[central_va]

I've never bought Chinese made break rotor, strut, clutch, pulley, belt, tire, bearing or any other car part that wasn't a piece of junk. Back in the day you could go to Auto Zone or Track Auto and get a US made replacement part that was of good quality for much less than you could get it at the dealer. Now that isn't an option and I have to go to the dealer and get butt reamed. Free trade actually took away my buying options.

I look at the rust belt and all those "displaced" workers and think they used to make good auto parts now they are idle and we get Chinese junk.

[americas.best.days...]

I live in Ohio and that’s about the size of it. I sometimes wonder though. If there were hundreds of new manufacturing plants tomorrow, is the workforce really there for it? The small business owners I know struggle to find or keep people. Will the younger ones show up five days a week, shift work, consistently?