Do you prefer American made or Foreign made cars?...

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    And if you have a preference list and tell why? Just curious.:cheers:
     
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    foreign (japanese). more reliable, cheaper to fix.
     
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    japanese, run forever
    german for the ladies
    american for the old school muscle
     
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    Muscle ain't that pretty when it's parked long-term in your driveway.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Hey I like German cars and they are not ladies cars. The only ladies car is the VW bug.
     
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    HailBlazers RipCity

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    think he meant to get ladies BGD

    huge fan of german cars, nothing beats their handling and performance
     
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    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    German for performance and engineering
     
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    I love German autos (I would say this even if I wasn't owned by the Germans).

    The only non-German car that I have driven that comes close to the performance and engineering German cars are some of the Subarus out there. Get one with a turbo, and it's really on. But I prefer the classier style of the German cars.
     
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    Subarus are vary nice I love the WRX and it's very fun to drive, until you start getting tickets that is and not to mention the insurance on those bad boys are nothing to sneeze at. I would bet that most WRX owners drive illegally.
     
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    both? some of the more popular japanese name brands are at least partially manufactured in america.
     
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    And those are the ones being recalled. At least initially, the first rounds of Toyota recalls were only on models physically put together in America (can't remember if it was certain parts put together in America, or the entire models assembled here).
     
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  12. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    I went from Japanese to German recently and couldn't be happier.
     
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  13. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    Subaru of America for cars, NissanUSA for suvs, Ford for trucks.

    Rambler for nostalgia.
     
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    I went from Chinese to Japanese and couldn't be happier.
     
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    I'd actually agree with you, for the most part. But my Tundra Limited was pretty bad-ass. I am a very big fan of the newer Ford trucks, though (actually, Ford has recently done some nice things with their entire line of autos).
     
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  16. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    did you happen to go "dirty knees, look at these" in the process?
     
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  17. BigGameDamian

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    [video=youtube;zJgWV6IObwY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJgWV6IObwY[/video]
     
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    No.
     
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    Jap Cars- easily the best in terms of reliability

    Kraut Cars- best to drive but so overengineered a nightmare to own

    de los estados unidos Cars- so-so all the way around

    Korean Cars- just roll them off a cliff and save the hassle of owning them
     
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    ...it is tough to beat the value that Hyundai is producing these days, but I have always preferred German engineering.
     
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