BUY AMERICAN (avoid that made in China)

[briansd1]

My cousin’s (bless her) husband is a die-hard real American in Ohio. After berating all our relatives for buying foreign cars for years, he bought a brand new Nissan Altima when his Chevy’s engine burned up on the freeway. He had to abandon the car on the side of the road.

A friend’s Ford F150 truck’s transmission just failed. Still has about 18 months’ worth of payments on the truck.

American cars are fine as long as you don’t plan to keep them more than 3 years.

[jpinpb]

Without going through this entire thread again, I’m not sure if it was this thread or not, but I’m sure I mentioned my previous cars.

I had a ’68 Camaro that never gave me problems (except sucking dead dinosaurs).
I had a ’85 Ford Mustang that I ran into the ground. It did die, but I can stupidly say my fault. Over 100k miles and I never did anything to it. I think I ran it w/out oil for a long time. That was while before that I ran oil in it as thick as pea soup. (I’ve learned from my mistakes – so no car people berate me about my young and stupid girl moves)

After that, I had a Ford Escort that was equally as reliable until I had my mid-life crisis and traded it in for my Audi TT.

I can say that American cars not only pass Inspector #12 test, but the dumb jp test.

Haven’t bought a car yet, but I am considering another Camaro.

Maybe I’m too old school, but I am really sick of going into a store and finding EVERYTHING made in China. I mean, now they know people are checking lables and they are changing the way they indicate where it’s made. Some lables now say “Made in PRC.” Either too embarrassed to say where it’s made or they think we are stupid and they can trick us.

I feel it a real bonus when I can buy something that is made anywhere but China. If it’s made in the USA, it’s a real victory. I can actually feel good about a purchase made here, knowing I help someone work and knowing the item I buy won’t fall apart next week.

I have many times not bought anything b/c it was made there. Unless it’s something that I urgently and desparately need, I just won’t buy it. And as said before, some of the things made in China are becoming expensive, yet still made so cheaply. I just feel like such a sucker if I buy something made there.

[jpinpb]

Without going through this entire thread again, I’m not sure if it was this thread or not, but I’m sure I mentioned my previous cars.

I had a ’68 Camaro that never gave me problems (except sucking dead dinosaurs).
I had a ’85 Ford Mustang that I ran into the ground. It did die, but I can stupidly say my fault. Over 100k miles and I never did anything to it. I think I ran it w/out oil for a long time. That was while before that I ran oil in it as thick as pea soup. (I’ve learned from my mistakes – so no car people berate me about my young and stupid girl moves)

After that, I had a Ford Escort that was equally as reliable until I had my mid-life crisis and traded it in for my Audi TT.

I can say that American cars not only pass Inspector #12 test, but the dumb jp test.

Haven’t bought a car yet, but I am considering another Camaro.

Maybe I’m too old school, but I am really sick of going into a store and finding EVERYTHING made in China. I mean, now they know people are checking lables and they are changing the way they indicate where it’s made. Some lables now say “Made in PRC.” Either too embarrassed to say where it’s made or they think we are stupid and they can trick us.

I feel it a real bonus when I can buy something that is made anywhere but China. If it’s made in the USA, it’s a real victory. I can actually feel good about a purchase made here, knowing I help someone work and knowing the item I buy won’t fall apart next week.

I have many times not bought anything b/c it was made there. Unless it’s something that I urgently and desparately need, I just won’t buy it. And as said before, some of the things made in China are becoming expensive, yet still made so cheaply. I just feel like such a sucker if I buy something made there.

[jpinpb]

Without going through this entire thread again, I’m not sure if it was this thread or not, but I’m sure I mentioned my previous cars.

I had a ’68 Camaro that never gave me problems (except sucking dead dinosaurs).
I had a ’85 Ford Mustang that I ran into the ground. It did die, but I can stupidly say my fault. Over 100k miles and I never did anything to it. I think I ran it w/out oil for a long time. That was while before that I ran oil in it as thick as pea soup. (I’ve learned from my mistakes – so no car people berate me about my young and stupid girl moves)

After that, I had a Ford Escort that was equally as reliable until I had my mid-life crisis and traded it in for my Audi TT.

I can say that American cars not only pass Inspector #12 test, but the dumb jp test.

Haven’t bought a car yet, but I am considering another Camaro.

Maybe I’m too old school, but I am really sick of going into a store and finding EVERYTHING made in China. I mean, now they know people are checking lables and they are changing the way they indicate where it’s made. Some lables now say “Made in PRC.” Either too embarrassed to say where it’s made or they think we are stupid and they can trick us.

I feel it a real bonus when I can buy something that is made anywhere but China. If it’s made in the USA, it’s a real victory. I can actually feel good about a purchase made here, knowing I help someone work and knowing the item I buy won’t fall apart next week.

I have many times not bought anything b/c it was made there. Unless it’s something that I urgently and desparately need, I just won’t buy it. And as said before, some of the things made in China are becoming expensive, yet still made so cheaply. I just feel like such a sucker if I buy something made there.

[jpinpb]

Without going through this entire thread again, I’m not sure if it was this thread or not, but I’m sure I mentioned my previous cars.

I had a ’68 Camaro that never gave me problems (except sucking dead dinosaurs).
I had a ’85 Ford Mustang that I ran into the ground. It did die, but I can stupidly say my fault. Over 100k miles and I never did anything to it. I think I ran it w/out oil for a long time. That was while before that I ran oil in it as thick as pea soup. (I’ve learned from my mistakes – so no car people berate me about my young and stupid girl moves)

After that, I had a Ford Escort that was equally as reliable until I had my mid-life crisis and traded it in for my Audi TT.

I can say that American cars not only pass Inspector #12 test, but the dumb jp test.

Haven’t bought a car yet, but I am considering another Camaro.

Maybe I’m too old school, but I am really sick of going into a store and finding EVERYTHING made in China. I mean, now they know people are checking lables and they are changing the way they indicate where it’s made. Some lables now say “Made in PRC.” Either too embarrassed to say where it’s made or they think we are stupid and they can trick us.

I feel it a real bonus when I can buy something that is made anywhere but China. If it’s made in the USA, it’s a real victory. I can actually feel good about a purchase made here, knowing I help someone work and knowing the item I buy won’t fall apart next week.

I have many times not bought anything b/c it was made there. Unless it’s something that I urgently and desparately need, I just won’t buy it. And as said before, some of the things made in China are becoming expensive, yet still made so cheaply. I just feel like such a sucker if I buy something made there.

[jpinpb]

Without going through this entire thread again, I’m not sure if it was this thread or not, but I’m sure I mentioned my previous cars.

I had a ’68 Camaro that never gave me problems (except sucking dead dinosaurs).
I had a ’85 Ford Mustang that I ran into the ground. It did die, but I can stupidly say my fault. Over 100k miles and I never did anything to it. I think I ran it w/out oil for a long time. That was while before that I ran oil in it as thick as pea soup. (I’ve learned from my mistakes – so no car people berate me about my young and stupid girl moves)

After that, I had a Ford Escort that was equally as reliable until I had my mid-life crisis and traded it in for my Audi TT.

I can say that American cars not only pass Inspector #12 test, but the dumb jp test.

Haven’t bought a car yet, but I am considering another Camaro.

Maybe I’m too old school, but I am really sick of going into a store and finding EVERYTHING made in China. I mean, now they know people are checking lables and they are changing the way they indicate where it’s made. Some lables now say “Made in PRC.” Either too embarrassed to say where it’s made or they think we are stupid and they can trick us.

I feel it a real bonus when I can buy something that is made anywhere but China. If it’s made in the USA, it’s a real victory. I can actually feel good about a purchase made here, knowing I help someone work and knowing the item I buy won’t fall apart next week.

I have many times not bought anything b/c it was made there. Unless it’s something that I urgently and desparately need, I just won’t buy it. And as said before, some of the things made in China are becoming expensive, yet still made so cheaply. I just feel like such a sucker if I buy something made there.

[mixxalot]

American cars

Well I like the Corvette and Viper- top sports cars. I think between USA, Germany and Italy the funnest coolest cars around. Of course the Nissan GT-R is one hotrod as well.

[mixxalot]

American cars

Well I like the Corvette and Viper- top sports cars. I think between USA, Germany and Italy the funnest coolest cars around. Of course the Nissan GT-R is one hotrod as well.

[mixxalot]

American cars

Well I like the Corvette and Viper- top sports cars. I think between USA, Germany and Italy the funnest coolest cars around. Of course the Nissan GT-R is one hotrod as well.

[mixxalot]

American cars

Well I like the Corvette and Viper- top sports cars. I think between USA, Germany and Italy the funnest coolest cars around. Of course the Nissan GT-R is one hotrod as well.

[mixxalot]

American cars

Well I like the Corvette and Viper- top sports cars. I think between USA, Germany and Italy the funnest coolest cars around. Of course the Nissan GT-R is one hotrod as well.

[CA renter]

My experience with cars is the same as jpinpb’s. My family always owned American cars until the late 90s, with the exception of a Volvo (biggest lemon on the planet!) and two VW bugs in the 60s and 70s — and I can’t say enough positive things about those VWs…they’re not built like that anymore, though.

Our American cars have run at least as well as our current Honda, which has had its fair share of problems, BTW.

There were some American cars, especially those made in the 1980s, that had pretty major problems, largely because of planned obsolescence. BTW, while the head sheeple herders try to convince the sheeple that the unions caused the demise of the US automotive industry, the real reason for our downfall was the movement toward a shorter lifespan for durable goods, IMHO. People are willing to pay much more for quality products, but they won’t pay more for junk that breaks down within a few years. Planned obsolescence is bad for our economy and bad for the environment, but the China model (which we are all forced to accept, whether we like it or not) is built around it.
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June 06, 1985|By Dick Marlowe of the Sentinel Staff
Remember that old slogan, ”When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them?” There was something really inspiring about that jingle back in the days when cars were built to last.

With quality construction having long since given way to marketing strategies, automakers are now being told that better quality is bad for business.

If American automakers want to compete with the Japanese, they are going to have to give the consumer a worse car. At least that’s the opinion of Philip G. Gott, who works as an automotive engineering consultant for Arthur D. Little Co.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-06-06/business/0300340118_1_gott-car-owners-cars-result

AND:

Film maker Michael Moore believes he had foretold the demise of GM in his 1989 film “Roger and Me”.

“It is a sad irony that the company that invented ‘planned obsolescence’ – the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would have to buy a new one – has now made itself obsolete”, he wrote on his blog after GM’s bankruptcy. He cites years of company ineptitude and a disregard for its workers.

“Beginning in the 1980s, when GM was posting record profits, it moved countless jobs to Mexico and elsewhere, thus destroying the lives of tens of thousands of hard-working Americans. The glaring stupidity of this policy was that, when they eliminated the income of so many middle-class families, who did they think was going to be able to afford to buy their cars?”

http://blogs.wheels24.co.za/CobusPotgieter/gms-worst-invention-planned-obsolescence

[CA renter]

My experience with cars is the same as jpinpb’s. My family always owned American cars until the late 90s, with the exception of a Volvo (biggest lemon on the planet!) and two VW bugs in the 60s and 70s — and I can’t say enough positive things about those VWs…they’re not built like that anymore, though.

Our American cars have run at least as well as our current Honda, which has had its fair share of problems, BTW.

There were some American cars, especially those made in the 1980s, that had pretty major problems, largely because of planned obsolescence. BTW, while the head sheeple herders try to convince the sheeple that the unions caused the demise of the US automotive industry, the real reason for our downfall was the movement toward a shorter lifespan for durable goods, IMHO. People are willing to pay much more for quality products, but they won’t pay more for junk that breaks down within a few years. Planned obsolescence is bad for our economy and bad for the environment, but the China model (which we are all forced to accept, whether we like it or not) is built around it.
———————

June 06, 1985|By Dick Marlowe of the Sentinel Staff
Remember that old slogan, ”When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them?” There was something really inspiring about that jingle back in the days when cars were built to last.

With quality construction having long since given way to marketing strategies, automakers are now being told that better quality is bad for business.

If American automakers want to compete with the Japanese, they are going to have to give the consumer a worse car. At least that’s the opinion of Philip G. Gott, who works as an automotive engineering consultant for Arthur D. Little Co.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-06-06/business/0300340118_1_gott-car-owners-cars-result

AND:

Film maker Michael Moore believes he had foretold the demise of GM in his 1989 film “Roger and Me”.

“It is a sad irony that the company that invented ‘planned obsolescence’ – the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would have to buy a new one – has now made itself obsolete”, he wrote on his blog after GM’s bankruptcy. He cites years of company ineptitude and a disregard for its workers.

