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June 1, 2009 at 9:10 AM #408875June 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM #408183
Rt.66
ParticipantBuy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.
Buy a can of American mandarines:
Upside= $2.34 stays in The US. You get a warm fuzzy feeling from doing your part.Downside= None. Everyone sees the value of keeping our dollars here so they can circulate and not add to our deficit when you are talking about $2.34.
Start talking about purchases that really make a huge differecne and most Americans revert to shortsighted, self-centered thinking.
The actual real truth is American cars are crazy, crazy reliable. Too bad so many will still gladly send the $$ from the second largest purchase of thier lives to Japan or Korea over and over in the tiny hopes of gaining a tiny advantage at such an extreem cost to the country and eventually to themselves as well.
June 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM #408422ParticipantBuy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.
Buy a can of American mandarines:
Upside= $2.34 stays in The US. You get a warm fuzzy feeling from doing your part.Downside= None. Everyone sees the value of keeping our dollars here so they can circulate and not add to our deficit when you are talking about $2.34.
Start talking about purchases that really make a huge differecne and most Americans revert to shortsighted, self-centered thinking.
The actual real truth is American cars are crazy, crazy reliable. Too bad so many will still gladly send the $$ from the second largest purchase of thier lives to Japan or Korea over and over in the tiny hopes of gaining a tiny advantage at such an extreem cost to the country and eventually to themselves as well.
June 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM #408667ParticipantBuy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.
Buy a can of American mandarines:
Upside= $2.34 stays in The US. You get a warm fuzzy feeling from doing your part.Downside= None. Everyone sees the value of keeping our dollars here so they can circulate and not add to our deficit when you are talking about $2.34.
Start talking about purchases that really make a huge differecne and most Americans revert to shortsighted, self-centered thinking.
The actual real truth is American cars are crazy, crazy reliable. Too bad so many will still gladly send the $$ from the second largest purchase of thier lives to Japan or Korea over and over in the tiny hopes of gaining a tiny advantage at such an extreem cost to the country and eventually to themselves as well.
June 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM #408731ParticipantBuy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.
Buy a can of American mandarines:
Upside= $2.34 stays in The US. You get a warm fuzzy feeling from doing your part.Downside= None. Everyone sees the value of keeping our dollars here so they can circulate and not add to our deficit when you are talking about $2.34.
Start talking about purchases that really make a huge differecne and most Americans revert to shortsighted, self-centered thinking.
The actual real truth is American cars are crazy, crazy reliable. Too bad so many will still gladly send the $$ from the second largest purchase of thier lives to Japan or Korea over and over in the tiny hopes of gaining a tiny advantage at such an extreem cost to the country and eventually to themselves as well.
June 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM #408880ParticipantBuy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.
Buy a can of American mandarines:
Upside= $2.34 stays in The US. You get a warm fuzzy feeling from doing your part.Downside= None. Everyone sees the value of keeping our dollars here so they can circulate and not add to our deficit when you are talking about $2.34.
Start talking about purchases that really make a huge differecne and most Americans revert to shortsighted, self-centered thinking.
The actual real truth is American cars are crazy, crazy reliable. Too bad so many will still gladly send the $$ from the second largest purchase of thier lives to Japan or Korea over and over in the tiny hopes of gaining a tiny advantage at such an extreem cost to the country and eventually to themselves as well.
June 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM #408189jpinpb
ParticipantOK. I have to address the notion of lower quality. Back when I was in high school, I had a Camaro and I ran that car into the ground w/out care. It was built tough. Wish I still had that 350SS now. Worth some bucks.
When I got out of college, I got a new Mustang and, bad girl that I am, did pretty much no maintenance on that car. I mean, I hardly even changed the oil on that thing. Thick as pea soup. I had over 100k miles on it before the car gave up.
I’ve learned from my bad car behavior since my young, dumb days. But looking back, I am impressed at how durable those American cars are. Maybe they don’t have the status symbol of some cars, but try watching Mecum auto and see how valuable they have become.
I’m not in the market for another car. Plan on driving the one I have into the ground. Taking better care of it. We’ll see how long this Audi lasts compared to American.
