Eh?
I am a Catera owner. Yes it wasn't successful here (I blame the marketing). Yes it has it faults (but probably no worse than your Omegas). I acknowledge that and don't need to be reminded. It's bad enough hearing the snide comments about my car over here. Our forum has its own Catera trolls, former owners included, but I expected better from you people. What bothers me most is the little snarky emoticons. I apologize if I'm taking a comical poke too seriously but this is the first time anyone here has done this and I'm disappointed. I'll get over it I guess. I've always tried to be respectful here. Too bad it isn't returned.
Like or not, the Catera is a fascinating example of GM's formerly-enthusiastic badge-engineering, and it serves as a particularly interesting chapter in the Omega story. It's failure to capture the imagination of the heaving masses in the US (particularly when considered alongside the extraordinary lengths that the manufacturer went to when marketing the model), is noteworthy to fans of the car irrespective of the badge it wears. To acknowledge it as such is not to make a "snide" comment, nor is it something that deserves the term 'troll' to be banded about. As for "I expected better from you people", and "what bothers me most is snarky emoticons"... seriously?! Sheesh. Perhaps you should consider the one-dimensional nature of online messaging, where tone of voice is lost, and consider (just for one moment) that an enthusiastic Omega/Catera/whatever owner probably isn't on an owners forum that he has been a member of for a number of years simply to rip into other members about the cars that they drive. Cars that are the same as his own.
If there was any "comical poke" implied, then it was at the manufacturer and its failed efforts to market the car successfully, as reading between the lines of the original post might suggest. If I had a remark to direct at you, I would certainly have made that clear. And as for, "I've always tried to be respectful here. Too bad it isn't returned." Come on, get a little perspective. I don't see anyone disrespecting you.
