"James Sweet" wrote in message
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Yeah. The "thing" is that when they compare brand new cars, they still
find more little defects in GM, Ford & Chrysler cars. Even if it's just a
crooked kick panel, it should make people wonder what else was done
carelessly.


I noticed a lot of little nags like that on a rental Ford. It really is a
shame, I'd love to be proud of cars built in this country, at one point in
time we built the best stuff in the world, now it's a miracle we can build
anything at all. Heck by the time I got to highschool the metal and wood
shops had already been shut down. Everything is being outsourced and
everyone is so obsessed with buying the absolute cheapest anything. It's
getting hard to find quality tools even, brand names are largely
irrelevant, reputable names often nothing beyond stickers slapped on the
latest Chinese junk.

I test drove a Dodge sedan - the big one - I forget the name. The panel
under the steering wheel fell off completely when I went over a bump. The
factory forgot to put the speed clips over the plastic tabs. There was
nothing for the sheet metal screws to thread into. How the thing stayed on
that long, I have no idea.