June 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM #408427ParticipantOK. I have to address the notion of lower quality. Back when I was in high school, I had a Camaro and I ran that car into the ground w/out care. It was built tough. Wish I still had that 350SS now. Worth some bucks.
When I got out of college, I got a new Mustang and, bad girl that I am, did pretty much no maintenance on that car. I mean, I hardly even changed the oil on that thing. Thick as pea soup. I had over 100k miles on it before the car gave up.
I’ve learned from my bad car behavior since my young, dumb days. But looking back, I am impressed at how durable those American cars are. Maybe they don’t have the status symbol of some cars, but try watching Mecum auto and see how valuable they have become.
I’m not in the market for another car. Plan on driving the one I have into the ground. Taking better care of it. We’ll see how long this Audi lasts compared to American.
June 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM #408672ParticipantOK. I have to address the notion of lower quality. Back when I was in high school, I had a Camaro and I ran that car into the ground w/out care. It was built tough. Wish I still had that 350SS now. Worth some bucks.
When I got out of college, I got a new Mustang and, bad girl that I am, did pretty much no maintenance on that car. I mean, I hardly even changed the oil on that thing. Thick as pea soup. I had over 100k miles on it before the car gave up.
I’ve learned from my bad car behavior since my young, dumb days. But looking back, I am impressed at how durable those American cars are. Maybe they don’t have the status symbol of some cars, but try watching Mecum auto and see how valuable they have become.
I’m not in the market for another car. Plan on driving the one I have into the ground. Taking better care of it. We’ll see how long this Audi lasts compared to American.
June 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM #408735ParticipantOK. I have to address the notion of lower quality. Back when I was in high school, I had a Camaro and I ran that car into the ground w/out care. It was built tough. Wish I still had that 350SS now. Worth some bucks.
When I got out of college, I got a new Mustang and, bad girl that I am, did pretty much no maintenance on that car. I mean, I hardly even changed the oil on that thing. Thick as pea soup. I had over 100k miles on it before the car gave up.
I’ve learned from my bad car behavior since my young, dumb days. But looking back, I am impressed at how durable those American cars are. Maybe they don’t have the status symbol of some cars, but try watching Mecum auto and see how valuable they have become.
I’m not in the market for another car. Plan on driving the one I have into the ground. Taking better care of it. We’ll see how long this Audi lasts compared to American.
June 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM #408885ParticipantOK. I have to address the notion of lower quality. Back when I was in high school, I had a Camaro and I ran that car into the ground w/out care. It was built tough. Wish I still had that 350SS now. Worth some bucks.
When I got out of college, I got a new Mustang and, bad girl that I am, did pretty much no maintenance on that car. I mean, I hardly even changed the oil on that thing. Thick as pea soup. I had over 100k miles on it before the car gave up.
I’ve learned from my bad car behavior since my young, dumb days. But looking back, I am impressed at how durable those American cars are. Maybe they don’t have the status symbol of some cars, but try watching Mecum auto and see how valuable they have become.
I’m not in the market for another car. Plan on driving the one I have into the ground. Taking better care of it. We’ll see how long this Audi lasts compared to American.
June 1, 2009 at 9:27 AM #408199ParticipantI hear you on the Mustang. I had a friend who had a Mustang II back in the day and he never checked the coolant. In the hot desert heat it eventually got so low the engine actually locked completely up and quit. After a few hours he added water and the car started again and ran for years LOL!
June 1, 2009 at 9:27 AM #408438ParticipantI hear you on the Mustang. I had a friend who had a Mustang II back in the day and he never checked the coolant. In the hot desert heat it eventually got so low the engine actually locked completely up and quit. After a few hours he added water and the car started again and ran for years LOL!
June 1, 2009 at 9:27 AM #408682ParticipantI hear you on the Mustang. I had a friend who had a Mustang II back in the day and he never checked the coolant. In the hot desert heat it eventually got so low the engine actually locked completely up and quit. After a few hours he added water and the car started again and ran for years LOL!
June 1, 2009 at 9:27 AM #408745ParticipantI hear you on the Mustang. I had a friend who had a Mustang II back in the day and he never checked the coolant. In the hot desert heat it eventually got so low the engine actually locked completely up and quit. After a few hours he added water and the car started again and ran for years LOL!
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