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To: Ditto
with great people (mostly in the suburbs)

Not so much in Beaver County (although that's stretching it as far as suburbs go.) My first wife was from there. I feared for my Camry every day we visited, 20 years ago. The borough hall in Midland had a sign that said, "No foreign car parking-subject to towing."

11 posted on 01/03/2011 7:54:07 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81
I feared for my Camry every day we visited, 20 years ago. The borough hall in Midland had a sign that said, "No foreign car parking-subject to towing."

Dude. What the hell were you thinking? You shouldn't be running a rice burner in a mill town. Would you go the Hiroshima with an Enola Gay sticker on your car? ;~))

I recall being down in Wearton WV back in the 70s and some poor SOB who lived a couple blocks up from the mill had a diesel VW 'Rabbit' that he had to post signs on that it was built in Pennsylvania, not Germany so it didn't get trashed. The signs said "Built in Pennsylvania with American made steel."

You couldn't park in a GM, Ford or Chrysler parking lot with a foreign car then either. I know salesmen going to those plants who would rent a domestic car for their sales calls and leave their Hondas at home They would not let you in with an import. Seriously.

Today, I don't think anyone cares much anymore. I have never had any car other that a domestic. But just last month, my wife bought a Subaru (sp?). Not my choice -- all hers. But I looked at the paper work. It was made in the USA just like my truck. So with parts sourced all over the world be it the "Big Three or "Imports" what the hell is the difference anymore as long as it's assembled in the US?

The reality is there are no more 'domestic' cars and most of the 'imports' really aren't.

12 posted on 01/03/2011 8:44:43 PM PST by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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