oxydolfan1
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The Altima is a pretty good, reliable car.
I like the styling of the Maxima better than the Accord or the Camry, too.
I'm very opposed to globalization, GATT, NAFTA, the North American Union, the Amero, etc., but I also realize I have to live in the here and now.
I bought a Dyson DC07 a few years ago...and took it right back, because I didn't feel the performance justified the price tag.
I'd always admired certain American-made Hoover "Wind Tunnel" uprights but I knew it would not last long, even if I took scrupulous care of it, and I really wanted to go "bagless".
Then came TTI....and I took a chance on a Chinese-made Hoover "Mach 5" and, so far, it has been the best contemporary vac purchase I've ever made! It was reasonably priced, works far better than the Dyson ever did, the build "quality" and design, IMHO, far surpasses that of Hoover's last bagless American-made models, and it is cheaper and easier to run.
I had the same situation when I bought a Kenmore "Iridium" canister vacuum cleaner. I think it works far better then the more costly Dyson canister, and it was made not in America or even China, but South Korea....
So what am I to assume from all of this? I no longer believe Chinese products are all junk, if you are willing to pay a bit more for the individual item.
Yet, how are we helping America to reindustrialize by automatically purchasing poorly-made and -designed American products and supporting the corporatists in their quest to further cheapen America's own brand name, and winding up with equally disposable American products that will not meet our needs anyway?
I own a Saturn, and at the time I bought it, I was aware it was somewhat inferior in quality, fit, and finish to the comparable Japanese and American models available at the time, but they had a one-price sales strategy and service facilities that greatly impressed me, and they also cost less back then.
Now, the Saturn dealers are just like any other, the garages are just as poorly run and far more expensive than any other manufacturer's facilities are, and the pricing has crept up to a point where they are no longer competitive with Japanese or Korean models, so I'm no longer loyal to Saturn because they're not what they used to be.
I believe many of us are in for financial challenges in the days ahead, and, if the new Chinese-made cars are aggressively priced and of decent quality, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they were a big hit here.
They may not be as good as Honda or Toyota, but they may just be good enough for me.
I like the styling of the Maxima better than the Accord or the Camry, too.
I'm very opposed to globalization, GATT, NAFTA, the North American Union, the Amero, etc., but I also realize I have to live in the here and now.
I bought a Dyson DC07 a few years ago...and took it right back, because I didn't feel the performance justified the price tag.
I'd always admired certain American-made Hoover "Wind Tunnel" uprights but I knew it would not last long, even if I took scrupulous care of it, and I really wanted to go "bagless".
Then came TTI....and I took a chance on a Chinese-made Hoover "Mach 5" and, so far, it has been the best contemporary vac purchase I've ever made! It was reasonably priced, works far better than the Dyson ever did, the build "quality" and design, IMHO, far surpasses that of Hoover's last bagless American-made models, and it is cheaper and easier to run.
I had the same situation when I bought a Kenmore "Iridium" canister vacuum cleaner. I think it works far better then the more costly Dyson canister, and it was made not in America or even China, but South Korea....
So what am I to assume from all of this? I no longer believe Chinese products are all junk, if you are willing to pay a bit more for the individual item.
Yet, how are we helping America to reindustrialize by automatically purchasing poorly-made and -designed American products and supporting the corporatists in their quest to further cheapen America's own brand name, and winding up with equally disposable American products that will not meet our needs anyway?
I own a Saturn, and at the time I bought it, I was aware it was somewhat inferior in quality, fit, and finish to the comparable Japanese and American models available at the time, but they had a one-price sales strategy and service facilities that greatly impressed me, and they also cost less back then.
Now, the Saturn dealers are just like any other, the garages are just as poorly run and far more expensive than any other manufacturer's facilities are, and the pricing has crept up to a point where they are no longer competitive with Japanese or Korean models, so I'm no longer loyal to Saturn because they're not what they used to be.
I believe many of us are in for financial challenges in the days ahead, and, if the new Chinese-made cars are aggressively priced and of decent quality, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they were a big hit here.
They may not be as good as Honda or Toyota, but they may just be good enough for me.
