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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by gagrice
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May 12, 2009 (6:15 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:58 am)
No thanks! I'll stay safe in my American-made Buicks
How do you know they have much US content? I did not see any Buick models on the top ten list. They may just bring the parts from China and let the unskilled UAW workers slap them together. You may look up under your fender and see Lucky Lager. No that was things from Japan in the 1950s. My mistake.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (6:27 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 5:58 am)
You aren't that 61 year old BLIND intrepreter going through a Philly aeroport are you?
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [gagrice]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 12, 2009 6:15 am)
If my Buicks had Chinese parts in them, the cars wouldn't make it out of the driveway without the car's suspension collapsing and leaving the car sitting on its axles. The Chinese can't even properly forge a crescent wrench. How are they going to make anything as complex as a front end suspension without the metallurgy failing. Philadelphia's cratered streets will pound a Chinese-made vehicle to pieces within 4 blocks!
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [ruking1]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (May 12, 2009 6:27 am)
No. I'm 43 and can see quite well.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (6:59 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 6:52 am)
So Philly streets are where American cars go to die?
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by andre1969
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May 12, 2009 (7:06 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 6:52 am)
The Chinese can't even properly forge a crescent wrench. How are they going to make anything as complex as a front end suspension without the metallurgy failing.
I'm sure they're capable of it, but they probably keep the good stuff that they make in their own country, and just send the ultra-cheap stuff over to us! And the reason we get that cheap stuff? Because there's a demand for it!
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [lemko]
by gagrice
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May 12, 2009 (7:08 am)
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Replying to: lemko (May 12, 2009 6:52 am)
The Chinese can't even properly forge a crescent wrench.
Not Crescent wrench too?
In all fairness. I was looking at the new Fiskars hedge trimmers at Lowes. They are now made in China. I cannot tell the difference in fit and finish from my old Made in USA pair. I am glad I have all the tools I will ever need. But some of the stuff they are making now will rival what we have made. It was only a matter of time. Same as with early Japanese vehicles that were junk. Sorry Lemko, you may have the last USA made Buick in your garage right now. I would imagine it has at least 20% Chinese parts.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [gagrice]
by lemko
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May 12, 2009 (7:29 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 12, 2009 7:08 am)
Yeah, they will be the 20% that will probably fail.
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [andre1969]
by ruking1
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May 12, 2009 (7:41 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 12, 2009 7:06 am)
It is hard to say anymore what is "American". The 2001 Chevrolet Z06 Corvette has its engine from Ontario Canada, Brake pads are from Australia. Forged wheels were from an Italian Company (issues about poor forging techniques) Spark plugs from JAPAN. Bosch makes the traction control and abs systems. The shocks are from a German company. The Balsa wood floor panels are from Central America. STP technology ("fiberglass") from... who knows where. Water forged outer structural members from....
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Re: Nissan Posts Loss [ruking1]
by nvbanker
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May 12, 2009 (8:41 am)
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Replying to: ruking1 (May 12, 2009 7:41 am)
Yes, a Camry has way more American Part Content than a Mustang does these days....this is really not a domestic issue anymore, it's a global thing, and the only argument left is "who" makes it, not "where".
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