OK, yall were right
#21
03-16-2012, 04:47 PM
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I can't agree with either of you..
Virtually any vehicle assembled in the US has as many US made parts as any US vehicle, and puts as much money in the US economy as US companies.. Especially seeing as Dodge is more than 50% foreign owned and Ford and Chevy are have foreign interests it makes little difference.. There is also the fact that US CEOs and execs spend a huge portion of there money on vacations to Europe and Japanese CEOs and Execs tend to vacation in the US we are probably just as well off buying Japanese vehicles if they are assembled in the US.. Most people only buy new cars occasionally, what would make more of an impact is buying US made clothes, and food. But just try to find that.
That being said, I don't know of any Japanese street bikes still built here, Honda took the Goldwing back to Japan..
And as far as American cars being crap, I will match my new Corvette against any car from any country at any price for performance, dependability, and bang for the buck.
Virtually any vehicle assembled in the US has as many US made parts as any US vehicle, and puts as much money in the US economy as US companies.. Especially seeing as Dodge is more than 50% foreign owned and Ford and Chevy are have foreign interests it makes little difference.. There is also the fact that US CEOs and execs spend a huge portion of there money on vacations to Europe and Japanese CEOs and Execs tend to vacation in the US we are probably just as well off buying Japanese vehicles if they are assembled in the US.. Most people only buy new cars occasionally, what would make more of an impact is buying US made clothes, and food. But just try to find that.
That being said, I don't know of any Japanese street bikes still built here, Honda took the Goldwing back to Japan..
And as far as American cars being crap, I will match my new Corvette against any car from any country at any price for performance, dependability, and bang for the buck.
#22
03-16-2012, 06:35 PM
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I wouldn't buy a Yamaha for the same reason I wouldn't buy a Honda car. Americans need to buy as much American made products as possible. I understand that some companies assemble in America, but I would rather buy made in America by an American company.
Sportsters are great. Some day I may add a Road King.
Sportsters are great. Some day I may add a Road King.
There is somethinng to be said about that ... for those that argue the imports aren't really imports becasue they are built here or the HD isn't that different because of all the imported parts they use now ... but the main reason to buy from an "American company" is the money spent stays in our country and is reinvested in areas of our country. You can buy a Honda that was assembled here and all of the profit goes to a bank in Japan.
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03-17-2012, 04:42 PM
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#27
03-19-2012, 04:30 PM
There is somethinng to be said about that ... for those that argue the imports aren't really imports becasue they are built here or the HD isn't that different because of all the imported parts they use now ... but the main reason to buy from an "American company" is the money spent stays in our country and is reinvested in areas of our country. You can buy a Honda that was assembled here and all of the profit goes to a bank in Japan.
#28
03-19-2012, 05:21 PM
I wouldn't buy a Yamaha for the same reason I wouldn't buy a Honda car. Americans need to buy as much American made products as possible. I understand that some companies assemble in America, but I would rather buy made in America by an American company.
Sportsters are great. Some day I may add a Road King.
Sportsters are great. Some day I may add a Road King.
