Sick of American-car bashing....

AstroVic

AstroVic

Walking on the Milky Way
I have a case of the red-#@$%!....

I'm sick and tired of the automotive media's bashing of American-made cars. If you buy their hype, it's almost as if the Hondas/Toyotas of this world are technological marvels with no possibility of breaking down. It's total B.S.!

Let me tell you, as a police officer assigned to the "Motorist Assistance Program" in my county, I see more Hondas/Toyotas/etc. on the side of the road than anything else. My personally-owned Fords/Chevrolets/GMs/etc. have *NEVER* left me stranded on the side of the road.

I've put more than half a million miles on police package Chevrolet Caprices and Ford Crown Vics and I've *NEVER* been stranded. Not once. Never.

For me, it's American cars all the way. I don't give a #@$%! where they're built. I only care that my money goes to American owned companies who build quality products for reasonable prices.

Screw Toyota/Honda/Hyundai/Mercedes/VW/Nissan/et al! They might be good cars, but they're ridiculously overpriced and no better than their American counterparts.

/rant off
 
I'll put down Mopar every chance I get. Hey, I can't help it, I'm a Ford guy. It's what I do. :D But if push ever came to shove, I'd rather walk than drive some generic Japanesse car.

One of the things I like most about American cars is their heritage.

You don't have that in ANY Japanesse car. No history. No Celica, Camry or Accord will ever sell for 3 million dollars. Much like a cheap microwave, when they die, they are quickly replaced and easily forgotten.

No one will ever write a song about a Hyundai.

I've read obituarys in the paper describing the decedant as a "life long Ford fan". Even twenty years from now, a similar statement will never be said of a late Hyundai owner.
 
I also love that Ford has been an industry leader in so many areas in North America (and around the world, I've been told). Remember the Escort in 1981? First North American compact with four wheel independent suspension as I recall. I think ford was also one of the first to put electronic fuel injection on their cars over here, and I know that they were running multiport on the vast majority of their vehicles while Chev was still using throttle body on all but its flagship models.
As an example, though, of how ignorant the public is? When they tech my tempo, they always say "Hey, this has independent rear suspension"! Duh! Since inception in what, 1985? Take a look at the N/A competition - even VW - solid rear beam suspension. You have to wonder why Ford even bothers, actually. The buying public is so oblivious to anything but what the trend setters tell them. Its sickening.
OK. My rant done now, too.
Oh, wait! One more: I have a philosophy and it is this. The less you pay for a car, the less money you likely have to spend on a car, ergo, the less money you have available for maintenance. Inexpensive cars, such as Escorts were, were constantly getting a bad wrap in the early days. Yet, my mother's, Aunt's, Brother (Mr. GT!) and I (lowly Mr L) all had sever hundred thousand Kms on our cars with nary more than a computer chip failing (a problem the aftermarket seemed to fix). Yet, everyone else has heads popping, valve train getting smashed, etc. Get Your Maintanence Done! You will never be rewarded with a good and reliable car if you don't treat it right.
Ok. Really done. Thanks.
 
AstroVic said:
I have a case of the red-#@$%!....

I'm sick and tired of the automotive media's bashing of American-made cars. If you buy their hype, it's almost as if the Hondas/Toyotas of this world are technological marvels with no possibility of breaking down. It's total B.S.!

Let me tell you, as a police officer assigned to the "Motorist Assistance Program" in my county, I see more Hondas/Toyotas/etc. on the side of the road than anything else. My personally-owned Fords/Chevrolets/GMs/etc. have *NEVER* left me stranded on the side of the road.

I've put more than half a million miles on police package Chevrolet Caprices and Ford Crown Vics and I've *NEVER* been stranded. Not once. Never.

For me, it's American cars all the way. I don't give a #@$%! where they're built. I only care that my money goes to American owned companies who build quality products for reasonable prices.

Screw Toyota/Honda/Hyundai/Mercedes/VW/Nissan/et al! They might be good cars, but they're ridiculously overpriced and no better than their American counterparts.

/rant off
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Ive felt this way ever since I was able to read Car And Driver..... It just never made any sense why cars that had zero balls, terrible looks and doors that were about 2 inches thick where the greatest cars known to man. I quickly started reading Car Craft and Hot Rod...
 
