Today's Market of Import Vs. Domestic

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Originally posted by HotRoddin
Mine was CRAP, and it wasn't from poor maintenance, and as far you working on "to many American crap cars" You can drive into any Toyota or Nissan dealer and look at their cars lined up like cord wood waiting to be repaired.

Really? Most of the Toyota's or Nissan's that are at the dealership are usually in for routine maintenence or an NVH (noise, vibration harshness) problem that is usually stupid things like leaky doors seals or other simple stuff. Not saying they dont break, its just considerbly less than domestics.

If I wanted to be a true flag waver and buy "Fords and Chevy's" my whole life and spend more on repairs than that of Japanese, then yeah I will do it, but I am not a flag waver since American cars arent American. I am not saying domestics suck, that isnt true, but the Japanese make more models reliable than we do.

Ford Ranger? HA! The only ones I would think about considering is the newer SLA suspenion designs. If you worked on ANY Ford truck from 80 to 95, you would know what is the most common problems with them and that is in the front suspension. Ford built that layout (twin I beam) for nearly 15 years and it is crap.

If you want to buy a Ford, then fine, its your money. I know what is reliable from what comes through the shops door and the TSB's that I read almost everyday.

Got to admit, Ford has made MAJOR improvements over the years. They increased their reliabilty big time. I think the best American cars would be Ford.

James