Has anyone noticed that Audi Junkie has been missing lately?
How many foreign car owners will consider buying American next time?
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"I am filled with this notion that a honda engine in a piece of power equipment is better...It came in like a parasite... just infiltrated me... and Im only talking about 5hp outdoor equipment!"
Maybe it is, but if they don't offer what I want or what I need it's a moot point. I'm still using an older Murray lawn mower with a Tecumseh engine that we bought used from a friend almost 13 years ago, and it still works fine. The mower, a wheel barrow, and some lawn tools cost either $50 or $75. Don't need a Honda mower, and Honda doesn't make a vehicle that we have any consideration of buying.
Maybe it is, but if they don't offer what I want or what I need it's a moot point. I'm still using an older Murray lawn mower with a Tecumseh engine that we bought used from a friend almost 13 years ago, and it still works fine. The mower, a wheel barrow, and some lawn tools cost either $50 or $75. Don't need a Honda mower, and Honda doesn't make a vehicle that we have any consideration of buying.
I did buy American vehicle, built in Fremont, California by UAW workers at the NUMMI plant which is joint owned by GM. Its called a Toyota Tacoma. Its part content is 70% US. I just bought regular maintence items for this vehicle such as, wiper blades, air filter, coolant. All the OEM parts I bought are made in the USA. Its a far cry from those parts that are listed as made in Mexico or China by other brands.
Threads like this are a prime example why this country is getting SMOKED! We are getting whipped and we want to complain about how the OTHER manufacturers are NOT making better products, ie., Honda and Toyota. That is called denial and one only has to look at the GM and Ford stock price to see the true cost of DENIAL! Hello Ford and chevy the score is 42-0 and you are just starting to wonder how the game got out of hand. Good job!
To do the same thing over and over and expect different results is insanity!
Threads like this are a prime example why this country is getting SMOKED! We are getting whipped and we want to complain about how the OTHER manufacturers are NOT making better products, ie., Honda and Toyota. That is called denial and one only has to look at the GM and Ford stock price to see the true cost of DENIAL! Hello Ford and chevy the score is 42-0 and you are just starting to wonder how the game got out of hand. Good job!
To do the same thing over and over and expect different results is insanity!
Amkeer, you should get your facts straight. Tacoma has a 55% domestic parts origin. Far cry from 70%. And who's complaining? All I asked was a simple question. This country is getting smoked because of unfair foreign competition. Can you or would you work for $.50 per hour? That's the average wage in China. Mexican workers get 12 bucks a day making auto parts. BTW GM and Ford were doing ok until the price of gas got out of control. They were making the products people wanted and it will take some time to get more smaller models out.
[ February 14, 2006, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: cousincletus ]
[ February 14, 2006, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: cousincletus ]
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who, me? I was just off on a tangent because of my recent shopping experience, but it relates to the parasitic "perceived" quality that gets hung on honda products... it effected me w.r.t. power equipment, but not yet w.r.t. cars...
JMH
No, sorry, not you.
Someone posted a response that should have been in this thread in another thread entirely.
Speaking of perceived quality--Belkin is a fine example. Nearly everything they make is overpriced crap, yet Best Buy et. al. sell lots of it.
I think, with the internet, it possible to find out what the actual quality of almost any product is, if one is willing to do the research and ignore the anecdotal claims[1], such as "My brother in law's sister's mom's dad had a Frondevroletisubshi Camcoralibuaurus that went through 6 transmissions in 30K miles" and similar. The best place to get information are the sites where the techs who work on them hang out, like http://www.flatratetech.com
[1]and, for computer and elecronics equipment, the moans and cries of the people who aren't smart enough to figure it out.
Someone posted a response that should have been in this thread in another thread entirely.
Speaking of perceived quality--Belkin is a fine example. Nearly everything they make is overpriced crap, yet Best Buy et. al. sell lots of it.
I think, with the internet, it possible to find out what the actual quality of almost any product is, if one is willing to do the research and ignore the anecdotal claims[1], such as "My brother in law's sister's mom's dad had a Frondevroletisubshi Camcoralibuaurus that went through 6 transmissions in 30K miles" and similar. The best place to get information are the sites where the techs who work on them hang out, like http://www.flatratetech.com
[1]and, for computer and elecronics equipment, the moans and cries of the people who aren't smart enough to figure it out.
The customer is voting with their pocket books. People can gripe and complain and say the impressions are wrong, but until they change how people actually spend their money, all the discussion matters not.
What matters is what folks are buying.
Detroit, wake up! Rationalizations, explainations and excuses are not bringing more folks into the show room. Cars that look good and provide percieved value and quality are what more shoppers are buying everyday.
When I recently purchased, I had to decide not only what to buy, but what to cut from my fleet.
I purchased an 06 Scion tC, kept my Geo Prizm now with 179K miles (a Toyota Corolla) and sold the newer, lower mileage (142K) Ford Thunderbird with more squeeks, rattles, clunks, and that nearly impossible to change oil filter.
I have to say I have been impressed with the ease of maintenance and repair for the Geo/Toyota. I was impressed with factory ball joints that were bolted on instead of riveted, so they can be replaced without drilling them out. How easy it is to change the oil and filter, the plugs, and wires.
I can tell a lot of thougth went into designed in maintainability.
T
What matters is what folks are buying.
Detroit, wake up! Rationalizations, explainations and excuses are not bringing more folks into the show room. Cars that look good and provide percieved value and quality are what more shoppers are buying everyday.
When I recently purchased, I had to decide not only what to buy, but what to cut from my fleet.
I purchased an 06 Scion tC, kept my Geo Prizm now with 179K miles (a Toyota Corolla) and sold the newer, lower mileage (142K) Ford Thunderbird with more squeeks, rattles, clunks, and that nearly impossible to change oil filter.
I have to say I have been impressed with the ease of maintenance and repair for the Geo/Toyota. I was impressed with factory ball joints that were bolted on instead of riveted, so they can be replaced without drilling them out. How easy it is to change the oil and filter, the plugs, and wires.
I can tell a lot of thougth went into designed in maintainability.
T
Here we go again....people do not know how to conduct themselves in a mature manner and have to get personal. This thread is now closed
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