Quite a bit of stuff made in the US is crap, as is quite a bit of stuff made outside the US...American cars seem to brake much faster than foreign cars (especially Japanese).

Quite a bit of stuff made in the US is crap, as is quite a bit of stuff made outside the US...American cars seem to brake much faster than foreign cars (especially Japanese).

High 5's for BMW's

 

Best cars made. Period.

Quite a bit of stuff made in the US is crap, as is quite a bit of stuff made outside the US...American cars seem to brake much faster than foreign cars (especially Japanese).

I've had the opposite experience, but then again none of the cars I buy are of the expensive variety.

I've had the opposite experience, but then again none of the cars I buy are of the expensive variety.

Fan.. it's cause what you've bought is constructed foreign . It might be assembled here... but it's not made here.

Fan.. it's cause what you've bought is constructed foreign . It might be assembled here... but it's not made here.

lol. Possibly. Well, the one car I had was a Hyundai (I've had 2 different ones), completely made and assembled in Korea, and neither were great. The one thing about Hyundais is that they need a new tranny when they hit 100K.

What a BS! An american said: I will buy meat because it´s american, i dont care if it has the mad cow disease or if i will be sick.

 

The world for the most part of the Americans: USA vs the world.

What a BS! An american said: I will buy meat because it´s american, i dont care if it has the mad cow disease or if i will be sick.

 

The world for the most part of the Americans: USA vs the world.

Dude, seriously if you are so antiAmerican, why are you hanging out on an American website, talking to US citizens, about American sports? If you hate this country so much, unattach yourself from it.

The world for the most part of the Americans: USA vs the world.

We'd still win. LOSER

 

 

Go f*** yourself.

I didn't think this was USA-only website - and in fact it is not - it is a Sox fan website for Sox fans everywhere

 

I welcome the global perspective we get from others

 

and the comments from others about American parochialism do not equal hate

 

 

Rafa, I appreciate your opinions

 

I think the statement

The world for the most part of the Americans: USA vs the world.

is true and it is a pity because we live in a world where the problems and solutions are global

 

today the largest employer in town by far (2,700 employees in a town of 8,000) announced its final decision to shut down here and relocate the plant in another country

 

if "buying American" alone were the solutution that would be wonderful but then again no matter what anyone says in that poll, most Americans by far will shop at WalMart to save a few bucks and keep those foreign factories going rather than buy American made goods

 

but the economy is also global and it is just not always that simple

Dude, seriously if you are so antiAmerican, why are you hanging out on an American website, talking to US citizens, about American sports?  If you hate this country so much, unattach yourself from it.

Because i love baseball and the White Sox and i have some american friends. That´s not everyone that thinks like you and others in here.

Because i love baseball and the White Sox and i  have some american friends. That´s not everyone that thinks like you and others in here.

You mean not everyone finds you a bit hypocritical? You get the good with the bad, deal with it. Brazil seems to have no problems accepting $40 billion a year from the US, plus flooding our markets with their cheaply produced goods, not to mention singlehandedly proping up their military. But because the US wants something in return, we have an evil government? Brazil is another American welfare state. They would still be in a hyperinflationary depression, if we hadn't have spent American tax dollars to bail them out.

 

As I have said before, if Brazilians have such a problem the only way that they are going to change anything is by not doing business with the US. Until then, they are hypocritical for expecting something for nothing.

I disagree.  Their biggest project lately, the redesign of the F150 is creating quite a stir and from what I've been reading the next model year will see a truckload, pardon the pun, of new designs from not only Ford but all of the big 3.

New F150 is defiantely starting to heat up, but for a while it wasn't doing as good as they wanted.

 

It is a nice truck, that and the Ram are the best two trucks on the market, imo. Sorry Chevy...then again I am not a big GM fan.

 

And the new mustang is, as Fanof14 says, SWEET. Its no secret why they no longer make camaros.

 

Still, Ford is releasing the new ranger pretty soon and I think GM will be redesigning some more of its vehicles, plus they are releasing the GTO among others.

New F150 is defiantely starting to heat up, but for a while it wasn't doing as good as they wanted.

 

It is a nice truck, that and the Ram are the best two trucks on the market, imo.  Sorry Chevy...then again I am not a big GM fan. 

 

And the new mustang is, as Fanof14 says, SWEET.  Its no secret why they no longer make camaros. 

Brian and I talked about trading in my car for the new Mustang, but I am so close to paying off my Cougar that I have no desire to have more car payments. That and the rumors that Mercury is coming out with a new Cougar (more like a mustang in speed and power) and the Mercury Mustang (not sure if they will still use the Capri name or not). We'll probably burn out my car (and his) and then think about getting one the new Mercs (if they ever show up on the showroom floor).

i havent been lately...i have been avioding all french products...really the only thing french that i purchase regularly was yoplait and dannon yogurt..was easy to replace those

 

but seeing that more and more companies are going overseas im going to make a conscience effort to buy american made....its probably real hard though..not much stuff is made here anymore...or atleast it seems that way

Brian and I talked about trading in my car for the new Mustang, but I am so close to paying off my Cougar that I have no desire to have more car payments.  That and the rumors that Mercury is coming out with a new Cougar (more like a mustang in speed and power) and the Mercury Mustang (not sure if they will still use the Capri name or not).  We'll probably burn out my car (and his) and then think about getting one the new Mercs (if they ever show up on the showroom floor).

Aren't their talks about them dropping the Mercury name all-together?

not much stuff is made here anymore...or atleast it seems that way

no its not

 

or like with prescriptions drugs the ingredients are made here, shipped to another country, there made into capsules of pills, shipped back here and we buy at the local drugstore from perhaps a nonUS owned company

 

it is just not simple with the way parts are trucked around here and there for assembly

Aren't their talks about them dropping the Mercury name all-together?

That's been going around for awhile now (it pre-dates the talks of Oldsmobile going the way of the dinosaur). The way they are running Mercury, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see it happen.

I don't check labels. But things with labels are relatively small ticket Items...

 

The two most expensive things I own are american Made, midwest made even. My car = Ford

My Bike = Lemond, 2 Treks, Schwinn, & GT -- All american, I think the GT may have been fabricated overseas though.