Buying American Cars What Does It Mean?

7263 messages, Last post on May 27, 2009 at 4:31 AM

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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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#6298 of 7263 Re: The Slide continues... [circlew] by dieselone Sep 27, 2008 (7:30 am)
Replying to: circlew (Sep 27, 2008 7:09 am) Oh, she'll get a choice if she has the cash! My thoughts exactly. While my oldest daughter has about 6 more years until she drives. She'll drive what I provide. If she doesn't like it, then she can use her feet. Granted I won't put her in a complete POS. I'll find something safe, reliable, fuel efficient, and inexpensive. As for your Denali, there must be some serious issues with GMs full sizers. My Suburban was the same way. By between 45k-65k miles, I racked up nearly $5k in repairs, not to mention all the squeaks and rattles. GM must have a patent on rattles. Now that didn't completely sour me on american metal as I bought an Expedition (We will see how this holds up). GM will have to knock one out of the park for me to give them anymore of my money.
#6299 of 7263 My best friend... by lemko Sep 27, 2008 (8:12 am)
...just bought a new white Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid. He previously had a Chevrolet Trailblazer. He also has a Corvette. Replies to this message: m1miata (Sep 27, 2008 9:53 am)
#6300 of 7263 Re: The Slide continues... [lemko] by circlew Sep 27, 2008 (8:33 am)
Replying to: lemko (Sep 27, 2008 7:22 am) Correct, Skylark. Great car. 350, 2-bbl also. smoked the tires, easy since the anti-smog stuff wasn't even a glimmer back then. My real old girlfriend had a '66 Special. I really liked it although it had a lot of miles on it. Excellent cars in the '60's. Regards, OW
#6301 of 7263 Re: The Slide continues... [circlew] by m1miata Sep 27, 2008 (9:10 am)
Replying to: circlew (Sep 27, 2008 6:33 am) Parents buy the kids new cars ??? Ah the good life of kids nowadays; money wise that is. I bought my own skate board, bikes, motorcycles and cars. My first new car was an Opel Manta Rallye '73 for say $3,150 out-the-door. Ya know, in retrospec, we paid too much for cars back when. The Olds98 Regency in 1987 was really overpriced -- what was I thinking. I got $2K off and it was still $18,000. Think of equipment and safety you get these days compared to back when! And the car was not reliable, durable, and had zero resale value. Replies to this message: wtd44 (Sep 27, 2008 12:32 pm)
#6302 of 7263 Re: My best friend... [lemko] by m1miata Sep 27, 2008 (9:53 am)
Replying to: lemko (Sep 27, 2008 8:12 am) He's livin' large! Corvettes and all !!!
#6303 of 7263 In my experience... [m1miata] by wtd44 Sep 27, 2008 (12:32 pm)
Replying to: m1miata (Sep 27, 2008 9:10 am) Most any car I buy, American or otherwise, tends to be the one that has zero resale value!
#6306 of 7263 Re: The Slide continues... [lemko] by jchevrolet Sep 27, 2008 (2:41 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Sep 27, 2008 6:47 am) Glad to know this. My grandfather (and grandmother) only owed Buick's (until his most recent purchase when my Aunt talked him into purchasing that awful Eddie Baur Expedition..lol), My mother's first car was a Buick, as well as my two Aunts' first cars, and my first two cars were Buicks, a 1994 Buick Century and a 1996 Buick Park Avenue (which I loved). We have now ventured in another direction....I own a 2007 Silverado, one of my little brother's owns a 2007 Tahoe and a 2008 Silverado, the other owns a 1996 Cadillac Sedan Deville and a 2003 Cadillac CTS....Needless to say we are GM loyal....But the Kicker to all if this....my little sister owns a 2004 Acura... You can't win them all! JChevy Replies to this message: v2c4 (Sep 28, 2008 8:51 pm)
#6307 of 7263 Toyota foreign made? by farout Sep 27, 2008 (5:04 pm)
I won't ever buy an American made care again? I wonder how many bias people have any idea how many foreign name brands are made here by US workers? The perception that foreign name brands are better made than American made vehicles shows how false impressions can sure fool people. Then again there are some Chevy crossovers with engines made in China! And we all know "made in China" means the only the very best of cheapest junk they can find goes into every product made for the USA. farout Replies to this message: circlew (Sep 27, 2008 6:29 pm)