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Buying American Cars What Does It Mean?

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With parts coming from everywhere, does "Buying American" have much meaning anymore? Is quality and price the bottom line?

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#15517 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [dieselone] by gagrice

Dec 05, 2012 (10:39 pm)

Replying to: dieselone (Dec 05, 2012 7:40 pm)
I'm also 6'1" and I've never have had an issue even with small cars
 
I sat in a new Accord with a sunroof and my head was touching the headliner. I am just 6 foot. Never an issue in a PU or SUV. Probably why I hate sedans.

#15518 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [gagrice] by uplanderguy

Dec 06, 2012 (2:59 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Dec 05, 2012 10:39 pm)
Other than my '63 Studebaker, I've never owned a car with a sunroof and never will. Expensive, loss of headroom (no problem with that in my Lark!), and IMHO you really don't get the convertible 'feel' with just a sunroof. The sunroof in my Lark seemed a lot bigger than sunrooves in current cars, too.

#15519 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [uplanderguy] by gagrice

Dec 06, 2012 (7:26 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Dec 06, 2012 2:59 am)
Is the sunroof in your Lark factory?
 
When I spent a lot of time in Kona I rented a convertible. I rented one in Florida and spent most of the time with the top up for the rain. Give me a light colored vehicle with Climate Controlled interior.

#15520 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [uplanderguy] by andre1969

Dec 06, 2012 (7:45 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Dec 06, 2012 2:59 am)
The sunroof in my 2000 Park Ave doesn't seem to cut into headroom, but to be fair, I haven't tried an equivalent non-sunroof model to see if it's better or not.
 
It seems like some car models do a better job of minimizing headroom loss than others, though.

#15521 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [uplanderguy] by fintail

Dec 06, 2012 (7:55 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Dec 06, 2012 2:59 am)
My mom had a 93 Taurus where my head was very close to the headliner, and no sunroof. I imagine I'd have been bumping it with the roof.
 
Fintail has no sunroof, I could wear a fedora in that thing and have no problems. The optional and rare sunroof on those is a simple manual sliding thing that doesn't take up much room - not that it matters, as there is plenty to waste.

#15522 of 18085 Re: back to the topic [gagrice] by uplanderguy

Dec 06, 2012 (2:27 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Dec 06, 2012 7:26 am)
Is the sunroof in your Lark factory?
 
Yes, it was the only domestic at the time available with a sunroof. It was a folding cloth top. The handle said "Golde", which was a German company I believe. VW's and M-B's of the era could also be had with the Golde tops. Since Studebaker was the American distributor for M-B in the '60's, that's where I'm sure Stude got the tops, and a Stude-MB dealer friend of mine suggested the same some time back.
 
I sold the car a year ago to a guy in Australia. Matter of fact, all three of my Studebakers went to Australia in the past eighteen months...two to the same guy. I still want another but with a kid at Miami U. in OH may have to wait.

#15523 of 18085 Apple moving manufacturing to US by tlong

Dec 06, 2012 (9:22 pm)

...at least a bit. And Foxconn, too!
 
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#15524 of 18085 Re: Apple moving manufacturing to US [tlong] by gagrice

Dec 07, 2012 (7:31 am)

Replying to: tlong (Dec 06, 2012 9:22 pm)
Interesting. Is Apple pandering to the Administration? Will Foxconn build a big factory here? And where would they find a place with 250,000 workers, willing to live in a factory barracks?

#15526 of 18085 Remembering Pearl Harbor by uplanderguy

Dec 07, 2012 (8:42 am)

To those who perished there, and to the 400,000 Americans who died in World War II which we entered after Pearl Harbor, as well as those who survive, we respectfully remember.

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