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Moanalua:
I do want Pontiac back. It is just that, based on what I’ve learned, it doesn’t seem realistic to expect GM to resurrect it. And I feel that I need to have some standards. I can’t accept just anything that would tarnish the legacy.
This may be a poor analogy, but here goes..
To me, getting Pontiac back in name only is like a guy who finds his true love. They soon marry and enjoy a wonderful life together. He loves her completely. Her curves, her scent, the way she whispers in his ear, the way she turns him on, her reliable devotion to taking care of him, the way she makes him feel about himself, etc. However, down the path of life the wife gets cancer. The sweet life becomes a struggle. It doesn’t change the way they feel about each other, and they stand together until her final moments.
The man is now distraught and grieves her loss. He longs for her back. Eventually those longings become cries for anyone – it just has to have her name. He then finds another woman with the same name and they soon court and marry. However, she is different. Her curves are not inspiring to him, he doesn’t care for her perfume, her voice is like Fran Drescher, even her attempts to rev him up are more functional than exciting, and when they’re out in public he is somewhat embarrassed. She tries to satisfy him, and he tries to reassure himself, “Hey, at least she has the same name.” Other women see him as a fine catch and try to woo him, but he is dedicated to his betrothed. Even though each of those women possess some of the qualities that were enchanting with his first love, he is committed to the name.
My point being.. the name is nothing. The car is everything. No loaf is better than a moldy loaf.
I wish Pontiac wasn’t put in the grave. But as others who were within Pontiac during their glory days have said, GM had been unwittingly digging the grave since the 70’s.
While it does pain me to say that Pontiac is gone, I can remember the good times with fondness and reverence… Much like a widower about his deceased wife.
