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Old 10-20-2008, 01:26 PM   #22 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
I've never had any trouble getting over a decade's service from American trucks.
Until the Insight, I'd only owned one import (the '78 Datsun that I bought when I was working construction) that was less than 10 years old when I bought it :-)

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People buy cars for a variety of reasons, but I discount people's buying decision is much affected by advertising.
Humm... I wonder what the automakers' total annual advertising budget runs to? (Says $31 billion here: Auto Ad Spending to Fall, but Online to Grow ) Maybe I'm being dumber than usual this morning, but I have trouble understanding why they'd spend all that money if it doesn't affect buying decisions.
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