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2.99 million more

Maybe GM (general mess) should quit annoying Parts managers with the Winter Tire booking program and stay out of the tire business and start concentrating more on vehicle build quality.

departed wrote:on detroitnews .com Autos

2.99 million more

Maybe GM (general mess) should quit annoying Parts managers with the Winter Tire booking program and stay out of the tire business and start concentrating more on vehicle build quality.

Do I detect just a tiny hint of bitterness in your post?

partsguy99 wrote:

departed wrote:on detroitnews .com Autos

2.99 million more

Maybe GM (general mess) should quit annoying Parts managers with the Winter Tire booking program and stay out of the tire business and start concentrating more on vehicle build quality.

Do I detect just a tiny hint of bitterness in your post?

Not at all, it's almost Beer Thirty time, Cheers!

departed wrote:on detroitnews .com Autos

2.99 million more

Maybe GM (general mess) should quit annoying Parts managers with the Winter Tire booking program and stay out of the tire business and start concentrating more on vehicle build quality.

After seeing this on national news broadcast it is really, really easy to see why the recalls are coming in fast and hard and probably will NOT go away for a while yet. You get what you pay for!!!
"DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N), already locked in a public relations crisis because of a deadly ignition defect that has triggered the recall of 2.6 million vehicles, has a new perception problem on its hands.
The U.S. company is now considered the worst big automaker to deal with, according to a new survey of top suppliers to the car industry in the United States.
The annual survey, conducted by the automotive consultant group Planning Perspectives Inc, asks the industry's biggest suppliers to rate their relationships with the six automakers that account for more than 85 percent of all light vehicle sales in the United States.
Those so-called "Tier 1" suppliers say GM is now their least favorite big customer, according to the rankings, less popular even than Chrysler, the unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FIA.MI), which since 2008 had consistently earned that dubious distinction.
Suppliers gave GM low marks on all kinds of key measures, including its overall trustworthiness, its communication skills, and its protection of intellectual property.
The suppliers also said that GM was the automaker least likely to allow them to raise prices to recoup unexpected material cost increases.
"As a result, GM is now the least preferred customer of suppliers," PPI says."

PS: And rapidly becoming the "least preferred supplier" of Dealerships in the US as well!!!!

That is great information CMayne, thanks for posting, with the way things at GM, are going these days. It would not surprise me if another bailout will happen in the near future.

departed wrote:That is great information CMayne, thanks for posting, with the way things at GM, are going these days. It would not surprise me if another bailout will happen in the near future.

Heard in a meeting yesterday:
"GM has a high new vehicle inventory at the moment. This is going to mean the sales will start rolling out, we will see if it helps!"

I am sure the high inventory has nothing to do with the media slam, GM relations, or vehicle quality issues..........