Born suckers

IF American car companies made the best cars and trucks on the market, the foreign car companies wouldn't be so popular in North America.

Really simple....

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If the "American" companies offered what I wanted, without raping me in the wallet, I would have bought one of those. As it was, the *ONLY* truck that had what I needed was my Tundra..... and it was made in the USA.

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that's the irony of the op's dumb-ass trolling. japanese companies manufacture quality vehicles here, using locally sourced components. domestics manufacture crap, in mexico and wherever, and use chinese components. and they over-charge. and they cut corners on dangerous stuff like red rear turn signals. then they whine about losing market share! must be run by sociopaths.

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It's real simple. Americans want a car that *works* predictably and reliably for YEARS. Many, if given that choice, would buy AMERICAN vehicles if they met the criteria.

Sadly, most of the Detroit 3's offerings don't, haven't, and may not ever.

It's hard to remain loyal to any company that costs you regular trips to the repair shop and hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Some of us don't have that kind of scratch to throw around simply to be patriotic (putting everything else aside)....

It's sad. But people will buy what works.

Really? Apparently American buyers think GM and Ford products are better that Toyota, they buy millions more of their vehicles from them than buyers that chose Toyotas LOL

mike

And if others in other countries can get what they want right at their own back door, why import junk?

Tell you what, Mike. End of the year, go to a Toyota dealer and count the leftovers.

Then go to a Ford, GM, or Chrysler dealer and do the same.

Shoot...in 2005 when I was working for a Toyota/Licoln-Mercury/Chrysler dealer, we had PLENTY of 2004 Chryslers, a few 2004 Mercurys (we even had a 2001 Grand Marquis!) a *bunch* of Lincoln LS's (which I thought was a nice car...) and a handful of Jeeps.

Do I need to tell you how many Toyotas were left over?

Pay careful attention to the next Tundra commercial you hear...

"...ASSEMBLED in America..."

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jim beam wrote in news:uPudnUMHBP8no2nYnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

"must be run by sociopaths."....jim beam

most likely run by bankers and the UAW instead of auto companies.................kjun

He said foreign car companies, not specifically Toyota. As it is, Toyota is about to overtake GM on their own turf and Ford is spiraling down the drain with record losses.

I know a person who bought a new Corvette and kept it exactly one year. It made numerous trips to the dealership for repairs, which were covered under warranty, but kept the car in the shop for a full month out of the

12 that he owned it. This is GM's flagship sport scar, and they can't even get that right.

Really, name just one car, (not truck), from the top 3 U.S. auto makers that doesn't have a similar but much better foreign offering.

Pat

Mike Hunter wrote:

As I said in other posts, if the "Big 3" offered what I wanted, I would have bought one of theirs instead of my Tundra.

I'll give you 2 Mustang GT Ford GT

Using your line of reasoning, liberals have a better "product" than the conservatives. "Proof" is that they were voted in as the majority.

LOL! Was this a Freudian? It sure works!

Nissan 350Z

Acura NSX

Haha, I think so, it wasn't consciously intended. That is pretty good, I must admit, my best typo so far.

Pat

Let's hear it for the greed, of the manufactures, and labor unions...

Not Mexico or Canada???

LOL! !