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The New South?
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12/10/2008 8:31:56 AM
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I was always a purchaser of U.S. made cars but, I am now firmly convinced they are built with a planned obsolence (sp?) date. Normally, I would get about 150,000 miles out of my Fords however, that always included a replaced transmission and other minor repairs. I have a Suburban with 120,000 miles which has been great, other than a replaced transmission. When gas went up to 2.50 a gallon, I finally was disturbed enough to make drastic changes in my car buying habits. In 2005, I bought myself and my daughter Hondas. They both have 100,000 + miles on them and we have done absolutely nothing to them other than regular maintenance. This year, I decided to park the Suburban and bought a KIA because of my commute. I bought a Sorento, kind of a sawed off SUV, and not much to look at but, for $18,000 brand new, with leather and all the options, I love it. My 87 year old dad even bought "foreign" for the first time. an Avalon, and what a nice drive that is. Let's face it, American auto-makers will never again be competetive as long as the unions are involved. I love patriotism and all that but, there is a limit and I have long since reached mine.
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