[L.N. Smithee]

I tried to "Buy American" all my years behind the wheel, but I kept getting burned time and time again. Fragile bodies. Dropped transmissions. Endless leaks. Lower-than-advertised gas mileage. I've bought my last Big Three car.

I don't know what it is that the Japanese and the European designers know that American designers don't, but the Yanks sure seem determined not to learn.

[Muleteam1]

>>I don't know what it is that the Japanese and the European designers know that American designers don't, but the Yanks sure seem determined not to learn.<<

I would agree that American car designers seem to have lost the ability to learn, but I would have to say that European autos of comparable price are as wrench-philic as American autos. European auto makers simply know that most Americans associate high price with quality and use this to their advantage.

Muleteam1