"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:27:40 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:19:10 GMT, "Jack Goff" wrote:


"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
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Also Sprach JohnH :

Why not? All I've read has been praiseworthy, and I've got to admit
it's a blast to drive. Comfortable too.

Mostly because I've "driven a Ford lately" and can't quite agree that
"Quality is Job 1."

Dan

My last two Fords, a '94 and a '98 Explorer, each gave me less trouble
than
the '89 Honda that preceded them.

We've gotta stop sending the jobs overseas -- I say, "Buy American."

John, you've got to admit that the American manufacturers asked for their
problems back in the 1970s, by selling almost nothing but crap. They're
still paying the price.


Readily admitted. Back then we weren't losing the jobs to outsourcing
that we are now. So many people whine about the outsourcing problems
and jobs lost by the Bush administration, and then they go buy a
Toyota. I can't understand the logic.

How can you not understand? Millions of people got ****ed up the ass by the
American car makers. Those memories don't fade for many, many years. Toyota
offers cars that are damned close to perfect. Unless you require a "niche
car" like the one you bought, why gamble with an American car?

My brother in law used to bitch at me about how I was costing Americans jobs
by buying Japanese. My response was simple: My second Ford was in the shop 5
times in the first year (1975). My boss read me the riot act: Find a way to
get to work, or work somewhere else. In other words, the Ford was about to
cost me MY job. When it finally died, I bought a Toyota. My logic: If
American engineers can't build a car correctly, they deserve to lose their
jobs.

It's an interesting phenomenon in America: Pick 10 products, one of them
being a cars. For each product, ask 10,000 people what should happen to the
manufacturers of those products if they're poorly built for years on end.
For 9 of the products, people will say what they should: The manufacturers
should go out of business. For cars, they'll cut the manufacturers a
ridiculous amount of slack. It's as if cars have some sort of religious
status. I makes no sense at all.