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I'm all for buying American, believe me, but considering this news and the fact that everyone I know that has an American car has problems, I just can't do it. Some perfect examples for you: A co-worker of mine drives a $55000 Lincoln LS that is completely loaded. It really is a beautiful car. Problem is, every couple of months, he pulls in the lot with a rented Ford Escort, because the LS is having "computer problems." For $55,000 I'd sure as hell hope they'd put something better than a Commodore 64 in there...guess not.

My neighbor has 2 trucks. A 2000 Ford Ranger and a 1980-something Nissan pickup. He has never had any problems with the Nissan, but the Ford has already had major work done 3 times! He only has 35,000 miles on the Ford compared to 170,000 on the Nissan. What's wrong with this picture?

I used to drive a 1988 Ford Tempo. Definitely not the highlight of my automotive experiences. Over the 4 years I owned that car, I had my steering wheel lose all resistance, to the point that I had to hold it at a 45 degree angle to go straight and chronically all power would cease from out of nowhere. Leaving me coasting on the freeway at 70 mph with no brakes to speak of and a limp noodle steering wheel. I spent over $8,000 dollars trying to repair that car's electrical system, but nobody could do it. The lesson here is never ever buy a Ford product.

Now for GM experience, the outlook is a little brighter, though a friend of mine has a '91 Corvette that is very temperamental. I always just figured that kind of car wasn't for every day anyway. He's always messing with it, so I'm sure half of it is his fault anyway. Everyone else I know is relatively happy with their GM product. I've never owned one myself.