In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Wed 26 Oct 2005 12:06:57p, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
> > Subject: Cars (WAS: Poll: "Dog" washing pans???)
> > From: "jmcquown" >
> >
> > Doug Kanter wrote:
> >> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> In article >,
> >>> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>>> And even most "american" cars or parts are now made in Japan and
> >>>>> China. Reality is difficult to escape from...
> >>>>
> >>>> China-blech. But Japan? If Japanese parts found their way into
> >>>> American cars, it would be a vast improvement.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Depends on the car.
> >>> I might be wrong, but I understand that a lot of Chevy parts are made
> >>> in Japan by Isuzu?
> >>
> >> No idea. No reason to find out. I figured out by the time I was in my
> >> late 20s that something was seriously wrong with American cars. No
> >> reason to go back for another round of abuse.
> >
> > Hear hear, Doug! The only cars I ever had a serious problem with were
> > "all American". Had a (used, low milage) Mustang once, 1977 model.
> > Cute little car, nothing but problems. Ditto the Pontiac my ex-husband
> > bought. Since then I've had nothing but Toyotas (nary a problem) and a
> > new 2002 Hyundai.
>
> That goes for me, too. I have owned a Ford, two Chevys, several VWs, a
> Honda, several Toyotas, and now I'm on my 2nd Mitsubishi. Guess which ones
> I had problems with? The Ford and Chevys. I have the same type of bumper
> to bumper warranty on my current Mitsubishi that Jill has on her Hyundai.
> The only problem I've ever had with a non-American car was a broken timing
> belt on the Honda at 145,000 miles. It was not a surprise, since its
> replacement was recommended well before that.

Oddly enough, this Chevy (A '99) has been the car I've had the LEAST
trouble with out of all of them...
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson