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which is like asking the KKK or Black Panther Party about diversity in america.
Funky Bottoms (Event) wrote:Sappy96 wrote:Its not the parts but who the majority of the profit of the cars goes to. GM and Ford cars keep the profits here. Every other company sends them to their parent company in their parent country. It doesn't matter so much whos plants are where.
either way you look at it, the gov't doesnt classify the mustang as a domestic. maybe it means the profits are goin elsewhere....?
as for the plants being where, i feel that should matter... location usually reflects on jobs for local economy. if a plant is in VA for example, most likely the majority of people will be VA citizens meaning more jobs for VA.
Sappy96 wrote:Funky Bottoms (Event) wrote:Sappy96 wrote:Its not the parts but who the majority of the profit of the cars goes to. GM and Ford cars keep the profits here. Every other company sends them to their parent company in their parent country. It doesn't matter so much whos plants are where.
either way you look at it, the gov't doesnt classify the mustang as a domestic. maybe it means the profits are goin elsewhere....?
as for the plants being where, i feel that should matter... location usually reflects on jobs for local economy. if a plant is in VA for example, most likely the majority of people will be VA citizens meaning more jobs for VA.
Even if a majority of parts are hech en mexico or where ever the profits still go to ford motor co. and its shareholders in the good ole USA.
Sappy96 wrote:Where was most of the development done? The engineers that came up w/ the schemetics for parts to go into production?
Sappy96 wrote:Where was most of the development done? The engineers that came up w/ the schemetics for parts to go into production?
Funky Bottoms (Event) wrote:
i mean look at it like this, if you are married one day, and have a baby with the wifey....then 5 years later after you;ve bragged to fam about your new born son..... then you get taken on Montel and told that YOUR SON is really a product of part your wife and your NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR..... you would def take a hit to pride and ego, right? your product you own more or less is no longer domestic in full....
Sappy96 wrote:I know 75% or more of my car is imported and I don't care but then again I like Australia. She has an american engine/ tranny.
Smokey wrote:The USA is a vast country, but it does has it limits. It's just not economical for the Big 3 to keep producing cars in the USA, the labor force won't support it.
jbody03eco wrote:its all in peoples tast of cars and what they like. my bro loves imports and i hate them. hes owned 3 of them and they have broken down on the side of the highway so many times and i have to go get him so there not all the great like people think they are. also this toyota crap has to stop. they are nothing great at all. they have just recalled EVERY car they make for major things not little crap. for me i have owned 1 import didnt like it at all went back to GM and i love there cars and will never own anything else.
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Cables that support the tailgate have corroded and snapped, causing 84 mostly-minor injuries.
GAM (The Kilted One) wrote:EVENT:
NHTSA mandated recalls are not voluntary, but the ones you're talking about with the pickups are voluntary. GM decided to pre-empt any problems, and this was done to satisfy compliance and liability. Also, 4 MILLION trucks? You're not going to get that done in a weekend. There are still old 80's Chev/GMC pickups that haven't had their gas tanks replaced and that was over 10 years ago that the mandated recall was enacted.
jbody03eco wrote:Honda recalls 35,000 Fits Brake Lamps May Not Work
Toyota Recalls 418,570 Echos, Priuses over Faulty Engines
Toyota recalls 206,388 Corolla faulty switch that can manually control the operation of the front seat airbag.
ONE MILLION Toyotas Recalled, including Corolla & Prius for loss of Steering Control
MYSELF wrote:
http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/AUTO01/607100330/1148 --the air bag recalls are to DISABLE a switch, which will NOT give the option to turn the bag on or off... mainly they will be on full time. not really all that major. thats for the camry, prius, tundra, and tacoma.... nothing major at all. child restraints are built into the back seats for a reason.... where children are the safest but you cant count on people using common sense here.....
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for imports my bros had
91 civic SI traded it in for my sunfire
96 golf tranny blew 78K junk yard
03 maxima rusting out on the back passanger side fender well -sold
06 impreza just broke down the other night for something with the fuel lines. -current
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when i had my sunfire 2000 SE 2200 auto bought it with 59K on it
100K i did spark plugs and wires tranny flush
74K fuel filter pluged up (stock one)
68K front tires.
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new cars coblat and malibu maxx
cobalts got 12K nothing
malibus got 7k nothing
jbodyeco03 wrote:they have just recalled EVERY car they make for major things not little crap.let me know, please, wheres the other cars at.... they make more than you listed....
GAM (The Kilted One) wrote:EVENT:
NHTSA mandated recalls are not voluntary, but the ones you're talking about with the pickups are voluntary. GM decided to pre-empt any problems, and this was done to satisfy compliance and liability. Also, 4 MILLION trucks? You're not going to get that done in a weekend. There are still old 80's Chev/GMC pickups that haven't had their gas tanks replaced and that was over 10 years ago that the mandated recall was enacted.
jbody03eco wrote:Honda recalls 35,000 Fits Brake Lamps May Not Work
Toyota Recalls 418,570 Echos, Priuses over Faulty Engines
Toyota recalls 206,388 Corolla faulty switch that can manually control the operation of the front seat airbag.
ONE MILLION Toyotas Recalled, including Corolla & Prius for loss of Steering Control
MYSELF wrote:
http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/AUTO01/607100330/1148 --the air bag recalls are to DISABLE a switch, which will NOT give the option to turn the bag on or off... mainly they will be on full time. not really all that major. thats for the camry, prius, tundra, and tacoma.... nothing major at all. child restraints are built into the back seats for a reason.... where children are the safest but you cant count on people using common sense here.....
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for imports my bros had
91 civic SI traded it in for my sunfire
96 golf tranny blew 78K junk yard
03 maxima rusting out on the back passanger side fender well -sold
06 impreza just broke down the other night for something with the fuel lines. -current
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when i had my sunfire 2000 SE 2200 auto bought it with 59K on it
100K i did spark plugs and wires tranny flush
74K fuel filter pluged up (stock one)
68K front tires.
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new cars coblat and malibu maxx
cobalts got 12K nothing
malibus got 7k nothing
jbodyeco03 wrote:they have just recalled EVERY car they make for major things not little crap.let me know, please, wheres the other cars at.... they make more than you listed.... IS250, IS350, etc etc etc.... not being a jerk, but right now, i havent heard that ALL/EVERY car was recalled.
jbody03eco wrote:im not makeing fun of imports im just saying there not all perfect like everyone is out to think they are. yes there is some good cars and yes there is some bad cars. im just saying i have had better luck with american made cars and so i plain on staying with them. my bros golf he bought of my teacher and it was a 5 speed. proplems befor the tranny blew was the normal VW things side trim falling off lights on the bumper fell out and had a rust whole in the floor under the drivers seat.
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as far as side trim, bumper lights falling out, thats super ficial as hell
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as far as side trim, bumper lights falling out, thats super ficial as hell
no its not its true. every 93-99 golf-jetts the litle lights on the bumper feel off and the door trim falles off. go out and look for 1 you will see a light missing or door trim falling off.
cavaliers muffler hanging. yup that happes alot to, my sunfire had a full 2.25 inch pipeing from the header back all custom. brackets added to the muffler and after my car there the muffler goes over the rear axle. never had a proplem.
then i shouldint have said "i hate imports" i should have said i hate the imports kids additudes. that better?
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no its not its true. every 93-99 golf-jetts the litle lights on the bumper feel off and the door trim falles off. go out and look for 1 you will see a light missing or door trim falling off.
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then i shouldint have said "i hate imports" i should have said i hate the imports kids additudes. that better?