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If Jap vehicles are so good why are the owners trading them on domestics?
Look on the GM and Ford dealers lots and you will plenty of Jap cars and
trucks that were traded on GM and Ford vehicles.

If Jap vehicles are so good where are all of the old Jap cars? If you go
to old car shows you will hardly ever see and old Jap car.

Finally if GM vehicles are so bad, why is GM still selling more of them than
ANY of the Japs?


"Rock Hardson" <RH232@yahooo.com> wrote in message
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>

>>
> So if I say the same thing about a crappy Toyota and Mazda that family
> members owned that didnt hold what exactly does that tell you especially
> when I have an American car that runs and looks great going on 146k miles,
> or a 82 Dodge I had that I put 180k miles on with regular maintenance? It
> lasted a lot longer than the 83 Toyota Camery.

Don't you wish you still owned it? Restored 69 Plymouth Road Runners are
selling for over $100,000 at auctions. Ever see ANY Jap car being offered
at old car auctions?


"Rock Hardson" <RH232@yahooo.com> wrote in message news:49599212$0$26494>>
>
> I had a 69 Plymouth Road Runner, at 130k miles I could still leave a patch
> of rubber 15feet long.

Gas was what, 39C a gallon and a tire we $39? LOL


"Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:19kb4601i9oky$.1vh0dsykdguy9.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:18:41 -0500, Mark A cast forth these pearls of
> wisdom...:
>
>> "Rock Hardson" <RH232@yahooo.com> wrote in message
>> news:49599212$0$26494$822641b3@news.adtechcomputer s.com...
>>> I had a 69 Plymouth RoadRunner, at 130k miles I could still leave a
>>> patch
>>> of rubber 15feet long.
>>
>> How much gas do you use for that stunt? How much petroleum (used to make
>> tires) do you just waste?
>
> 78 gallons through the carburator, and thirty two barrels off the tires.
> But it sure was fun in those days...
>
>>
>> If the Big3 go out of business, you will get exactly what you deserve.
>
> Yeah - all of us guys that were around back then, burning rubber off our
> tires and guzzeling up gas for the fun of feeling real power and
> acceleration - we now must face the realization that we are the
> fundamental
> downfall of the US auto industry.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:00:38 -0500, Mike Hunter <mikehunt2@lycos/com> wrote:
>If Jap vehicles are so good why are the owners trading them on domestics?
>Look on the GM and Ford dealers lots and you will plenty of Jap cars and
>trucks that were traded on GM and Ford vehicles.

What an idiotic statement!

Where did you get the insane notion that people never switch from
owning an import to owning a domestic and visa versa?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:05:03 -0500, Mike Hunter <mikehunt2@lycos/com> wrote:
>Don't you wish you still owned it? Restored 69 Plymouth Road Runners are
>selling for over $100,000 at auctions.

Simply supply and demand. Most of the RRers stopped operating decades
ago and are quite rare. Who the **** would pay $100,000 for a honda
civic when there are still millions of them still on the roads?

THAT was an insane notion. If the vehicle you owned was a good one, WHY
would you?


"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:00:38 -0500, Mike Hunter <mikehunt2@lycos/com>
> wrote:
>>If Jap vehicles are so good why are the owners trading them on domestics?
>>Look on the GM and Ford dealers lots and you will plenty of Jap cars and
>>trucks that were traded on GM and Ford vehicles.
>
> What an idiotic statement!
>
> Where did you get the insane notion that people never switch from
> owning an import to owning a domestic and visa versa?
>
>

Perhaps, but not ANY 69s LOL

"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message
news:slrngll5ta.269.aznomad.3@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net...
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:05:03 -0500, Mike Hunter <mikehunt2@lycos/com>
> wrote:
>>Don't you wish you still owned it? Restored 69 Plymouth Road Runners
>>are
>>selling for over $100,000 at auctions.
>
> Simply supply and demand. Most of the RRers stopped operating decades
> ago and are quite rare. Who the **** would pay $100,000 for a honda
> civic when there are still millions of them still on the roads?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:59:30 -0800 (PST), cavedweller
<jawnwillie@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Dec 29, 10:20*pm, "Mark A" <some...@someone.com> wrote:
>> "Mark A" <some...@someone.com> wrote in message
>
>>
>> But if you don't like Toyota's, that fine, don't buy one.
>
>Toyota's what?

The grammar/punctuation flame is a very slippery slope. For example,
that sentence fragment that you posted...

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:00:38 -0500, "Mike Hunter"
<mikehunt2@lycos/com> wrote:

>If Jap vehicles are so good why are the owners trading them on domestics?
>Look on the GM and Ford dealers lots and you will plenty of Jap cars and
>trucks that were traded on GM and Ford vehicles.

So the lots you drove by are now a statistically valid sample? Post
some valid statistics showing that more foreign buyers are moving to
domestics than vice-versa.

FYI - most dealers will wholesale out any trades that don't match
their expected clientele. So, the Toyota dealer will get rid of any
domestics he takes in. Since you are seeing "Jap cars" on the GM lots,
that tells us that GM believes their buyers want foreign vehicles.

>If Jap vehicles are so good where are all of the old Jap cars? If you go
>to old car shows you will hardly ever see and old Jap car.

That's nonsense and based on the shows you attend. Once again, your
limited experience does not reflect the world.

>Finally if GM vehicles are so bad, why is GM still selling more of them than
>ANY of the Japs?

GM asked for $13B in handouts or "we'll be out of business by March".
Is the irony in your statement that difficult for you to see?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:21:06 -0500, Mike Hunter <mikehunt2@lycos/com> wrote:
>THAT was an insane notion. If the vehicle you owned was a good one, WHY
>would you?

You would if you were capable of understanding that automakers make
more than one model.

Somebody owning a honda civic might very well trade it in on a GM truck
if they were interested in hauling a big ass boat.

Or they might trade it in on a honking big SUV if they had a tiny penis like
you.

That same person might trade their honking big SUV for a toyota tercel
two years later when they noticed that gas was $4/gallon.

It goes both ways.

Look in ANY car lot and you'll see both domestic and imported cars.