Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: labman
One fact I do have straight is the foreign ownership of Purolator. Buy American.
I do see labman's point. I do agree that this is no place for jingoistic rhetoric, since politics is not the topic of these forums.
However, politics aside, country of manufacture or country of ownership can be relevant. There are plenty of people who like Japanese made Densos, but wouldn't use Densos made in another country, simply from the workmanship and construction standpoint. Others also wish to support the economies of their own countries.
So, country of manufacture or country of ownership can be just another statistic when someone wants to make a choice of oil filter purchase, just like filtration efficiency, ADBV construction, price, and colour, for that matter.
It need not become a political debate. A filter is either made in the USA or it is not. It is either made by a completely American company, or it is not.
If someone wants to buy American, that's up to them. There is, however, no room here to debate why one wants to buy American. We don't have giant debates about how garishly yellow PureOnes are versus the basic black of Bosch, hypothetically speaking, with both from essentially the same company. So, the fact of where or by whom a filter is manufactured is simply a relevant fact, but should not be fueling political debates.
FWIW, the entire box of Motorcraft (made by Purolator) filters I just bought ALL say "Manufactured in the USA" on them.