The sad truth

[gallydif]

I was reading an article on a '77 Grand Marquis coupe with 22k that's for sale. Below is an exerpt of the article. To think about that statement and how asian cars have a major share in the US market now. Grotesque yet true. Start the ban! We should be more like Italy/Europe in this sense. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthr.../Eu#Post4219540

 

[silverrat]

Start the ban on what? Foreign cars? How about you buy what you like and I will do the same.

 

[dishdude]

Look at the size of that quarter panel!

 

[gregk24]

Yeah, I'll keep buying Honda.

 

[Vuflanovsky]

I always liked cars that could double as a tuna trawler...Having lived through that "bygone era" I don't really find the nostalgia in it. Many of the American cars my family owned during the 60s and 70s were relative pieces of ****. My WWII vet dad bought a used Toyota wagon in 1977 and he never bought another American car the rest of his life. Sometimes there's a reason why that happens. That Grand Marquis would probably be more appropriate in Havana than Little Havana.

 

[gallydif]

^ how to get the asian car owners riled up

 

[Wolf359]

Originally Posted By: gallydif
I was reading an article on a '77 Grand Marquis coupe with 22k that's for sale. Below is an exerpt of the article. To think about that statement and how asian cars have a major share in the US market now. Grotesque yet true. Start the ban! We should be more like Italy/Europe in this sense.


Says who? Are you going to start with some book burning too? This country is all about freedom, people should be free to buy whatever they like.

 

[Vuflanovsky]

Originally Posted By: gallydif
^ how to get the asian car owners riled up

Yep...still belongs in Havana.

 

[expat]

Remember back in the 70's if you wanted somthing economical, you bought a foreign car or a .........


Fill in the blank.

Some people did buy domestic. Often for the last time.

 

[JHZR2]

Love those old cars and trucks, would own a bunch more if I had the garage space...

At the end of the day, they were too large and too inefficient to stay relevant. To make matters worse,,some of the highest percentage domestically sourced vehicles are now Honda and Toyota sedans and vans. Way too many domestic branded cars and trucks are made in Canada, or worse, Mexico. Nothing domestic about them.

At the same time, people will always be swooning to find low mileage mustangs, corvettes, CTSs, etc, as well as nice pickups and SUVs. Nothing going away there...

 

[OneEyeJack]

A sign of the times was a 1960's add that showed 2 bunny rabbits posing for the camera. The caption stated, "In 1949 there were only 2", and nothing else. Everyone knew this was a VW ad, referring to the fact that although you see VW Bugs everywhere (this was the 60's), that in 1949 only 2 were imported to America.

 

[Doublehaul]

Can't speak to the 70s as I wasn't alive but I've worked on enough imported junk to know that every auto maker can build quality or trash...I don't buy into Japanese superiority...or American superiority...sure they've made some gems...also some dogs. Speaking of which look at the junk coming out of Germany these days...just goes to show

 

[Chris142]

That era of cars were slugs! Smog dogs! 150hp from 400 cuin lol

 

[daves87rs]

Remember those cars...

 

[Merkava_4]

The big three used to have planned obsolescence until the Japanese cars showed up.

 

[Nick1994]

I'd rather have a high mileage Japanese car that I can drive than a low mileage garage queen I'd be afraid to drive due to 3 mpg and wanting to keep the miles low.

What a waste of a car for it to sit around.

 

[SaturnIonVue]

Back in the mid '80s when I lived in Miami, on several occasions in parking lots, seniors would stop me going from or to my Toyota Tercel to ask me how I liked the car. Most of the time, when I told them how good the car was, and how great the gas mileage was, they would invariably tell me they could never buy a non-US made car. This happened often enough (for some reason) that my standard reply became that "cars are expensive enough as it is, without me having to buy two American cars to equal one durable Toyota!" They didn't seem to like that comment very much. I suspect many were from Detroit and retired to south Florida!

 

[Ducked]

I'd have one, but the country is too small.

 

[SirTanon]

Have you considered that a ton of "Asian cars" are actually built right here in the USA? Also, a ton of Ford vehicles are built in Mexico. Does that change your position at all?

 

[4WD]

Toyota's new plant in Mexico opens in 2019 ? Who thinks that will matter to the car buyer ?