Well this thread has gone off the track. My point was not to say that foreign cars are good and American ones are bad. I actually am not a fan of Honda and I do own a Ford truck. My point is that there are tens of thousands of Americans in American factories making foreign branded cars and making and sourcing their parts here. And the American brands are making many of their cars in foreign countries. The American companies say if they go bankrupt then the economy will collapse. My question is, is there any basis for this claim? Wouldn't their factories get bought by the remaining companies who would hire the same workers to make different cars? Will people want to buy less cars if 1 or 2 of the "big 3" go under? I doubt it. I will not mention that in 2000 Toyota announced the Prius and GM announced the Hummer... too late...

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra