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June 29, 2009 at 2:04 PM #422536June 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM #422368jameswennParticipant
I travel for work weekly so i’ve driven half the models that Hertz carries. American cars are just crap compared to Toyotas and Hondas, but just a step below Nissans.
Nissans drive well, but they have the crappy interior design with the poor fit and finish of American cars.
Some of you may find solace in that Kia’s seem just as bad as American cars.
Here’s the best rentals i’ve driven:
Toyota Highlander, Camry, Prius, Honda Civic and Accord, and an Audi Q7.The worst:
Cobalt, HHR, the new Malibu, Kia Rio, Focus, Pontiac G6.American car manufacturers just need to hire designers away from Honda and Toyota, and they’d be set.
June 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM #422597jameswennParticipantI travel for work weekly so i’ve driven half the models that Hertz carries. American cars are just crap compared to Toyotas and Hondas, but just a step below Nissans.
Nissans drive well, but they have the crappy interior design with the poor fit and finish of American cars.
Some of you may find solace in that Kia’s seem just as bad as American cars.
Here’s the best rentals i’ve driven:
Toyota Highlander, Camry, Prius, Honda Civic and Accord, and an Audi Q7.The worst:
Cobalt, HHR, the new Malibu, Kia Rio, Focus, Pontiac G6.American car manufacturers just need to hire designers away from Honda and Toyota, and they’d be set.
June 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM #422872jameswennParticipantI travel for work weekly so i’ve driven half the models that Hertz carries. American cars are just crap compared to Toyotas and Hondas, but just a step below Nissans.
Nissans drive well, but they have the crappy interior design with the poor fit and finish of American cars.
Some of you may find solace in that Kia’s seem just as bad as American cars.
Here’s the best rentals i’ve driven:
Toyota Highlander, Camry, Prius, Honda Civic and Accord, and an Audi Q7.The worst:
Cobalt, HHR, the new Malibu, Kia Rio, Focus, Pontiac G6.American car manufacturers just need to hire designers away from Honda and Toyota, and they’d be set.
June 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM #422939jameswennParticipantI travel for work weekly so i’ve driven half the models that Hertz carries. American cars are just crap compared to Toyotas and Hondas, but just a step below Nissans.
Nissans drive well, but they have the crappy interior design with the poor fit and finish of American cars.
Some of you may find solace in that Kia’s seem just as bad as American cars.
Here’s the best rentals i’ve driven:
Toyota Highlander, Camry, Prius, Honda Civic and Accord, and an Audi Q7.The worst:
Cobalt, HHR, the new Malibu, Kia Rio, Focus, Pontiac G6.American car manufacturers just need to hire designers away from Honda and Toyota, and they’d be set.
June 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM #423102jameswennParticipantI travel for work weekly so i’ve driven half the models that Hertz carries. American cars are just crap compared to Toyotas and Hondas, but just a step below Nissans.
Nissans drive well, but they have the crappy interior design with the poor fit and finish of American cars.
Some of you may find solace in that Kia’s seem just as bad as American cars.
Here’s the best rentals i’ve driven:
Toyota Highlander, Camry, Prius, Honda Civic and Accord, and an Audi Q7.The worst:
Cobalt, HHR, the new Malibu, Kia Rio, Focus, Pontiac G6.American car manufacturers just need to hire designers away from Honda and Toyota, and they’d be set.
June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM #422423Rt.66Participant“The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu ranks 2 out of 23 Affordable Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 69 published reviews and test drives of the Chevrolet Malibu, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.” http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Chevrolet_Malibu/
Thanks for your input, the concensus of 69 “professional” car testers disagree with “your” rental car testing results. America and its workers appreciate the broad brush you use to paint your own countries cars as crap.
Guilty import owner much?
June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM #422653Rt.66Participant“The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu ranks 2 out of 23 Affordable Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 69 published reviews and test drives of the Chevrolet Malibu, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.” http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Chevrolet_Malibu/
Thanks for your input, the concensus of 69 “professional” car testers disagree with “your” rental car testing results. America and its workers appreciate the broad brush you use to paint your own countries cars as crap.
Guilty import owner much?
June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM #422928Rt.66Participant“The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu ranks 2 out of 23 Affordable Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 69 published reviews and test drives of the Chevrolet Malibu, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.” http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Chevrolet_Malibu/
Thanks for your input, the concensus of 69 “professional” car testers disagree with “your” rental car testing results. America and its workers appreciate the broad brush you use to paint your own countries cars as crap.
Guilty import owner much?
June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM #422994Rt.66Participant“The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu ranks 2 out of 23 Affordable Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 69 published reviews and test drives of the Chevrolet Malibu, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.” http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Chevrolet_Malibu/
Thanks for your input, the concensus of 69 “professional” car testers disagree with “your” rental car testing results. America and its workers appreciate the broad brush you use to paint your own countries cars as crap.
Guilty import owner much?
June 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM #423157Rt.66Participant“The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu ranks 2 out of 23 Affordable Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 69 published reviews and test drives of the Chevrolet Malibu, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.” http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/Chevrolet_Malibu/
Thanks for your input, the concensus of 69 “professional” car testers disagree with “your” rental car testing results. America and its workers appreciate the broad brush you use to paint your own countries cars as crap.
Guilty import owner much?
June 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM #422453Rt.66ParticipantPreconceived ideas and opinions and preferences flavor our lives on so many levels.
When I drive a US car/rental, I am usually impressed and proud of the job we do. But I look for the positives and it flavors my thoughts on the car.
When I drive any foreign car I too often find myself looking for chinks in the armor, and it’s not hard to find them if you look, these are machines and no machine made up of thousands of moving parts costing just $20k is going to be perfect.
I try to step back from making comments slamming imports, I know my opinion is biased. I also know that every new car sold in the US is remarkably reliable and drivable. I try not to let my prejudices lead me to making outrageous statements to win people over.
If you and I drove a Honda back to back, made notes and then compared our experiences they would be obviously vastly different , but I guarantee you’d not be able to discount the faults I observed how ever small, because they exist in all machines if you want to nit-pick.
No need for me to say “Honda’s suck, buy American”, that’s silly, Honda’s don’t suck niether do Chevys.I know I could buy a Honda, Chevy, Dodge or Hyundai and with proper maintenace likely go 100k miles with very little or no problems and then onto 200k with care and some repairs.
I like to focus on the fact that I can chose to buy American and reduce our deficit, keep money circulating in OUR country and support a maximum amount of my fellow workers, all the while not giving up anything substantial in any reasonable person’s book.
Why try and make any of them look like shitty choices, unless you are feeling guilty about something?
June 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM #422683Rt.66ParticipantPreconceived ideas and opinions and preferences flavor our lives on so many levels.
When I drive a US car/rental, I am usually impressed and proud of the job we do. But I look for the positives and it flavors my thoughts on the car.
When I drive any foreign car I too often find myself looking for chinks in the armor, and it’s not hard to find them if you look, these are machines and no machine made up of thousands of moving parts costing just $20k is going to be perfect.
I try to step back from making comments slamming imports, I know my opinion is biased. I also know that every new car sold in the US is remarkably reliable and drivable. I try not to let my prejudices lead me to making outrageous statements to win people over.
If you and I drove a Honda back to back, made notes and then compared our experiences they would be obviously vastly different , but I guarantee you’d not be able to discount the faults I observed how ever small, because they exist in all machines if you want to nit-pick.
No need for me to say “Honda’s suck, buy American”, that’s silly, Honda’s don’t suck niether do Chevys.I know I could buy a Honda, Chevy, Dodge or Hyundai and with proper maintenace likely go 100k miles with very little or no problems and then onto 200k with care and some repairs.
I like to focus on the fact that I can chose to buy American and reduce our deficit, keep money circulating in OUR country and support a maximum amount of my fellow workers, all the while not giving up anything substantial in any reasonable person’s book.
Why try and make any of them look like shitty choices, unless you are feeling guilty about something?
June 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM #422958Rt.66ParticipantPreconceived ideas and opinions and preferences flavor our lives on so many levels.
When I drive a US car/rental, I am usually impressed and proud of the job we do. But I look for the positives and it flavors my thoughts on the car.
When I drive any foreign car I too often find myself looking for chinks in the armor, and it’s not hard to find them if you look, these are machines and no machine made up of thousands of moving parts costing just $20k is going to be perfect.
I try to step back from making comments slamming imports, I know my opinion is biased. I also know that every new car sold in the US is remarkably reliable and drivable. I try not to let my prejudices lead me to making outrageous statements to win people over.
If you and I drove a Honda back to back, made notes and then compared our experiences they would be obviously vastly different , but I guarantee you’d not be able to discount the faults I observed how ever small, because they exist in all machines if you want to nit-pick.
No need for me to say “Honda’s suck, buy American”, that’s silly, Honda’s don’t suck niether do Chevys.I know I could buy a Honda, Chevy, Dodge or Hyundai and with proper maintenace likely go 100k miles with very little or no problems and then onto 200k with care and some repairs.
I like to focus on the fact that I can chose to buy American and reduce our deficit, keep money circulating in OUR country and support a maximum amount of my fellow workers, all the while not giving up anything substantial in any reasonable person’s book.
Why try and make any of them look like shitty choices, unless you are feeling guilty about something?
June 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM #423024Rt.66ParticipantPreconceived ideas and opinions and preferences flavor our lives on so many levels.
When I drive a US car/rental, I am usually impressed and proud of the job we do. But I look for the positives and it flavors my thoughts on the car.
When I drive any foreign car I too often find myself looking for chinks in the armor, and it’s not hard to find them if you look, these are machines and no machine made up of thousands of moving parts costing just $20k is going to be perfect.
I try to step back from making comments slamming imports, I know my opinion is biased. I also know that every new car sold in the US is remarkably reliable and drivable. I try not to let my prejudices lead me to making outrageous statements to win people over.
If you and I drove a Honda back to back, made notes and then compared our experiences they would be obviously vastly different , but I guarantee you’d not be able to discount the faults I observed how ever small, because they exist in all machines if you want to nit-pick.
No need for me to say “Honda’s suck, buy American”, that’s silly, Honda’s don’t suck niether do Chevys.I know I could buy a Honda, Chevy, Dodge or Hyundai and with proper maintenace likely go 100k miles with very little or no problems and then onto 200k with care and some repairs.
I like to focus on the fact that I can chose to buy American and reduce our deficit, keep money circulating in OUR country and support a maximum amount of my fellow workers, all the while not giving up anything substantial in any reasonable person’s book.
Why try and make any of them look like shitty choices, unless you are feeling guilty about something?
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