Who owns an American made car?

[markD]

i drive a 2003 cadillac STS. it has been a great car.

[circle of the tyrants]

Currently own:
1966 Chevy Chevelle Malibu
1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville
1996 Chevy Tahoe

Used to own:
1952 Chevy 2-Door Deluxe
1963 Olds F-85 Starfire convertible
1967 Chevy Impala
1978 Chevy Van
1992 GMC Jimmy
1998 Chevy Camaro

I love American made cars and trucks, but we have 2 Toyotas that I really like as well. Besides, driving the Chevelle and the Caddy is about as expensive as flying nowadays!

[Jack The Riffer]

I have:
1998 Dodge Ram
2004 Ford Mustang

[mudkicker]

Currently we have:
1972 Ford F100 Sport Custom long bed,
1991 Jeep Wrangler,
2003 BMW 330XI,
2006 Saturn Vue AWD ( with Honda engine and transmission).


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1693 Chevy Impala SS, would like that one back;
1969 1/2 Ford Maverick, my rain ride;
1984 Nissan 200sx, wifes car when we married, had he Z motor, it would fly;
1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, sold off could fit three car seats in it;
1998 Chevy Suburban, biggest piece of shit I have ever owned
2004 Chevy Suburban, water pump failed in less than 2000 miles, sold off when gas hit $3.00 a gallon, weekly bill was over $100.00.


the Jeep is special to us and will never be sold off, the truck was given to me from my dad so it's permanent. The BMW will most likely be traded in this year on a X5. The saturn will stay with us until the Honda motor dies, probably 30 years from now. I will be adding a 1969 GTO Judge to the stable once I win the Big Game lottery. Or find a little old lady that has no clue what she owns (never hapen).

[Twisteramps]

Owned:

'78 350 Camaro
'80 400 Trans Am
'79 350 Camaro
'78 400 Trans Am (bandit package, restored)
'91 Eagle Talon AWD Turbo
'88 Toyota Supra Turbo
'96 Firebird Formula LT1 6 speed (currently own)

Wife has a '00 Honda Civic. 120k, runs like a top, only needs gas, oil changes and recently had to have the timing belt replaced. I've had about 20 things go wrong with the firebird and it has 70k miles.

Our next car will be a Honda most likely. I enjoy driving the firebird, but I hate having things break on it.

Pete

[Shawn Lutz]

Yep I have 2

2004 Ford F-150 SuperCrew
2004 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer Limited Edition

The Expedition is left for the wife as a mom mobile...we're not going to keep it even though that is what the wife wanted. She doent like it and wants to go back to the new GMC Yukon. We had a 2000 or 2001 model and we both liked it better than the Ford.

[Spivonious]

2003 Ford Focus ZX3

fiancee has a 2000 Dodge Neon


I love the character of American cars, but boy do they suck compared to the Japanese for reliability!

[Spivonious]

First car
1969 Dodge Dart 2dr
1973 Impala
1973 Camaro
1968 Camaro
1976 Firebird
1987 Cutlass Surpreme
1982 Camaro
1983 K10 Chevy
1987 Camaro
1970 Camaro
1987 C20 pickup
1994 Z/28
1993 Toyota TURDEL biggest shit box I have ever owned burns more oil than my furnace in the middle of winter.Just barely over 90,000 miles on it.
1997 Ford F350


So yes I own a american car made buy a American company.

Are all of these Camaros sitting on blocks in your front yard?

[charvelguy]

'94 Chrysler Concord. 3.3 which was Chrysler's first fwd v6. Purchased for 1200.00 with about 85k. Just spun 140k, burns a little oil but I've had this car for about 2.5 years... brakes, oil, tires.
Starter gives me a little problem on occasion and I'll need to do some other maintenance like AC and maybe belts this summer..been a good car tho, very solid.

[m2pmd70]

1970 Lemans Sport
1992 Caprice (pimp-)wagon
2000 Chevrolet (don't-call-me-a-Geo) Metro

I've owned Korean, Japanese and American cars. Per-'72 I go American, mid-70s to mid-'90s Japanese, newer than that it seems both Japanese and American have got their acts together pretty well. The Korean made cars are pretty crappy, but they make good cheap "Bic" (as in disposable) cars.

Related to the anti-Ford comments, I agree that they're crappy; but I will qualify that with the fact that those pieces of shit refuse to die LOL. The Fords I've had every damn thing fell off of them or ceased to function, but they kept running.

Anyway, if I don't win the Fender Shelby someone should buy me a 2007 GTO. Just out of the kindness of your heart... I'll even say "please" and "thank you."

[Tashtego]

Ahh, I love a trip down memory lane...

1968 Mercury Cougar
1974 Chevy Nova
1977 Cadillac Sedan Deville
1975 Chevy Nova
1975 Toyota Corolla
1979 Oldsmobile 98
1975 Chevy Montecarlo
1967 Mercury Cougar
1974 Oldsmobile Omega
1967 Chevy Chevelle
1981? Toyota Tercel Wagon
1968 Mercury Cougar
1995 Volvo 850 wagon
2005 Volvo V70 wagon

[fett]

The best car I ever owned was a '73 Opel Manta. German and Orange and a 4-speed and just a great ride. It handled so well, it was scary. I actually drove it off the showroom floor. The one car I almost got, but my mom wouldn't go for it, was an Auston-Healey 3000. God, was that a sweet car.

[VoiceX3]

My current daily driver:
2001 Ram Air Trans Am (each one is built partly in the US and partly in Canada.....regular Trans Ams were built entirely in Canada)
My current toy:
1979 Black beauty edition Trans Am

Previous cars:
1984 Corvette
1969 Thunderbird cobra jet
1977 Charger
1987 Camaro

My fiancee drives a 2005 Saturn Vue.

[charvelguy]

The best car I ever owned was a '73 Opel Manta. German and Orange and a 4-speed and just a great ride. It handled so well, it was scary. I actually drove it off the showroom floor. The one car I almost got, but my mom wouldn't go for it, was an Auston-Healey 3000. God, was that a sweet car.

wow, that brings back HS auto shop days.. I haven't seen an Opel in long time.

[OnlineStageGear]

ALL Chevy and GMC trucks are made in Canada (Non-Union factories), not an American made truck.

The Fort Wayne assembly plant consists of more than 2.5 million square feet of enclosed space. The plant built its first pick-up truck in 1986. GM currently builds versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pick-up truck, and Fort Wayne is home to the world's first full-size hybrid pick-up truck.

Now why is it the Japanese can control production costs better in the US than the Big 3 can?

Unions have absolutely killed the Industry here. An average production line worker made $44 and hour in the mid 90's. That is astronomicly beyond the market value of skilled laborer.

Matt