Posted by jimg.allentown on January 31, 2020 at 06:36:46 from (24.115.193.250):
In Reply to: What Vehicle Can I Buy? posted by Traditional Farmer on January 31, 2020 at 04:10:17:
The USA has probably been in conflicts with every industrialized country in the world by now. That isn't the issue as I see it.
Isolationist policies were tried and found to be bad for the economy. Sending our jobs overseas is also bad for our economy. There needs to be some middle ground that is acceptable to the majority.
My biggest problem with "foreign" cars is the way it was when I was growing up and first began to drive. I had a Mercury Comet. When the fuel pump failed, I went to the parts store and got a new one for about $12.00. My dad had a VW beetle. When his fuel pump went bad, it cost $60 for a replacement. Labor rates for foreign cars at the time was more expensive. They were harder to work on and the parts cost more. What you got for the extra money was a poorly performing car that was uncomfortable to drive or ride in. No thanks!
The word foreign is inaccurate. Regardless of where the parts came from, most domestic makes were easier to work on. Parts were less expensive, and repair shops did not charge extra to work on them. That was good for a young man with not much money to spend on a car.
Enter the flood of cars from Asia and Europe, and the only thing they had going for them was they were cheap to buy new. They were also ugly, uncomfortable, and unreliable. Early Toyotas and Datsuns were probably the most poorly made cars I ever saw. They were tinny, ugly, and nearly impossible for a grown man to sit in, let alone drive. Also, they rusted out in minutes. The joke of the day was that they came from the factories with pre-rusted nuts and bolts.
Then there were some of the European cars. Renault, Simca, Sunbeam, Peugot, and Fiat. One of my earliest jobs as a mechanic was working in a multi-franchise dealer that sold and serviced those makes. What a collection of junk!!
You buy the car or truck that you like and I will do the same. Old habits die hard. I sill like a good old domestic make regardless of where the parts came from.
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