“Beginning in the 1980s, when GM was posting record profits, it moved countless jobs to Mexico and elsewhere, thus destroying the lives of tens of thousands of hard-working Americans. The glaring stupidity of this policy was that, when they eliminated the income of so many middle-class families, who did they think was going to be able to afford to buy their cars?”

http://blogs.wheels24.co.za/CobusPotgieter/gms-worst-invention-planned-obsolescence

[CA renter]

My experience with cars is the same as jpinpb’s. My family always owned American cars until the late 90s, with the exception of a Volvo (biggest lemon on the planet!) and two VW bugs in the 60s and 70s — and I can’t say enough positive things about those VWs…they’re not built like that anymore, though.

Our American cars have run at least as well as our current Honda, which has had its fair share of problems, BTW.

There were some American cars, especially those made in the 1980s, that had pretty major problems, largely because of planned obsolescence. BTW, while the head sheeple herders try to convince the sheeple that the unions caused the demise of the US automotive industry, the real reason for our downfall was the movement toward a shorter lifespan for durable goods, IMHO. People are willing to pay much more for quality products, but they won’t pay more for junk that breaks down within a few years. Planned obsolescence is bad for our economy and bad for the environment, but the China model (which we are all forced to accept, whether we like it or not) is built around it.
———————

June 06, 1985|By Dick Marlowe of the Sentinel Staff
Remember that old slogan, ”When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them?” There was something really inspiring about that jingle back in the days when cars were built to last.

With quality construction having long since given way to marketing strategies, automakers are now being told that better quality is bad for business.

If American automakers want to compete with the Japanese, they are going to have to give the consumer a worse car. At least that’s the opinion of Philip G. Gott, who works as an automotive engineering consultant for Arthur D. Little Co.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-06-06/business/0300340118_1_gott-car-owners-cars-result

AND:

Film maker Michael Moore believes he had foretold the demise of GM in his 1989 film “Roger and Me”.

“It is a sad irony that the company that invented ‘planned obsolescence’ – the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would have to buy a new one – has now made itself obsolete”, he wrote on his blog after GM’s bankruptcy. He cites years of company ineptitude and a disregard for its workers.

“Beginning in the 1980s, when GM was posting record profits, it moved countless jobs to Mexico and elsewhere, thus destroying the lives of tens of thousands of hard-working Americans. The glaring stupidity of this policy was that, when they eliminated the income of so many middle-class families, who did they think was going to be able to afford to buy their cars?”

http://blogs.wheels24.co.za/CobusPotgieter/gms-worst-invention-planned-obsolescence

[CA renter]

My experience with cars is the same as jpinpb’s. My family always owned American cars until the late 90s, with the exception of a Volvo (biggest lemon on the planet!) and two VW bugs in the 60s and 70s — and I can’t say enough positive things about those VWs…they’re not built like that anymore, though.

Our American cars have run at least as well as our current Honda, which has had its fair share of problems, BTW.

There were some American cars, especially those made in the 1980s, that had pretty major problems, largely because of planned obsolescence. BTW, while the head sheeple herders try to convince the sheeple that the unions caused the demise of the US automotive industry, the real reason for our downfall was the movement toward a shorter lifespan for durable goods, IMHO. People are willing to pay much more for quality products, but they won’t pay more for junk that breaks down within a few years. Planned obsolescence is bad for our economy and bad for the environment, but the China model (which we are all forced to accept, whether we like it or not) is built around it.
———————

June 06, 1985|By Dick Marlowe of the Sentinel Staff
Remember that old slogan, ”When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them?” There was something really inspiring about that jingle back in the days when cars were built to last.

With quality construction having long since given way to marketing strategies, automakers are now being told that better quality is bad for business.

If American automakers want to compete with the Japanese, they are going to have to give the consumer a worse car. At least that’s the opinion of Philip G. Gott, who works as an automotive engineering consultant for Arthur D. Little Co.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-06-06/business/0300340118_1_gott-car-owners-cars-result

AND:

Film maker Michael Moore believes he had foretold the demise of GM in his 1989 film “Roger and Me”.

“It is a sad irony that the company that invented ‘planned obsolescence’ – the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would have to buy a new one – has now made itself obsolete”, he wrote on his blog after GM’s bankruptcy. He cites years of company ineptitude and a disregard for its workers.

“Beginning in the 1980s, when GM was posting record profits, it moved countless jobs to Mexico and elsewhere, thus destroying the lives of tens of thousands of hard-working Americans. The glaring stupidity of this policy was that, when they eliminated the income of so many middle-class families, who did they think was going to be able to afford to buy their cars?”

http://blogs.wheels24.co.za/CobusPotgieter/gms-worst-invention-planned-obsolescence

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