I have been a loyal GM customer my whole adult life – at home my family has 6 cars, 5 of them are GM cars, the other a Ford product. I’ve purchased my daily drivers from GM every few years, I’ve had Olds 98's in the eighties and as my family grew moved to Blazers in the nineties and then Trailblazers into the 2000's.
Due to family size changes again, last year I wanted to move down in size from the Trailblazer to an Equinox. There was not one like I wanted, in my area, so I picked up a Pontiac Torrent instead. This car was not a stripper; it was loaded with everything available costing over 30k.
I have never had anything but minor problems with any of the cars I've purchased but this Pontiac had some electrical problems which took several trips to the dealer to repair.
But my real bitch is the cheapness with which this car is made. Simple things, like no lighted mirror on the back of the passenger side sun visor, no grab bars, no seat pockets etc, etc. Add to that the gas mileage is barely better then my full size Trailblazer and I scratching my head why?
Then the ultimate insult came when my daughter came down from NY in her new full size Japanese SUV that was as big as my Trailblazer, had all the amenities you could desire, got better mileage then me and cost less then my Torrent.
I’ve never owned a foreign car, but its tough staying loyal and feeling like a fool!
