Blew Up at Son

Enjoy your GM Piece of Garbage in 32 months.

786ytrbnc wrote:

Enjoy your GM Piece of Garbage in 32 months.

Enjoy your Mandarin immersion courses!

786ytrbnc wrote:

Enjoy your GM Piece of Garbage in 32 months.

Our cars are as beautiful and reliable as our people. I love my nation.

Fun fact: the Honda Odyssey has more US parts in it than any GM SUV

So you go ahead and yell at your son. He knows you're a loser.

Tommy2Nuttz wrote:

Fun fact: the Honda Odyssey has more US parts in it than any GM SUV

So you go ahead and yell at your son. He knows you're a loser.

Who says I advocate GM SUVs? You coming at me w/ this whole "Supply chain is complicated" bs is bs x 10. I made a stand and if he thinks I'm a loser so be it. This used to be a great country. I drive a Dodge Charger-- vroom, vroom.

Chew your lettuce good, homie boy.

There are some truly disturbed OPs on LetsRun. Wow.

That's slander and I won't take it lying down. I am non-violent except where violence is brought against me. I don't love guns. I am all for world peace. I love all my children. I believe all people are equal to my children. I want Hassan to get the triple, I just recognize reality!

Why are you such a hater? Why are you only pro-America until you go to the car dealership?

Or maybe you are on my side?

an-American wrote:

I blew up and read the riot act to my son when he told me I should buy a Hyundai Genesis v80 or some junk. Foreign junk. I will never be ok w/ this lust for foreign cars when the American worker lies in carnage.

He also told me about Hassan's triple. I told him the truth about that one.

I felt the same way until GM, Ford and Chrysler moved their plants overseas and started making their cars out of foreign parts. They tell us to "buy American" while they're buying foreign parts and paying foreign workers. I'm plenty loyal to American workers, but loyalty to corporate car execs, when they're disloyal to us, is just stupid.

You're better off buying a BMW or Volvo that are made in South Carolina, a Mercedes that's made in Alabama, Toyota in Kentucky or Honda in Ohio.

Why should we be required to be loyal to American car companies when they're not loyal to us?

I got angry at my father last week.

He was visiting with my mother.

We were looking at a piano and he started to lecture me about whether it was worth it for me to purchase one.

He also was angry that when he came to pick me up I wasn't ready to go immediately, the few minutes he had to wait was enough for him to lose his temper.

As a result I insulted him repeatedly. My father and I have had many, many arguments over the years.

I think we'll probably talk again but not for a while.

I love Toyota. American cars went downhill starting in the 70's.

America First! America number one!

You got mad at your son over that? My son is almost 16. I have never been mad at my son.

I'm the same way - I always buy American - but the US auto industry has been doomed for reasons that have nothing to do with U. S. workers and quality. See Triffin Dilemma. We have been fighting a losing battle based on balance of payments and our reserve currency status.

Local support makes sense, except you need to stay realistic about some things like taking care of your money and side on big purchases.