Wow, your story sounds familiar. 4 years ago, I was on the highway when
somone ahead of me in a
Jeep ran over a hammer lying on the road, and kicked it into the air. It hit
the front
fascia and hood of my SC2 and did around $1200.00 of damage.
You obviously had a lot more damage, but the one thing that will make it sting
a little
less is imagining what could have happened if that tire had hit the driver's
side
of your windshield. Just one of life's little reminders of how quickly it can
all end.

And I can sympathize with you on the work front as well. I used to work at
an auto group (auto mall, kind of ) that owned a Saturn dealership, among
others.
They were really quite ruthless when it came to dealing with employees,
particularly
sales people (I worked in parts). Sales consultants who hit a slump got fired,

plain and simple. The dealership owner is a decamillionaire (at least)
who lives in a mansion built
and formerly owned by one of the members of the Dupont family.
Hope things start looking up. Good news is, if you can handle auto sales,
you could probably move into a more lucrative sales line when you've
had enough of the dealership treatment.

DT


marx404 wrote:

> As most of you here know, I work at a Saturn dealership. I think you might
> find this interesting on how Saturn treats thier employees and thinks of
> people.
>
> Last Wed night while driving home down a dark I95 southbound, I drove into a
> very heavy rainstorm. In a second's time, with no time to react, a wheel
> came out of nowhere and smashed in the front of my 94 SL2. The wheel came
> off a car going northbound on the highway, crossed a deep grassy median,
> struck me with such velocity that it bounced on my hood and flew over 3
> lanes of 95. I found the driver and the wheel the next day. My car is
> totalled. The saturn saved my life. Seems the driver didnt have lug bolts in
> his tire and the entire wheel came off while he was speeding. He has no
> ins., is a ghetto bro and the car is stolen. I reported this to the FHP and
> they said they cant do anything, nice. At least I am alive, one more foot
> higher and it would have been the windshield.
>
> I had the car towed to work. My ins. came out and declared the car totalled.
> I asked my boss for a loaner until I can get another car. (remember I sell
> cars?) He saw this as an opportunity to sell me something instead of helping
> me out and tried selling me some of the most expensive cars on the lot. our
> dealership is doing poorly and I am damn nearly broke, espacially due to the
> hurricanes, so I cant afford much.
>
> My boss and the GM refuse to give me a loaner car to get to work. To make
> matters worse, I am borrowing my wifes car to get to work which she needs to
> get to her work, so I am displacing her. Her car is on its last legs.
>
> Saturday, my boss took ing a beautiful used SL and tolfd me I could have it
> for $3K. I was finally relieved and happy that he was finally going to help
> me like he promised so many times. An hour after promising me the car, he
> sold it. Then and only after me telling him how upset I was, he came up to
> me and said:
>
> "Retail comes before people"
>
> This must be Saturns new logo. Then the General Manager called me and told
> me that "I" have a bad attitude????? And offered me an unsafe used car to
> drive for "a few days" I drive 65 miles a day on the hwy, no good. I told
> him I need a safe car to drive and would like the car checked out , his
> reply was " I drive used cars all the time w/o checking them out" and "you
> can look at the car and tell if it is safe".
>
> In the meanwhile they are working me to the bone and wont give me any time
> off to look for a new. I am one of the top salesman there but I can tell you
> now that I came there with a love for Saturns and the company and now feel
> deeply betrayed and insulted. I am so tired and upset and so is my family
> (who all own saturns). My next car will not be a saturn.
>
> "Retail comes before people"
>
> I guess they are no longer "a different kind of company" when they treat
> people (especially thier employees) as bad or worse than any other car
> company.
>
> --
> marx404