Flaming the Bear

I just heard on Global that GM Canada is going to lower the prices on some or all of it's cars by 12%. Well it's about time! Although the big G has some of the best cars on the north american market they suffered a bang for the buck factor. Case in point - the Chevy Impala, rated the best built car in NA PERIOD. Working at a dealer I can tell you that you can count the quirks of this car on one hand and you don't need all of your fingers! I sure hope that the big G does it with the parts too. When the canuck buck was low, they raised the prices of a good number of parts to stem the back flow of parts into the US. However, it was like a farmer stabbing himself with a pitchfork to kill a mouse running up his leg. The raised prices damaged parts sales more than it helped GM - when the parts were being bought in Canada they were still getting the sale, once they boosted the price they lost the sales and thier credibilty completly. Oh well - I guess I need to be a been counter to completely understand the reasoning, but I really don't think it helped the cause on either side of the border.