I worked my parents in slowly on this one. My folks (Dad especially) has been die-hard GM since his '40 Ford blew a transmission in 1956. Then Northeastern Ohio jobs were lost to foreign brands, so, I grew up with the influence of American iron, Foreign junk.
After heading out on my own (and my Beretta blew a head gasket on its Quad-4), I drove a few cars. My college room-mate's '95 Accord 5-speed sold me right away. I went and decided to buy a Civic. It was the best brand transitions I've made to date.
What sealed the deal was that the Civic I was considering was made down the road near Columbus, Ohio. Granted, non-Union, and foreign owned, but a big revenue generator for the State and Local communities. It got the blessing and now he's asked me a few times about which Honda I would recommend for him as a daily driver
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Originally Posted by Jammer
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My father is in his 70s, healthy as a goat. He retired from Chevy and still knows many workers there. Well as you might imagine he is NOT to fond of any car that is not mostly made in America by American Management, and there is nothing any of us can do to talk him away from that sort of thinking. So when I mentioned to him the Toyota Prius 3rd Generation was on target to sell 400,000 cars for next year he called it a lie and demanded to know my source. But that's the problem, we have multiple sources that back the 2010 Prius hybrid at 400,000 cars for the 2010 model. Dad is stubborn. I am not even allowed to park a non American car in his driveway, and this played a big part in me buying the Cobalt XFE- it would of tore my UAW family apart if I had paid for a Hybrid made in Japan. I would of been dis-owned, and I would hate to have my 73 year old father do that NOW! I do love technology and I love Hybrids.
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