I agree with you Dave.
More reliable cars that last longer are the best idea.
I know of two mid ninetees Chevy trucks around here one with 600k miles on it and another with 300k miles on it. Both with original engines.
A coworker had a 'mid ninetees Nissan 2x4 with 250,000 on it with original rear brakes.
I got almost 200k miles out of my Ranger and it had original ball joints. (still runs, but had a run in with an Acura and a Scion last summer, I drove it home from New Hampshire)
And people said 2.9s were junk. Mine never had a head gasket problem
What I am getting at is that it seems like you can either end up with junk or a good one despite what name is on it. I've seen both sides of the coin.
I work in the parts industry and it seems to me like foreign car parts are harder to get and cost more, plus alot of customers complain about working on them.
Hmmmm if Chrysler goes out of business I wonder if I should wait in line at the local Chrysler dealer ship that bought out the local AMC dealer when it closed down.....
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Dave Tuck <davesdocs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Dave Tuck <davesdocs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] USA Car Biz
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:34 AM
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Similar things are happening in Australia. We now have only three manufacturers; Ford, Holden (local GM) and Toyota. Mitsubishi fell over a few months ago after persistent rumours they were going to fail, and despite government handouts, closed the factory. Sidebar: Mitsubishi bought out Chrysler in the early 1980's here in Adelaide, took over the factory, everything. Now an empty factory.
Ford were going to close down their engine factory over in Geelong (near Melbourne) but heard today they are going to revamp it to make a "Euro 4" engine, whatever that is.
Holdens are closing down for 5 weeks after Christmas as they don't need to built any more cars. Your Pontiac GTO is our Holden Monaro, although not made anymore for our domestic market. The last one went on Ebay and raised big $$$ for charity.
Comment on "Jap crap" - I have a Toyota Hilux twin cab. Has 232,000 kms on it, never touched the auto, I change the oil every 10,000 kms, is on it's 3rd set of disc brake pads, still has the original rear drum brake shoes, and just goes and goes and goes. I think that's what we want - utter reliability for little outlay.
Dave
PS. AMC content - In my shed I have a 1970 Jav, 64 American convertible, 1974 Levi's Gremlin X, and out the back a 78 Concord and an 84 Eagle.
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