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Offline 71chmark

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Can't buy a new Challenger
« on: May 23, 2010 - 11:17:22 AM »
I really need a new car and a new six cylinder Challenger is exactly what I want.  I drive twenty miles one way to work each day and I want a big comfortable two door car that can pass on a two lane highway....but I won't buy a car not made in the US.  Darn.  I don't have anything against Canada but the US has been very good to me and I want my fellow Countrymen to have jobs so my children can enjoy our country too.  Toyotas and Hondas are made in the US and provide jobs.  I know.. I know.. I'm just sayin'.  :wavingflag:
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Offline Steve/Bryce

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2010 - 11:57:42 AM »
I think the message you send is important too.  A car from the the big three says "American."  Think of the all the engineers and designers, not just the production people. :wavingflag:

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2010 - 11:58:48 AM »
But where does the money go?  Foreign makers support American jobs, but your purchase supports the foriegn company.  Also, the factory jobs with the foriegn manufacturers are American, but all the corporate jobs are mostly foreigners, where Chrysler is pretty much the opposite, although at least all the parts departments and factories are for the most part in America.

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2010 - 12:08:27 PM »
Hardly anything is made in America anymore, cept Americans.....
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2010 - 12:26:41 PM »
Even though they are assembled in Canada and some of the parts are outsourced to different countries you are still supporting a company and dealer based in the US which for me is way better than giving my money to a Japanese  or European company.
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2010 - 03:54:49 PM »
My Challenger sticker said 56% US/Canadian content.  I was checking out a 2011 Hyundai Sonata recently, which is made in Birmingham AL, and it said 41% domestic content.
My mom was thinking about the Sonata, but ended up buying a Ford Fusion.  The Fusion is made in Mexico!
These days I think it's impossible to truly buy an "American" car. Whatever you buy is assembled of parts made all over the world.  It would be interesting to learn what cars sold today have better than the Challengers 56% US/Canadian content?

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2010 - 04:34:06 PM »
Many parts i nthe new Challenger are USA and the designs are US too. you can not go wrong... we hear ya!

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2010 - 09:58:37 PM »
Certain Chrysler models have been made in Canada for as long as I've driven them (think almost 40 years) and whether made in the U.S. or our northern neighbors I've always considered them an American care.  Perhaps it would be more accurate to say "North American" car, but either way I certainly wouldn't rule out a Challenger as long as its made in one of the two countries.  Believe me, I have a strong "Buy American" sentiment not so much that I'm against Mexico, Europe, Asia, etc. but more because we've got to try to hold onto some decent paying blue & grey collar jobs in this country or we're hosed in the long run.  So if Canada doesn't count as "American" to you I can understand, but it does for me and I like you would love one of the new Challengers as my daily driver.

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010 - 12:24:15 AM »
So you're wiling to spend about $30,000 on something you don't really want? That's retarded!

I applaud wanting to keep your countries workforce employed, but there are far more sensible ways to go about it.

Start with the little things: Soap, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, hand towels, towels, socks, t-shirts, caps, boots, cutlery, butter, bread, milk, meat, laundry detergent, dish-washing liquid, batteries, light bulbs, kitchen table & chairs - and the list goes on. These things are simple, rarely change, and if supported can help maintain local production.

The auto industry with it's constant evolution & changes in technology, regulations, money and political influence is far too fickle a business to guarantee anything. Simply buying American cars won't be enough to keep the jobs American, as the auto industry has far to much outside pressure and influence for anything to remain stable.

However, all those above items have barely changed in the last 50 years, and will barely change in the next 50 years. On top of that, in their most basic form they are almost all required on a daily basis, and their production will never have a need to cease. Those simple little things that you use everyday, and are of so little expense that they are often taken for granted - they're the things you need to ensure that remain locally manufactured.
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2010 - 08:09:58 AM »
Find an old slant 6 MOPAR and use it for a daily driver.  For $30k you can have a great little Duster or something. 

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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2010 - 08:30:39 AM »
Always a debate and of course many ways/views to support each in some kind of positive nature. In todays world it seems the only way to buy "American" is to buy from American based business. As automotive products go that means the "Big Three", to me personally that means Chrysler made products. Geographyically speaking we are one continent, and COULD be broken down as follows: Canada - North America, U.S. - American, Then you have the countries of Central America, and then South America.

Truthfully if this group of "Americans" could get along it would/could be a powerful  force, not militarily speaking either. Not one government either, just good "neighbors" working together, but when politics, greed, and egotistical powers are involved there will never be any "world peace" or unity.         Sad, isn't it.
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2010 - 06:30:44 PM »
So you're wiling to spend about $30,000 on something you don't really want? That's retarded!
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2010 - 10:10:33 PM »
I know.. I know.. I'm just sayin'.  :wavingflag:
I know what you're saying and I support your "Buy American" point of view. I have a strong "Buy Canadian" point of view. But I never feel bad buying "Made in USA" items. I've always thought of the USA and Canada as a team/partners kind of relationship.
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2010 - 10:44:41 PM »
I'd never flinch about buying anything made in Canada.  :canada:
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Re: Can't buy a new Challenger
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2010 - 11:09:29 PM »
My Dodge neon was made in Mexico but it supported the car manufacturer I wanted to support, and its a pretty neat little scoot that always gets over 30mpg, even at 110mph. I would not hesitate to get a new Challenger if that is what you like. Mustang? sure if it tickles your fancy, Camaro even if thats what does it for you.
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