# Get ready for the new GAC **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041 "2017-01-25T23:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/21 "2017-01-30T15:29:26Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > …and with good reason, at least in the case of Datsun! LOL, yeah, and while we were looking down on these cars we were buying Vegas and Pintos! 😝 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/22 "2017-01-30T15:34:33Z")
> [@the\_same\_mountainbik](#): > > while we were looking down on these cars we were buying Vegas and Pintos! To paraphrase Tonto, what do you mean by “we” Kemosabe? 😉 I owned a rock-solid reliable Charger at the same time that my brother and his first wife had that POS Datsun and a Barracuda that was the worst-assembled car that I ever saw. My big mistake was trading-in that Charger on a Volvo, in the interest of getting better gas mileage. In the process, I went from a car that never gave me any problems to one that gave me nothing _but_ problems! 😖 ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/23 "2017-01-30T17:19:46Z")
Sounds like that Datsun 310 was pretty faithful to the MG tradition. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/24 "2017-01-30T21:28:33Z")
Except that GM sells a lot of Buicks in China and they sell nothIng here. There were 920,000 Buicks sold there in 2014. A million to none is a long way to go if GAC or any other Chinese manufacturer wants to count on US sales as GM counts on Buick sales in China. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/25 "2017-01-30T23:33:17Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > what do you mean by “we” Kemosabe? I mean many of us who were looking down on riceburners. 😝 But I learned my lesson in '76 when I bought my first Corolla. Every morning I’d go out, start the car, and drive anywhere I wanted all day long. No breakdowns, no operating problems, the body didn’t start to rattle, I didn’t receive a recall every now & then, the thing just did everything I asked of it without complaint. It was an eye-opener for me. Until I bought my Corolla, I had no idea a car could be that reliable. I was truly stunned. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041/26 "2017-01-30T23:51:56Z")
> [@the\_same\_mountainbik](#): > > Until I bought my Corolla, I had no idea a car could be that reliable. I was truly stunned. Yes, owning a 1992 Honda truly opened my eyes to how much more reliable Japanese cars were, as compared to their US-designed counterparts. After that Accord, I began buying Subarus, and found that they were even more reliable than my trusty '92 Honda. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-ready-for-the-new-gac/99041.md?page=1)