Ahh Car and Driver....
Theh have said for literally years now that BMW was the car of the Gods. They never once said a bad thing about them. They were a "driver's car", "finely tuned German touring car..." Well about 3-4 years ago, I went a drove a 330. This was one of the worst cars I have ever driven. The shifter was noodle like, the motor was gutless, the road noise was way too high for what the sticker read...etc. Based on the hype, I was truly and utterly disappointed.
Now the Mini I drove the same day was a ball of fun. I would not want it for trips or anything more than a 2 hour drive, but it was FUN.
That same day I drove an 03 Cobra. It tripped my memory as to why I loved V-8 RWD cars. Lets see the Japs/Germans/Koreans build something with that much intestinal fortitude. Yeah they make high horsepower exotics, but to me the rowdiness and rough edges of an American musclecar is what makes them so appealing. I want to hear the engine, feel the gears when I shift and let my a$$ feel the grain of the road when I am pushing it...
 
Dollar for dollar you can't beat the performance of the Mustang GT, Shelby, Corvette etc. My neighbors Camry with 110,000 miles just had to have the engine changed, my Taurus is still cruzing happily at over 150,000. Another thing, I see that the new Toyota Tundra uses timing belts on the cams. Ford only uses belts on 4 cylinder engines, chains on the Duratec's and Modulars. It wouldn't be much fun changing those things out, or breaking a belt on a 32 valve V8!
 
Speaking of which...

Anyone know where I can buy one of those T-Shirts with the HUGE letters on the back that read:


YOUR
HONDA
SUCKS

....??
I need one to wear for my next trip to the drag strip.
:D
 
Truth is jap cars don't nickel and dime you like American cars do years down the road. I was raised in a L&M Dealership and only one of eight kids that never bought a "jap" car. My wife owns a highlander I don't :) Truth is a very well built SUV.
My '92 F-150 is fast becoming a smart buy after 5 years of no issues:)
Marauder after paint and wiper/light issues is running strong:up:
 
AstroVic said:
I'm sick and tired of the automotive media's bashing of American-made cars.
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I have never owned an import brand. Have never been inside an import dealership. Have never had the desire to try out a Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc. Might consider a BMW. Don't think I am a Saab, Volvo, Mercedes, or Porsche person. Wouldn't turn down a Maybach 57S, Rolls Royce, or Bentley GT if someone gave it to me. But that ain't gonna happen. ;)
 
Joe Walsh said:
Speaking of which...

Anyone know where I can buy one of those T-Shirts with the HUGE letters on the back that read:


YOUR
HONDA
SUCKS

....??
I need one to wear for my next trip to the drag strip.
:D
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Perhaps you mean this shirt?
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Man, you'd want to be careful where you wore it though. We have 10second Hondas here. I'd get my MM's butt kicked, sadly.
 
Like my late father taught me, I'd rather push my Detroit Iron than drive a foreign car. It is beyond me how year after year Consumer Reports ranks those $hit box jap crap commie cars at the top of the list. I am beginning to think that they are owned by the japs. It amazes me how Toiletota continually ranks number one yet they had the most recalls of any car company last year. I have an idiot brother-in-law that always says "toiletota rules". I put him in his place at last Christmas dinner. I told him "when your hungry see how that $hit box jap crap commie car in your garage tastes on your plate. Buy American, your future and well being depends on it". I would wear that t-shirt anywhere, I don't care if they have 10 second cars or not Your Honda Sucks!
 
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I agree. As a cop I not only see Toyotas and Hondas on the side of the road, they are usally abandoned. I've had to impound more Foreign cars than anything else. This probably happens because the junk heap's repair work is more expensive than buying a reasonably priced used car. The problem isn't that American cars break down more often, it's that people don't maintain their vehicles in proper working order. There is more than putting gasoline in a car. :shake:

Oh P.S. I think Euro P.O.S. cars are overated (and overpriced) as well. I'd rather ride a bike than by a junk P.O.S. foreign car.:nono:
 
The public also never heard Toyota quietly recalled 9.3 million vehicles since 2004 THANKS media !!!!!!!!!!
 
Fact is that American cars per se is not what the masses want. Check out the latest issue of Consumers Report...there is not an American car in the top 10. UNIONS are what continue to kill the American car. It is pretty clear that when AMERICAN workers build cars that continuously rank in the top 10 and they are made HERE with NON UNION workers where the problem is.

Sorry but FACT Get over it or CHANGE
 
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