[MikeLangley]

I really, really wanted to buy a 2010 SS to go with my 1998 SS. But the whole ordering/production process was so lengthy that I gave up and bought a 2009 Mustang Bullitt. GM is doing the right thing by holding shipment of the M6's, but it just adds to the frustration of potential buyers.

As for first year production issues, I bought a 1993 Z28 in May of that year, and the car performed flawlessly for 82,000 miles. When they changed to the LS1 in 1998, I bought an SS/M6 in May of that year. It now has 145,000 miles with no engine or transmission problems, ever. With the amount of time that GM had to get the 2010 into production, everything should have right, straight from the factory.

As for foreign cars, I bought a new 280Z in 1975, and it was a total rust bucket. It was a fun car to drive, but I had to have it stripped and repainted twice in six years, thanks to cheap Japanese steel. And, it went through two head gaskets in the same time span. So it can and does happen to all car manufacturers from time to time.

I'm not trashing GM on this, but they did lose a sale to Ford. I may come back to Chevy eventually, but for now I'm back where I started -- in a Mustang (first new car I ever purchased was a 1973 Mach 1/Cleveland 351/4 speed).