GM offering free maintenance visits to current Pontiac owners

In an attempt to prevent Pontiac customers from straying to other brands, General Motors Co. will be providing a free maintenance program. GM’s decision to shut down Pontiac will likely discourage many from buying a GM brand in the future and so it went with this different approach to attract Pontiac owners into the existing Buick-GMC US dealerships.

GM is offering four free service checks to current Pontiac owners who bought a new car or a certified vehicle in 1999 or sooner. Brian Sweeney, general manager of Buick-GMC, said that those participating in the campaign would total to about 1 million and that all Buick-GMC dealerships in the US will be participating in this scheme as well.
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Shredmo - 1/20/2010 5:12:13 PM

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I received this offer for my 2009 G8 GT. It is a good deal, as the car holds almost 9 quarts of oil!

Bmw8ter - 1/20/2010 6:44:42 PM

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The title and article contradict each other. The title says "free maintenance". The article says "free service checks". They're not the same thing. A service check just means they're going to inspect the vehicle.

Now that you have 4 free service checks, EVERYTHING will be f'ked up according to the service technician.

Bmw8ter - 1/20/2010 6:45:22 PM

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Sorry...."maintenance visits".

Shredmo - 1/21/2010 10:25:06 AM

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Based on the coupon, they do an oil change, rotate tires and then look for stuff to fix.

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/21/2010 1:25:02 PM

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Damn dyslexia, should read, It's not one local credit union it's all of them"

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/20/2010 7:56:15 PM

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Good luck to them, our look credit unions now only loan half book value on Pontiac and Saturns.

CarCrazedinCali - 1/20/2010 9:57:58 PM

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OUCH! That's tough, luckily I don't want to buy one

Shredmo - 1/21/2010 10:30:32 AM

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Sounds like you either have a crappy CU or poor credit rating, LOL!

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/21/2010 11:40:43 AM

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Shredmo

It's now one local credit union it's all of thim.

Shredmo - 1/21/2010 1:00:21 PM

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All look credit unions now? WTF?
What does thim mean?
Looks like my credibility is in question now...

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/21/2010 1:23:26 PM

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Shredmo

Forgive pre coffee comments, should read "It's no one local credit union it's all of them". This is for the region of the intermountain west.

Shredmo - 1/21/2010 1:48:54 PM

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I'll have to assume this is true, but it comes as a surprise to me. One would think NADA or KBB would be a reasonable tool when comparing depreciation from one make to another. I'm not saying the stated value is accurate, rather, stated value vs real value should be consistent when comparing a Toyota to a Pontiac. Furthermore, many people get vehicle loans for more than a vehicles kbb value all the time. Why single out Pontiac and Saturn?
FYI, the KBB and NADA values of G8s have been steadily increasing since the cancellation of Pontiac.

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/21/2010 2:37:58 PM

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Shredmo-

In our area most used cars loans are/were financed through credit unions which got hit hard with repossessions during the "great recession" and now are really tight with their money. Is it fair no, but on autoblog I was reading that Chase Bank won't finance a Saab.

Shredmo - 1/21/2010 3:29:25 PM

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Not surprised at all about Saab (and Isuzu). The dealer/service structure will vanish over night for these vehicles. Pontiac and Saturn have GM's continued support, hence this article.

asternmadkatz - 1/21/2010 8:55:44 AM

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What the hell...just Pontiac?!? I drive another GM killed brand vehicle (Saturn)...guess they don't care about us moving to another brand. Oh well.

bfghemicuda - 1/21/2010 6:53:33 PM

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Opens up the door for a trade in and GM gets to sell the owner another GM vehicle... Smart

Shredmo - 1/22/2010 9:25:43 AM

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I agree. My local Pontiac dealer was not affiliated with another GM make. To use this coupon, I'd have to locate an alternative GM dealer. For a small price, GM would create a new relationship between an American car buyer and an American make.

thstone - 1/21/2010 7:40:05 PM

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Seems like GM is just about down to begging people to come into a dealer...