And you sound like a riceburner worshiper. No, I’ve owned GM my entire life and will compare my vehicles to a toileta anytime for total functionality, maintainability, safety, durability comfort, reliability and certainly looks. Shall we start with my GMC with 276,000 miles or my Pontiac which will beat the tires off a comparable toileta? Don’t give me the UAW union crapola either or I’ll give you the fact that that country killed 100,000 Americans. I don’t like unions and would never join one. However, many of those UAW memebers are fine Americans that love this country.
So I was right about your age.
If not literally, then emotionally.
If the UAW loves this country so much, then they might just worry a little more about quality and profit than enabling mediocre workers to make a ridiculous amount of money.
I don't believe that manufacturing employees make the primary difference at 100k+ miles in automotive car systems or consumer electronics.
Manufacturing screwups are most apparent in the first 20,000ish miles....squeaks, misfit leaks, bad components, etc.
The design gives you the long term reliability, and that's why I'd prefer a car designed in Detroit and built in Canada than a car designed in Tokyo and built in Georgia.
I'd brefer a car designed in Detroit and built by non-union labor in Arlington, but that's not possible today!
| But let me depart with you on the "that country killed X no. Americans in WWII." Puhlease! We probably don't have a better, true ally than the Nipponese in Asia, bar Australia. They adapted some of our society and culture, they have fewer socialist commies in their government, it is not a 'bad' thing to be a conservative in that country, and it's one of the ONLY countries in the world where you can see toddlers running around dressed in t-shirts emblazoned with red/white/blue and old glory. We won! Get over it! |