WoVeU wrote:Buying American...I wish I could do more of, but what a task.
I only by GM cars. I know that they are so far from 100% American it is almost a joke. But it is an American Company and still responsible for many jobs. I'm still outraged at certain media who tried to claim Jap and German cars were far superior in the late 80' through the early 90's. I found 0 evidence for that and I have worked on a good deal of cars...since about 1991, if someone I know had a car problem they came to me, so I've seen a few things. But people believed it lock, stock, and barrell and it killed the American Companies.
I know you can drive most any Chevy 200,000+ miles and only change a water pump, thermostat, front brake rotors, and an alternator. (That is about $235 in parts and I can change all of them in one 2 hour session.)
I have a '99 Camaro SS that has 400HP and when I drive it in commuter mode I get 32 MPG. Stock the car got 29MPG at 330HP, and the car couldn't compete with the rice-burners and Mustangs. People believe hype and what the media tells them (and they are usually FOS). {And I now laugh when I read on the Mustang sites and they warn all their pundits that their cars can not mess with a Camaro unless they put on a Supercharger and do a little exhaust work. (You can read similar on the rice-burner pages) And yet they get about 5 MPG less and don't handle quite as well.}
I've hurt some people's feeling when they find out that a 10 year old Chevy I have 14 grand in will blow their brand new 350Z off the road and get better gas mileage. You ought to see the look on their face!!!
We have brilliant consumers!
This is why I bought a GMC Sierra 2500HD with a Duramax diesel...I'm gonna put 500K on it!!