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Old 08-31-2009, 10:26 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
That hasn't been true for several decades now.
I don't have any first-hand information, but going by things like e.g. news reports, various on-line mentions, and neighbors fixing/replacing their American vehicles, it's still true, though maybe not so much as it once was.

And then there was the whole Cash for Clunkers thing: what percentage of the vehicles traded in were American?Yet they're of an age where I'd consider a Honda/Toyota nicely broken in. I have a 2000 Insight with about 135K (bought at 50K), and an '88 Toyota pickup, with about 210K (bought at 200K), and both those clunkers have been running fine - except for the temporary effects of hitting a deer with the Insight.
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