very sad
Medical field is looking damn good right now compared to auto.

Good backup.


I dropped by the Pontiac dealership to pick up a small part the week they announced the end of Pontiac. I swear, seeing the employees was like watching a bunch of zombies mope around. What a mess. They know what coming.
Old 05-16-2009 | 12:35 AM
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[QUOTE=YaXMaNGTO;3023628]Medical field is looking damn good right now compared to auto.

Good backup.

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yeah it is a good field thats mainly the reason i went to school for the medical but i hate working in that field soo much and enjoy automotive i hope i can ride it out...
Old 05-16-2009 | 12:50 PM
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just found out that a friend of mine who runs a Ford dealership got the news from Chrysler that they're on the list.
This is one of the ONLY Ford dealerships in the state that also has the Jeep franchise.

Now he's scrammbling to figure out what to do with the parts department inventory and the specialized diagnistic tools in the shop.
Also they have a Jeep Master Tech that works for the dealership, I assume he will get very bad news soon.
Old 05-16-2009 | 01:32 PM
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One step closer to Obama's plan. Socialism!

Lets be bad asses like Europe and government-control major corporations like GM and GE Money bank. I mean if they do it, why shouldn't we?!
Old 05-16-2009 | 07:18 PM
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maybe we can get universal healthcare like europe too. and a better standard of living like them too.
Old 05-16-2009 | 07:34 PM
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I personally think our standard of living is higher. That's just me. Considering how either of us would most likely live a completely different lifestyle if we lived in Europe at our ages. Owning a house and a rx-8 in america at 25 isn't tough. In Europe you'd have to be rich to obtain that same feat.
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