"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
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In article , katy
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Peter Wiley wrote:

Ditto for vehicles. Almost nobody in Australia would buy an imported US
made vehicle in preference to a Japanese or even Korean made one.

PDW

We had a KIA and our son drives KIA's...junk cars....give me a GM
anyday...or even a Ford....

Give me a Subaru, Toyota, Mitsubishi etc. Korean cars here seem to be
pretty reliable and have long warranties. After that, you've said it
all.

My daughter and son-in-law bought a Ford Explorer about 8 years back. The
engine, which they properly and carefully maintained via company maintenance
schedules, gave up after 60K miles--failed main bearings. Ford offered to
pay less than $1000 toward the purchase of a new engine. The kids scrapped
the vehicle. Ford now tops their "never again" list.

My second last Toyota pickup had in excess of 200K miles when I received $2K
for it in trade on a new one. The engine ran perfectly, the compression was
high on three cylinders and acceptable on one, and it burned less than a
quart of oil every 5K miles.

Max