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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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I've always wondered why GM used to own my car as a corporate fleet vehicle. They only put 10,000 miles on it.

Anybody know?
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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Because Lexus is "Baller"
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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because even GM employees cant stand to drive GM cars
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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^ true that hahaha
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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because even GM employees cant stand to drive GM cars
haha... nice one
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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great answer! although come to think of it, i dont see too many bmw or mercedes benz execs driving their own brand. i do see some toyota execs driving lexus, as well as the lexus execs in the LS a lot.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by shui3000
I've always wondered why GM used to own my car as a corporate fleet vehicle. They only put 10,000 miles on it.

Anybody know?
it was really owned by as corporate fleet vehicle? The only legitimate reason why they would use it is for research and development purposes

I have no idea
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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yeah, it really was. no one at the dealership really knew why. they even had it serviced at the lexus dealership that they bought it from.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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^^they were trying to copy the lexus! haha
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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They probably beat that thing like a rented mule. Good luck.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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that depends on what it was used for, which is what the question pertains to.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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They own every brand under the sun, try to reverse engineer to be able to build better GM cars, I bought an Infinity in 1992. Had 7200 miles on it, good car .
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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have u guys seen the new lincolns

THEY STRAIGHT UP copyed lexus so hard

PUSH start button... the LS rear exhaust ... and a couple other things i cant rmb off the top of my head lol


but hey.. i would too if i was them, they dont got much else going on for them imo
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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it didn't seem like they took it apart though, everything was really tight.

someone said they might use it when visiting toyota execs, can anyone confirm?
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Maybe the exec jus wanted to compare there product to lexus... we all obiously like Lexus a bit better than GM but they have nice products... the new lacrosse is nice...
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