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Would you buy from the Big Three now?
vanity | 11/07/12 | ealgeone

Posted on 11/07/2012 6:23:27 PM PST by ealgeone

After the auto unions supported bammy, would you ever consider buying a car from the Big Three again?


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To: montanajoe
You'd a been a "good German" too.
41 posted on 11/07/2012 6:45:28 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: PLK

Okay, maybe I need more education on this. What cars are made in U.S. by NON-union employees???


42 posted on 11/07/2012 6:45:34 PM PST by PLK
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To: ealgeone
Buying a car ? ? ?


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Wait'll your electric bill is a grand a month .. soon

43 posted on 11/07/2012 6:45:59 PM PST by tomkat ( <shrug>)
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To: hinckley buzzard
My family either works or is retired from Ford.

They didn't vote for asshole either and voted against the union petitions on the ballot.

44 posted on 11/07/2012 6:46:23 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
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To: usconservative

GMC Envoys were assembled in Moraine, Ohio and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Never in Canada that I can find.


45 posted on 11/07/2012 6:46:52 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's bankruptcy: 2016)
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To: ealgeone

I’m told that the union bailout money and the billions the UAW got to take over the pension plan is almost gone. They’ll need another bailout soon


46 posted on 11/07/2012 6:48:15 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: ealgeone

my next car/truck will likely be a Toyota. More made in the USA than the big 3.

GM and Chrysler are dead to me. I own 3 of them all pre-bail outs and bought dirt cheap (300-500 bucks).

Post bail out will be import or Ford if the deal is good.

Eff the unions. I AVOID anything with the union label.


47 posted on 11/07/2012 6:48:24 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: ealgeone
Haven't since 2003. Won't since 2008. Had been a Chevy Man for 40 years. In 2011 I bought a KIA Sorento made in USA. There are Hondas, Toyotas, a few KIAs, and several other vehicles made by American Americans, not UAW members, and I will NEVER buy a UAW built car again: they're over-priced poorly built pieces of crap even after the considerable subsidy I pay into them. They can all go to hell for all I care, and if I could, I'd build a wall around Michigan so none of the bastards will be able to escape when the whole place goes up in flames.
48 posted on 11/07/2012 6:50:14 PM PST by FredZarguna (I'm sorry, General Washington. We owed you and the men at Valley Forge so much more than this.)
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To: ealgeone

Might want to watch it with buying Suzuki. I saw here where they’re closing all US operations.


49 posted on 11/07/2012 6:50:55 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Foolsgold
Gov Motors is on the verge of bankruptcy again

The stock is up 30% in the last 3 months, do you recommend shorting it?

50 posted on 11/07/2012 6:51:32 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's bankruptcy: 2016)
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To: usconservative

I bought a Toyota Yaris over 6 years ago. I know. She was made in California. Not sure if union made or not.


51 posted on 11/07/2012 6:52:34 PM PST by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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To: Darren McCarty

Thanks for pointing that out. It will make it easier to buy a Ford.


52 posted on 11/07/2012 6:52:55 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
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To: ealgeone
what fellow Freepers are thinking when it comes to buying a new ride from one of the Big Three AKA the UAW.

As opposed to buying vehicles from companies whose headquarters are located overseas?

53 posted on 11/07/2012 6:53:31 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (USA!)
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To: PLK

KIA Sorento is made in USA.


54 posted on 11/07/2012 6:53:36 PM PST by FredZarguna (I'm sorry, General Washington. We owed you and the men at Valley Forge so much more than this.)
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To: ealgeone

Would it not be hoot if we did a Chick-fil-A in reverse and all went to a GM dealership on the same day/weekend and wasted hours of their time only to say “Oh you took bailout money...um no thanks” right before it was time to sign on the dotted line.


55 posted on 11/07/2012 6:55:01 PM PST by lovesdogs
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To: FredZarguna

I will never buy another car from any company having anything to do with Detroit... even Ford.

I feel the foreign cars are better built ( Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda )... I will not consider anything from Detroit, I’ve been burned to many times, even with Fords including my daughter’s piece of crap 2006 Ford Mustang. She eventually sold it. Good riddance.


56 posted on 11/07/2012 6:55:16 PM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: hecht

Not a chance. I have been a Toyota fan for years, ever since I owned my first one when stationed in Okinawa...in 1971.


57 posted on 11/07/2012 6:55:16 PM PST by celtic gal
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To: Shadow44

He should take comfort if it’s a Camry. It’s more made in the USA than any of the big 3 cars.

And it’s still 100% toyota quality.


58 posted on 11/07/2012 6:56:07 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: FredZarguna
KIA Sorento is made in USA.

Where are their design facilities and corporate headquarters?

59 posted on 11/07/2012 6:56:24 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (USA!)
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To: krb
but who didn’t get any scratch from the American taxpayer?

No, every plant that gets built receives huge subsidies from taxpayers. That's how business is done these days. Ex: the Hyundai plant in Alabama received $235 million in state funding. The Honda plant in Indiana received $141 million. These companies are smart enough to have states bid for the jobs, and the economy is so bad that states are desperate to attract them.

60 posted on 11/07/2012 6:58:42 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's bankruptcy: 2016)
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