| As a man, and a lover of American muscle cars, I think | | | | less money, let's say around $35,000, and I promise the |
| that most of us men, deep of us inside somewhere, | | | | Chevy is built just a good as the BMW, but being as |
| love American cars, and all men love the pure raw | | | | where the guy that bought the Chevy paid a lot less |
| power of a muscle car, even though some of us don't | | | | money, maybe he doesn't maintain it as well. |
| want to admit it, we say things like, I think the imports | | | | With any car or truck, preventative maintenance is the |
| are built better, I think the big three motor companies | | | | best way to make it last longer, so the guy with the |
| could take some ques off of them, but why would we | | | | BMW goes the extra mile to keep up on the regular |
| compromise our way of building, when it works, and it | | | | maintenance of his car, he does what the owners |
| has for a long time. | | | | manual tells him to do, and when it tells him to do it, he |
| We built the first gas powered cars, I do believe that | | | | doesn't put off the regular scheduled maintenance |
| Henry Ford was the first in history to build a gas | | | | even for a day longer that he's supposed to, and the |
| powered car, and for years they have all followed suit, | | | | guy with the Chevy is just a little more relaxed about it, |
| and used and reused our technology to build cars, yes | | | | it will take miles off of his car or truck, this is the most |
| maybe the manufacturing processes are different, but | | | | common reason that cars came to the shop in the |
| the whole idea of the imports being better then our | | | | first place. |
| cars is ludicrous, almost to the point of stupidity with | | | | If two cars, no matter where they make or model are |
| some people, it's a keeping up with the Johnson's type | | | | maintained completely different, with out a doubt the |
| thing, the people next door just bought a BMW, so just | | | | longevity of the two cars will change, and the better |
| to be cool, I have to do it to. | | | | maintained one will last longer and in essence be a |
| American cars are built every bit as good as the | | | | better car to the owner of it, therefore making him or |
| imports, if not better, I have owned and driven | | | | her think that the car was built better, when really it's |
| Japanese and German cars, and have yet to | | | | the owner of the car that was built better, their way of |
| understand why people always sprout off this crap | | | | thinking and taking care of business has made the car |
| about how much better they are built, I've worked in | | | | last longer. |
| the automotive industry for a long time, I've work all | | | | So I say, we don't need relearn how to build a good |
| different brands and models of cars, the most | | | | car in the United States, the people buying the car |
| common argument that I hear is the comparison of | | | | need to adjust their way of thinking, I would be willing |
| how many mile the imports will last, and how many | | | | to put this theory to a practical test, if two people |
| miles ours don't last. | | | | were to buy cars, one of them a Chevy and one an |
| I have a theory, which of course hasn't been tested in | | | | import, know that I could prove my theory to be true, |
| any way, but let me lay it out for you, let's say that a | | | | we'd do the regular scheduled maintenance on the |
| person goes to the dealership and purchases a brand | | | | Chevy, and be a little more relaxed on the import, and |
| new BMW, for let's say around $60,000, and a person | | | | this would prove my point, it's not the manufacture of |
| goes down to let's say the Chevy dealer and | | | | the car, but how well it gets maintained during it's life. |
| purchases a comparable car there, for of course a lot | | | | |