GM paid our mortgage, bought my clothes, put the food on the table, paid my sorority dues and partially paid for my degree so I'm pretty loyal. But, I can honestly say that I've had many GM cars, always drove them to at least 150,000 miles with few or no problems. Shoot, my last Cavalier had the titanium spark plugs that I NEVER replaced and I didn't have to replace my brakes until I had 75K on the car. I was impressed. Although many foreign cars are made here now (or have formed alliances with US car companies like the Mazda/Ford deal), ultimately, when you buy foreign, your money is still ending up overseas. I hear people brag about their foreign cars but I've had the same good luck with GM cars. And, I'm not the best about making sure I do regular maintenance (like oil changes) and I drive my cars hard with a long commute to work. My dad told me, the last time I bought a car, that I didn't have to buy GM, but I did anyway. I probably always will. It does help that I get the GMS plan so the prices really can't be beat for me.
OTW: The Toyota Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe are pretty much the exact same car as they are both a GM/Toyota affiliated model.
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