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Why Don't Young Americans Buy Cars?
The Atlantic ^ | Mar 25 2012, 9:00 AM ET | By Jordan Weissmann

Posted on 03/27/2012 7:47:55 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

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To: mamelukesabre

Why not just pick a side?

I always hear this disinformation. “there’s no difference”. Why can’t we all get along?

My last two American cars were made here, in American ... FACTORIES.

Not places they bolt together prefab imported tinker toys.

Factories. Both have been supurb. Choose to believe that or not, but American cars are very good now. And rock solid.

And frankly, there’s nothing quite like driving where everyone is in an import, most of which have an American flag on the back to (ineffectively) compensate for EXACTLY THAT - and proudly, confidently drive: the real thing.

Buy American.


61 posted on 03/27/2012 8:21:28 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (There is nothing "public" about government union-controlled schools)
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To: mamelukesabre

Nailed it. We are not really free any more, we only fool ourselves now. There are so many laws now that you cannot move without breaching some law. We are shackled and it was all sold as safety with the promise of the government to protect us. The government has become a tyrant that has enslaved us.


62 posted on 03/27/2012 8:21:39 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: dfwgator
No thanks to “Cash For Suckers”, the price of Used Cars skyrocketed.

Absolutely. Plus, taking out the clunkers removed spare parts from circulation. And then the government stiffed some dealers!

63 posted on 03/27/2012 8:22:03 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Deagle

Spot on analysis!


64 posted on 03/27/2012 8:23:30 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: GOPsterinMA

“my Mom’s Pinto”
While wearing a much younger man’s clothes I was crammed into the back of one of those things with a couple other suckers, and we were on an icy I-70.
We were bumped from behind, and I almost kicked that big rear window out. But we didn’t burst into flames that day. Remember that minor defect?
The Volt? Who knows. Maybe you’re fried and shocked to death.


65 posted on 03/27/2012 8:23:35 PM PDT by tumblindice (our new, happy lives)
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

“I’m glad to have lived at the apex of America. It won’t be pretty from here on out.”

What a fantastic (and sadly accurate) post.


66 posted on 03/27/2012 8:25:58 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Finally, recovery from the Baby Boomer paradigm! Down with consumerism and its sister, socialism! Commence with the Great Correction, and on to freedom again!


67 posted on 03/27/2012 8:27:06 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Perot was right.


68 posted on 03/27/2012 8:27:35 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (There is nothing "public" about government union-controlled schools)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I live in a college town and you wouldn’t believe the new mustangs, camaros and challengers I see on a daily basis. I spotted a brand new Nissan GT-R last week.


69 posted on 03/27/2012 8:27:55 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

“I understand that some or even many of the “rank and file” folks aren’t leftists, but the dickwads they vote in to lead their union are. “

Cool, you get it. There are many people on this site that think we should buy Fords (or GM or Chrysler) because “the fellas” that build the cars are just like us.

But they are not - we did not vote for a Communist to lead us, they have voted, time and time again, for Communists to lead their unions. And it’s nothing new. It was so bad during World War 2 that FDR had to cut a deal with the mob, just to get dock workers to do their job.

Unions need to be deleted and erased from our memories. They are, by far, the biggest NIGHTMARE this country has ever seen.


70 posted on 03/27/2012 8:29:06 PM PDT by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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To: BobL

Not buying American cars won’t change any vote to Republican.

NOT ONE.

Ever. Anywhere.

That’s not a plan.


71 posted on 03/27/2012 8:30:50 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (There is nothing "public" about government union-controlled schools)
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To: tumblindice
“But we didn’t burst into flames that day. Remember that minor defect?”

Not really. Based on a search of “Ford Pinto Exploding” I was ~4 or 5 y/o. But like I said, it was the American Trabant - a POS deathtrap.

One good memory of the Pinto: A drive-in double feature of “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and “Star Wars”.

72 posted on 03/27/2012 8:31:04 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

This showcases the insanity of the implacable liberals.

People in America have too many cars. We’re evil.

Now people in America aren’t buying cars. They’re evil.

Bipolar, hypocritical, out of their minds, liberals.

The answer: Obama’s economy is why they aren’t buying cars. Thank Cash for Clunkers getting rid of a lot of the cars young people and lesser well off, or frugal people buy.


73 posted on 03/27/2012 8:31:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

“Buy American.”

I’ll join you when the UAW shows some sign of not being OWNED by the Democrats. Until then, I might as well hand just over a few thousand dollars to the Democrats instead of buying an American car - cheaper that way and the same result.


74 posted on 03/27/2012 8:32:29 PM PDT by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

The only truly american made vehicles today are pickups with a 3/4 ton rating or higher. That means a ford f250 or greater, and a chevy c2500 or greater.


75 posted on 03/27/2012 8:33:28 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

“Not buying American cars won’t change any vote to Republican.”

Of course it won’t. But I saw my (Republican) Congressman get thrown out of office from absolutely HORRIBLE union advertising - he never had a chance to fight back.

I simply will not subsidize the Democrats, but you’re welcome to spend your money as you wish.


76 posted on 03/27/2012 8:34:51 PM PDT by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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To: Tax-chick
"the disappearance of many used-car dealers"

That's interesting.... I noticed the same in the last year in MT.

(I'm interested in stocking up on 10 yr old SUVs of a common configuration to get me through the last 20 to 30 years of driving)

77 posted on 03/27/2012 8:35:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: BobL

This has been the argument since Ross Perot warned us of the “Giant Sucking Sound”.

What we’ve seen since then, is that Perot was right.

Buy American.


78 posted on 03/27/2012 8:35:23 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (There is nothing "public" about government union-controlled schools)
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To: BobL

“Cool, you get it.”

Thank you. I try.

Your post is exactly right! “The fellas” keep voting for enemies of out nation, period.

And unions DO need to be deleted and erased from our memories. All of them.


79 posted on 03/27/2012 8:36:04 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
When I was young you needed a car to go places, to see your friends and of course you needed a back seat...

But now kids have their computers, cellphones, and twitter and facebook accounts and its just as easy to sit around in your parents basement and stay in contact with your friends than drive anywhere...

I remember there was a thread a while back saying they aren't interested in sex either so no need for the back seat...

80 posted on 03/27/2012 8:38:38 PM PDT by montanajoe
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