Comments on: Lost Your Job Yet? Keep Buying Foreign

By: DaveT

DaveT — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:39:55 +0000

Maybe ya.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:20:58 +0000

Maybe there’s a bumper sticker out there that can tell you the difference between effect and affect!

By: breaker

breaker — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:33:52 +0000

Regardless of who makes a better rust bucket, it is about saving jobs on home ground. Even though Canada is Canada and the US is the US we are all from North America, consequently Americans, and I can tell you that Canadians have a very large stake in the US auto industry. Not only are there plants in Canada that make parts and cars, but I work first hand with Canadian vendors that do integration of robot automation, lasers, etc.

I also think that everyone that criticizes the quality of a domestic vehicle compared to foreign vehicles hasn’t been in a domestic vehicle in awhile and hasn’t seen data on domestic quality versus foreign quality.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:59:42 +0000

@Ryan

1. Why would Toyota and Honda stop production to help the US win a war? Last I checked they were on the opposite side of said war. Also the police forces around your nation use cars from the big 3 because if they didn’t people would shit because they weren’t buying domestic.

2. Fleet after fleet of domestic shipping vehicles isn’t much of an argument either. Go to Japan and you won’t see Mack trucks. Or England and you won’t see Freightliner. No company is going to pay to ship the whole truck and parts over seas. That’s just common business sense.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:17:21 +0000

First to clear things up a bit I am Canadian not American. So all that stuff about ww II I am just going to ignore for sake of being out of my element.

Yes at car shows you see a lot of American cars because I will admit, muscle cars are bad ass. I hope to one day own one of my own, but I can tell you right now it won’t be my daily driver. It’s just not efficient or practical.

American cars do rust, and I bet a lot of the cars at shows needed new floors put in. Don’t pretend you don’t know that.

My blazer was a huge rust bucket when I got it I had to do new rockers, floors, and rear quarter panels. American cars rust out just as easy as imports. Take a look at recent Sunfires and cavaliers, most have rotten rockers and rear qps.

Let’s not forget Dodges where the paint basically falls off after a few years.

Cars were just built stronger before. But they were also heavier and less efficient.

How often do you see American cars from the 1970s and 80s with a motor worth talking about as a daily driver?

Ok, in the industrial side Americans motor companies are still fairly prevalent. Probably because a lot of older companies have long standing reputations with them and American manufacturers are great at making big loud powerful motors.

But for arguments sake I did find a Toyota fire truck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinthom/2372465112/

I don’t hate American cars, but it is hard to imagine myself ever owning one as a daily driver again.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:07:13 +0000

Yeah I mean when I go to cruise-ins and car shows all the time I always see 1970s and 80s Toyotas and Hondas…oh wait that’s a LIE. For some reason they just don’t seem to LAST! Okay so the engine kept running, but what’s the point if you’re going to fall through the rusting floor board? Wonder why the police forces around the nation use cars from the Big 3…does Toyota make a Firetruck yet? Or a diesel engine that lasts over 400,000 miles in a truck that delivers goods all across the country? Wait a minute…did Toyota and Honda help us win WWII buy stopping production of their vehicles to keep this country from being turned into a war zone? Seemed to have forgotten about that. Funny how I see fleet and construction trucks everywhere that are Chevy, Ford, and Dodge. They must be doing something right! Maybe you guys should try buying American one more time. Sorry if you purchased a lemon in the 80s but the honest truth is…the Big 3 didn’t have much to compete against a rusting piece of crap, now did they? But for some reason I still see American cars still around and at car shows all over the country! Just step back and take a look next time folks.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:19:41 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:35:28 +0000

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By: Franky

Franky — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:20:34 +0000

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