Soltice's falling apart?

[Tim the Teacher]

Just for grins I went over to the Soltice forum and read what the tech and maintenance threads were about. It seems GM has a bunch of lemons for the first year. I guess it's like any other new model but there are lots of different problems...some serious (like water in the AT cars)

http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/f...splay.php?f=12

[mvalant]

Oh wow. My old NA is looking mighty good at the moment.

[channelmaniac]

WOW - That's just amazing quality... NOT.

[sammm]

A crappy GM product? ...who'd have thunk it!

[Titus]

Yep... one of the women in my office has one, and she has been moaning about how many times it has been in the shop. The latest issue is a clunking noise in the transmission. She was told, "yeah... we have seen several of them in that do that, but GM doesn't have a fix for it at this time. GM says it should be fine to drive with the clunk. Mention it again the next time you have the car in and we will check again to see if a fix has come out for it." She was pissed!

[Titus]

Wow... here is a poll on her clunk... I would say it is pretty common.

http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=7664

[black roadster]

[channelmaniac]

They have laws for that... I wonder how soon GM will have to replace cars.

[srivendel]

Solstices are falling apart? You're kidding!

S.

[pliablemoose]

Damn, GM always has first year woes, but that's a lot of problems.

If sales figures follow Detroit's typical sales, they'll sell like hotcakes for each new version, then sales will really taper off.

GM/Detroit has always felt it's acceptable to have numerous problems with it's sports cars, because the buyers were willing to put up with the problems.

Here's a $30K Sky:

http://www.gmbuypower.com/nvlWindowS...ModuleDesc=SKY

[redmenace]

Quoting Jeremy Clarkson (admittedly not speaking to build quality)...
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The new Pontiac Solstice is America’s first attempt at making a sports car in more than 50 years. And not since David Beckham’s wayward penalty kick against Portugal have we seen anything go so wide of the mark. It is comically awful.

And that sets a question. How come America’s massive car industry can’t make what is basically beans on toast? A light, zesty, pine-fresh car with an engine at the front, a simple foldaway roof in the middle and rear-wheel drive at the back? Lotus can make a sports car using nothing but a melted-down bathtub and the engine from a Rover. Alfa Romeo can make a sports car using steel so thin you can read through it, and an engine that won’t start. Then there was Triumph, which made a sports car even though its entire workforce was outside the factory warming its hands around a brazier and chanting.