On 6/4/09, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Car research can be very misleading, because there's a lot going on. But in > the states, the intelligentsia drive imports. It's part of their calling > card. They won't be caught dead in an American made car. Their prejudices > are based on bullshit, but they're powerful.
You can call it what you want, and claim one set of research backs this and another backs that, and it very well may be that some people are looking for a status symbol in their import, but I think for a lot of people, including myself, it comes down to personal experience. Mom and Dad bought one Ford after another from the mid-70s through the early 2000s. Dad believes they could have bought a couple more cars with the money they spent on repairs. So their latest vehicle was a Chrysler Town and Country. It spent most of last summer at three different dealerships because the first two couldn't figure out how to fix the AC that wouldn't stop blowing hot air. I've owned 2 Fords and 2 Dodge pickups. I've also had a VW, 2 Mazdas and 2 Nissans. Pick one of the American cars. Any of them, doesn't matter which. It needed more repairs than the 5 imports combined. Either I've had probability-defying bad luck or someone's lying about the quality of American cars. Couple that with the fact that they can't figure out ergonomics for anyone shorter than average and it adds up to I ain't giving them any more of my money. Period. And I don't give a damn what the magazines say. Bill nailed it with the bit about grand daddy's and daddy's and whatnot. They're the opposite of Paul's intelligentsia. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
