Unless it’s a Japanese nameplate built in America, the only American car I would even consider is Ford. Thanks to the corrupt Bailout, I am boycotting GM and Chrysler for life. Those companies are dead to me, and it reassures me to see that those corrupt companies build garbage - sensible people would avoid their products even if they didn’t care about the immorality of stiffing the GM bondholders or of giving our tax dollars to the UAW to keep failed companies operating.
Die, GM, die!
I bought an ’06 Camry with 14,000 miles in July 2006. I just turned 150,000 miles. It needed a water pump last summer, repair cost me $160. Original brakes lasted over 100,000 miles (probably 75% highway miles). Other than that, all it’s needed is tires, windshield wiper blades, light bulbs, gas and oil. The wife’s ’09 Camry just hit 75,000 and I just got new rear brakes. Likewise, nothing other than tires, windshield wiper blades, light bulbs, gas and oil. I only see my mechanic twice a year now for inspections.
I will never buy another American car.
Why should I buy an American car if I can get a similarly priced Japanese vehicle that is of vastly better quality and won't fall to pieces as soon as the warranty expires?
My experience with American cars is that they generally suck. The problem is union labor. Japanese cars made by non union workforces in the US seem to be fine. It's the union made cars that are crap.
“BUY AMERICAN “
I do. Rather than buy a GM made in Mexico, or a rebranded Mazda dressed as a Ford, I bought an Acura.
Made in Marysville, Ohio.
Happy to buy American built Japanese cars, but poor experience with American car companies means I won't be buying "American" cars (maybe built from Chinese components).
Why do you think that?
Buying is about getting value, not nationalist sentiment.