Charlie_in_TX
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- Aug 27, 2002
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GerardC, Briguy, I didn't mean to start another fight between you two. Maybe both of you need to back away and settle down a bit.
Sorry for the delay in responding to the jap comment but I get no were near a computer on the weekends, it's my family time.
The jap comment was specifically pointed at autos. I wasn't thinking about tractors, tvs/electronics, tosters or tenny shoes. If I was to own nothing made in Japan, well, there are many things I use regularly that I couldn't replace.
Back to the autos. From the Jap cars I have owned (a 240Z and the 280ZX mentioned) and the many I have rented, their quality is way over rated. The 240Z was as good as any other car I have owned but not BETTER than my '64 ImpallaSS, '72 Cutlass, '70 GTO, '76 T/A, '86 Mustang GT, '86 Ford F150, '99 GMC Seirra 1500, '03 GMC Seirra 2500. