# New Chevy truck ads... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662 "2009-01-21T06:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/21 "2009-01-21T07:37:12Z")
lol, Rosa Parks sells GM :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/22 "2009-01-21T07:38:03Z")
i dont get why they make fun of the man step? i think that is pretty useful… Chevy also went after the honda pilot because of its fuel economy… the pilot gets better city MPG then the chevy, but the chevy beats it by 1 MPG on the highway… ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/23 "2009-01-21T07:38:53Z")
> [@IanK](#): > > Have you seen them ? been in one ? and yes I suppose i agree a V6 full size is a bit :gay2: not that I care anyway though, trucks blow. Oh and yeah I guess i agree, those inbreed meat heads in the south probably think its fantastic. It isnt. Why do trucks blow? Because you don’t need one or don’t want one? I don’t need or want a convertible, does that mean all convertibles are crap? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/24 "2009-01-21T07:39:22Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Why is it a piece of shit? Oh, and a V6 full-size pickup is fggty. > > You gotta remember, we’re in the north. Driving something masculine (compensating) is a big deal to a lot of southerners that drive whatever black pickup truck makes them look like the biggest badass. I see more imports in NC than I did in Buffalo. Toyotas and Hondas like mad. Remember, the people that live down here do not work at Domestic Auto plants. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/25 "2009-01-21T07:41:51Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Says the guy driving the TBSS with 20" chromes… :mamoru: hey, they let my LS2 actually launch. 😛 Don’t be jealous. ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/26 "2009-01-21T07:44:33Z")
> [@fiend540](#): > > Why do trucks blow? Because you don’t need one or don’t want one? I don’t need or want a convertible, does that mean all convertibles are crap? Very American, very redneck. A truck used for its intended purpose ? thats different. but how many people actually do that, trucks in america are used for compensation. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/27 "2009-01-21T07:45:37Z")
Know how I know you’re gay? You bought a truck, never tow anything or haul anything around in it. Instead you stuff your wife and kids in the extended cab and pretend you’re still a mans-man as you run honey-do errands to soccer practice and the mall. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/28 "2009-01-21T07:46:49Z")
OMG ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/29 "2009-01-21T07:50:44Z")
> [@IanK](#): > > Very American, very redneck. A truck used for its intended purpose ? thats different. but how many people actually do that, trucks in america are used for compensation. The same can be said about a lot of cars and brands. How many people buy a sports car for the image as opposed to its intended purpose? In reality a truck is pretty practical when you compare it to it’s SUV counterpart. Similar mpg, can fit around the same amount of people yet, the utility of an open bed. ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/30 "2009-01-21T08:01:08Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > It’s time to restore consequence to bad business practices. - muthaphucking 1 ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/31 "2009-01-21T08:07:09Z")
^^ I’m pretty sure that was a big part of Obama’s speech yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/32 "2009-01-21T08:07:28Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I guess when your union healthcare, wage and retirement costs have prevented you from affording the R&D to get any innovative features your last resort is to call those features the competition has “girly”. > > Honestly, fuck GM and their bailout request. It’s time to restore consequence to bad business practices. While I agree with you on this, its pretty hard to knock them for asking for a bailout since we are just throwing money hand over fist to banks due to their bad business practices. ---
**Author:** ![larryr50](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/larryr50/32/5056_2.png) [@larryr50](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/larryr50)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/33 "2009-01-21T08:11:38Z")
> [@Bacon](#): > > Hi, our product sucks and doesn’t have as many features. Please buy it? I completely agree, but i guess im biased my father and I said the same thing yesterday when we saw the commerical but all we own are fords so to each his own.:grouphug: ---
**Author:** ![ugo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ugo/32/7430_2.png) [@ugo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ugo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/34 "2009-01-21T08:12:05Z")
> [@IanK](#): > > Whats funny is how pompous they are about such a complete piece of shit. I’ll be a girlie fggt and have the tundra. Just another example of why GM sucks at life. Let’s see here. Tundra sales for 2008—137K Silverado/Sierra 2008—633K That’s alot of people buying a “POS”. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalSterm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/originalsterm/32/4964_2.png) [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/35 "2009-01-21T08:27:41Z")
> [@ugo](#): > > Let’s see here. > > Tundra sales for 2008—137K > Silverado/Sierra 2008—633K > > That’s alot of people buying a “POS”. Don’t go ruining a perfectly good rant with facts. This just confuses people who hate things they don’t understand. A lot of the features GM is bashing from the competition is stuff some people might consider a waste of money if you are using a truck/SUV as it was intended. Not that they aren’t nice to have, or cool innovations, but are you willing to pay for some of them? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/36 "2009-01-21T08:32:14Z")
> [@ugo](#): > > Let’s see here. > > Tundra sales for 2008—137K > Silverado/Sierra 2008—633K > > That’s alot of people buying a “POS”. Funny you bring that up today… [http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/21/news/companies/gm\_toyota\_sales/index.htm?postversion=2009012109](http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/21/news/companies/gm_toyota_sales/index.htm?postversion=2009012109) Less and less people every year, so your pretty little chart is going to keep looking worse and worse. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/37 "2009-01-21T08:36:50Z")
> [@ugo](#): > > Let’s see here. > > Tundra sales for 2008—137K > Silverado/Sierra 2008—633K > > That’s alot of people buying a “POS”. Not to really get into this argument, but you’re missing a huge point. GM makes almost all of it’s money from it’s trucks, Toyota does not. Toyota didn’t start making full size trucks to sell more than GM, but simply take away some market share so that they could hurt GMs profits… not that GM has made any money recently anyway. So what that chart really means is that GM lost 137k potential truck sales to Toyota simply because they offer an alternative. And because GM has “all it’s eggs in one basket” when it comes to only making a good profit margin from their trucks, it also mean GM lost almost 20% of what they could have made before Toyota decided to build full size trucks. ---
**Author:** ![ugo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ugo/32/7430_2.png) [@ugo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ugo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/38 "2009-01-21T08:37:16Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Less and less people every year, so your pretty little chart is going to keep looking worse and worse. Tundra sales % went down more than GM. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/39 "2009-01-21T08:40:04Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Not to really get into this argument, but you’re missing a huge point. > > GM makes almost all of it’s money from it’s trucks, Toyota does not. > > Toyota didn’t start making full size trucks to sell more than GM, but simply take away some market share so that they could hurt GMs profits… not that GM has made any money recently anyway. > > So what that chart really means is that GM lost 137k potential truck sales to Toyota simply because they offer an alternative. And because GM has “all it’s eggs in one basket” when it comes to only making a good profit margin from their trucks, it also mean GM lost almost 20% of what they could have made before Toyota decided to build full size trucks. Under that logic, Toyota makes most of its money from small to midsize cars, GM does not. So what that means is that Toyota lost potential car sales to everyone who bought a GM car, simply because they offer an alternative. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662/40 "2009-01-21T08:41:37Z")
Yes % wise it did because truck sales in general took a dive. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-chevy-truck-ads/61662.md?page=3)