[Cold Heat]

I strongly dislike sending my dollars to a foreign country to support the Yen. Even though some of these cars are made here, with American labor, the net profits from the business go to the parent company after tax and are only reinvested if they can pull more out of our economy.

The primary benefits from buying GM are linked to lifetime maintenance costs. GM has a very reasonable parts pricing schedule as opposed to the rice burners and German rigs. The replacement parts, and thus the insurance costs are lower and over the lifetime of the car or truck which BTW has as good as the Japs, the costs are substantially lower.

The jap cars have throwaway engines. A stinkin fuel pump or tail light costs a fortune! Plus they ride like a rock.

You buy whatever you like. I would not even consider anything else and I have owned them all.

[driftdiver]

“I strongly dislike sending my dollars to a foreign country to support the Yen”

I believe its Ford who has the most foreign made parts to its cars. Ford also owns part of Mazda. GM has its own skeletons. I strongly support the buy American movement but its impossible with cars.

“The jap cars have throwaway engines.”

Throwaway after 200k miles perhaps.

“A stinkin fuel pump or tail light costs a fortune!”

I owned a Mercury and the alternator went out. The Ford dealer wanted $1000 for a new one.

[Fishrrman]

“The jap cars have throwaway engines”

My cars (not including my first vehicle, which was a 1966 Volkswagen Campmobile):
1979 Honda Accord - 170,000
1986 Honda Accord - 192,000
1993 Acura Integra - 300,000 (yes, you read that right, and it wasn’t even using oil when I sold it!)

All were bought new. None ever needed major engine repairs. And I was able to sell all of them privately (even got $400 for the Acura!)

My secret? Change the oil EVERY 5,000 miles without fail.

- John