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So, did you get it?

I suppose from a personally selfish point of view I'd prefer that we keep our *home* just as it is. What models GM has to offer today to me pales in comparison to what it used to make available a lifetime ago. The technology has advanced, but the fewer choices that the buyer has to select from rubs me the wrong way. GM killed off both the Olds & the Pontiac marque just because they were not marketed on a global scale. I've never forgiven the upper echelon for doing that. If that reasoning was to stand why didn't they drop either the Chev or GMC truck line?...why are 2 lines needed?....when was last time you saw or heard of full sized trucks being exported overseas to Europe or Asia? In my past visits to either Britain, Poland or Germany I've never seen a GM truck being marketed there at all.....and you won't, not given the lack of fuel economy they deliver that doesn't meet the needs over there. The Pontiac brand was supposed to be the *sports* oriented division of the lot, so much for head office waving the *Excitement* banner.......the yearly Carlisle event (what used to be known as the GM Nationals) is now the Chevy Nationals, Chevrolet wouldn't sponsor the show unless the name was changed to Chevy.... another strike.....the show is now boycotted by many of the Pontiac & Olds owners for this reason, for those who own or want to own a W-body, they know where we are & the doors are always open...... Nope, I like things just the way they are.....

When you put it like that, it sounds like a bad thing. Maybe I need to read Lord of the Flies. I figure when a corporation changes it's products so that they no longer make anything relevant, abandoning them is a responsibility, not merely a choice. Someone has to tell them they're on the wrong track, and sucking air. I volunteer. HEY GM: POUND SAND! And K-M-A. And shut your fukkin' headlights off in the daytime. You look ridiculous.

You are talking about a small subset of GM vehicles from a weird time period in their history. If people are interested, they will come here. Sadly, most forums are going away because of Social Media. After seeing most of the crap that goes on with those platforms I'm happy to let people find us and post good content rather than just posting content.

Maybe it's because I'm a little older now but I have been repeatedly disappointed with new vehicles other than my Super Duty. GM has been putting out unattractive and just strange looking vehicles lately. I don't get it and I don't understand what's driving this trend with them. Nothing is attractively unique anymore within their divisions. Makes these older W's and vehicles from the 80's and 90's that much more enticing.

Nah. I don’t mind being helpful or people getting help but that defeats the purpose. I think that’ll kill our numbers because there will be even less users per topic as I don’t think many will migrate anyway. Just my .02

My concern is with diluting the W-body content. We're here because we want to specialize in W-body; losing that specialization would eliminate any reason for me to log on. The newest vehicle I own is a 2003; GM has probably lost me as a customer until that vehicle won't run reliably because they've decided to follow political correctness or crazy styling instead of building stuff I want to buy. There's not a car in the stable that I have any real interest in. Pretty-much the same with the trucks. If you need the tailgate to multi-function as a step ladder...the truck isn't designed for use, it's designed to "look mean". I don't need that. Linking to other GM platforms would be a total waste of bandwidth for me. I'm already on forums that specialize in other GM brands; what they have in common in that there's little content for newer crap. It's all Chevy-Pontiac-Olds-Buick-Cadillac pre-1999; and in most cases largely pre-1980. "Global personal transportation" and "alternative powered vehicles" are "politically-correct JUNK", and that is what I DO NOT WANT.