You can trick your whip all you want, but GM says that car is still theirs, no matter what you’ve paid. In a hearing this week, General Motors attorney Harry Lightsey said that purchasing and paying off your GM vehicle is a license agreement and not ownership.
The U.S Copyright Office is holding a hearing on whether anyone other than the vehicle’s manufacturer has the right to alter the that car’s copyrighted software. With modern design being what it is, this means almost altering anything about the vehicle.
Mechanics and private owners are saying they need to be allowed to make repairs on their vehicles to keep them running or maintain their business. But GM is saying that anyone unauthorized altering anything about the vehicle could create problems with the software and endanger the driver. This sounds more like a business ploy on the part of GM to hold a monopoly on vehicle repairs.
Read more about GM’s position on page 2.
And don’t forget, Hussein also signed papers that taxpayers pay for their retired people’s insurance !!!
So then any repairs would be the responsibility of GM at no additional cost to the consumer.
I’ve had Chevrolet trucks since 1973 but my next one will be a Toyota. Pretty bad when the most American made truck is by a Japanese company.
The desperation of GM. I predict they will be stone broke in 5 to 7 years.
Proud boycotter of GM products since 1990.
Sounds like a good time for everyone to just quit buying GM produced vehicles for a while doesn’t it ? Apparently we didn’t help them out enough with the bailouts and they need to make more
Our family for most years (sixty) have driven mostly GM vehicles but not any more had some things we questioned in latter years so no more Chevys for us
Just by an older car.
Bank owns it
It should say you are leasing it from the government. Oh wait we paid for the bailout, huh. US taxpayer