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Originally Posted by jamesqf

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.

By definition of the program, only one of those is a clunker...

Have you actually paid attention to what percentage of "American" cars are actually made of "American" parts? When's the last time you compared the brand names on certain OEM parts with the brand names on those same parts from "American" cars vs. "Foreign" cars?

And; without having any firsthand knowledge, what exactly are you basing your opinion on? Oh - You're basing your opinion on someone else's (possibly uneducated) opinion, aren't you?

(Fact: Editorials are actually opinions in pretty print.)