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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    I can't help but wonder if anyone actually read the original story, certainly the summary isn't helping at all. This guy Richards quit because he got a counter-offer from his previous company, I guess they really missed him, and he wasn't comfortable with the management shakeup at GM.

    I probably would have done the same. Who the hell knows what's going on at GM right now. It might be for the better, but given the past few decades I'm not particularly confident. They've got a few great cars but they just seem unable to set things right, for a ton of reasons.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    The Apprentice - GM Edition
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    Q: How many overpaid neckties DOES it take to run a gigantic multinational corporation?

    A: Not as many as we thought.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    The guy could have left for a hundred reasons, some having nothing to do with either his abilities or the viability of GM.

    That said, if the guy bailed because of the fear-based, "fix it now!" attitude of GM's new CEO, perhaps that's a good thing. GM lifers did get too complacent. They did lose touch with reality. So if this guy wasn't up to the challenge, better to decide that now.

    But again, who really knows?
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    Image of Benito ~ I still drive excitement. Benito ~ I still drive excitement.
    12/10/09

    @DrLemming: ...If you read the article, he left because his old employer offered him his job back, and the shake up of management at GM scared him.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/10/09

    @Benito ~ I still drive excitement.: I don't read.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    You'd think a guy who is good enough to reach the General Manager's position would be able to handle a little heckling from the peanut gallery.

    After his outburst, it is probably a wise move to resign before he gets fired. I guess things must be really tense at RenCen for the guy to lose it after only 9 days.

    Wait........ what?
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    Must be nice to just quit your job at the drop of a hat.

    What's unemployment right now? 10%? Cheeky bastard.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    Found standing near a Fiat 500 parked outside the Vatican, Richards was quoted as saying, "veni, vidi, effugi".
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    I think he's just stepping out to find a suit that fits.
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    Image of Rabbi Dave Rabbi Dave
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    after reading the Detroit News piece I'm pretty worried that if they're scaring ALL of the GM lifers out there will be no one left with enough experience to steer the boat. Or help paddle.

    Fritz might have let the Opel, Saturn and Saab deals fall apart, but he wasn't pissing away the core brands. Now 3 of those brands have questions in leadership positions. Including Chevy...which is kind of important and about to launch its most important product...Cruze. Not volt.

    Cruze was already shot in the foot launching to the public with 40 mpg on the day after fritz was fired and got no attention.

    Really makes you wonder.
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    12/10/09

    @Rabbi Dave: Have no fear, Ed is combing Craigslist for replacements as we speak. :-D
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/10/09

    In reply to Buick/GMC General Manager Quits Job After Just Nine Days
    F*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you, you're cool, f*ck you, I'm out!
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    Image of stuntpuppy stuntpuppy
    12/10/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: The single best part of that whole movie.
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    Ash78, cube farmer promoted this comment stuntpuppy was starred stuntpuppy was unstarred
    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/10/09

    @stuntpuppy: That, plus the John Stewart "Have you ever ____....on WEED?" bit.

    Haven't seen the movie in 10 years, but those are the only two things I remember.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    There's no way this could happen in England.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    Just the other night here in Miami, I saw a '90s Cadillac Seville covered in multicolored LEDs to the same effect as this truck. Very striking in the dark.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    I so hope that thing has the lighted valve stem covers on it. Moar lights...
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    So a $200,000 Lamborghini catches on a fire, but this does not? Finally, justice for the little guy.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    SAAAAAALUUUUUUUUUUUTE!*
    The ONLY way this could be more awesome--and it's already awesome beyond awesome--would be to have the signal lights connected, so the right or left side would blink appropriately. That is the only possible addition I could think of.

    *HeeHaw reference for all you young hipsters.
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    Image of snake6778 snake6778
    12/09/09

    @Novaload: sword of omen. give me awesome beyond awesome
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    Image of JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now. JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now.
    12/10/09

    @Novaload: Dad actually dragged me to a Hee-Haw filming as a kid.
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    Novaload promoted this comment JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now. was starred JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now. was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/10/09

    @JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now.: You say that like it's a bad thing! That was one show that was simultaneously funny for all the wrong and right reasons.
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    Image of JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now. JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now.
    10:56 AM

    @Novaload: It also wasn't a show appreciated by small children. This was like '83 and I was seven.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11:07 AM

    @JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now.: Wow, it must have seemed like a trip to Crazy Town at that age!
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