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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#6635 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [gagrice] by steve_ HOST Dec 02, 2008 (5:22 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Dec 02, 2008 4:44 pm) My in-laws sold their BMW at age ~75 and got a Buick. My mom is a decade older and just sold her Mazda. What does it mean? Just that age doesn't really prove anything. Replies to this message: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:24 pm) steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:25 pm) fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:27 pm) and 2 more...
#6636 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [steve_] by fezo Dec 02, 2008 (5:24 pm)
Replying to: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:22 pm) Well at 75 doesn't the law say that you HAVE to buy a Buick? My dad snuck by and didn't get one until he was maybe 86. Of course he'd been leasing DeVilles for over a decade at that point. Replies to this message: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:25 pm) fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:27 pm) steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:28 pm) and 1 more...
#6637 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [fezo] by steve_ HOST Dec 02, 2008 (5:25 pm)
Replying to: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:24 pm) Mostly they moved to the U.P. and couldn't find a mechanic, and GM iron is everywhere. Replies to this message: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:27 pm) steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:28 pm) fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:32 pm)
#6638 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [steve_] by fezo Dec 02, 2008 (5:27 pm)
Replying to: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:25 pm) Oh, if they moved there I could definitely see that. Beautiful up there though I can't imagine dealing with taht weather at 75... Replies to this message: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:28 pm) fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:32 pm)
#6639 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [fezo] by steve_ HOST Dec 02, 2008 (5:28 pm)
Replying to: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:27 pm) It got too hard snowbirding to Florida and more of their support system is there. But yeah, the winters get long. My downstairs is ready to convert at a moment's notice, and I could live with a spare Buick in the driveway. Replies to this message: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 5:32 pm)
#6640 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [steve_] by fezo Dec 02, 2008 (5:32 pm)
Replying to: steve_ (Dec 02, 2008 5:28 pm) Good deal! Extra Buick! I've been up to the UP a few times. Always in the summer. I remember seeing pictures up by the Mackinac bridge showing the area under multiple feet of snow. Just amazing. i remember once looking on realtor.com at houses in Sault Ste Marie. I could live in a mansion there for what my house in NJ is worth. Of course I'd spend all my money heating it...
#6641 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [gagrice] by bpizzuti Dec 02, 2008 (6:00 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Dec 02, 2008 4:44 pm) Nothing more American than your home built by Americans in America. Unless it was built by illegal ali...ahem I mean, temporary undocumented migrant day laborers. It's hard to say what's American these days...the Ford built in Mexico, or the Subaru built in Indiana.
#6642 of 7263 Re: Big Day Coming Up!!!!!!!! [lemko] by cooterbfd Dec 02, 2008 (6:04 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Dec 01, 2008 7:48 am) Boy oh boy, do you ever have a BS in BS!!!!!
#6643 of 7263 62vette and steve host by marsha7 Dec 02, 2008 (6:32 pm)
62: "Article in paper yesterday that lawyer work is being outsourced to India"...NO...NO...NO...say it isn't so... Yeah, it had to happen...let's face it...if someone over there understands English, and it is a boilerplate contract, why not have someone check it for errors???...and even matters more complex... While I rail at the union (UAW) for their stupid demands, I also realize that my field is also subject to price competition, and we don't like it either...but we are at least smart enough to acknowledge it exists and we have to compete to win... I used to do real estate closings...we received $600 per closing, not great for the work involved, but it was OK...then someone down the street offered to do them for $300...I knew then that it was time to get out and let the cheapest guy win...I could not do it for $300 for the time involved...competition sucks, but it IS reality... steve: yeah, you busted my chops, but when did I lower the markup to ONLY 200%???..... Replies to this message: fezo (Dec 02, 2008 6:37 pm) cooterbfd (Dec 02, 2008 6:44 pm)
#6644 of 7263 Re: 62vette and steve host [marsha7] by fezo Dec 02, 2008 (6:37 pm)
Replying to: marsha7 (Dec 02, 2008 6:32 pm) Yeah, we go to Lawerz R Us now...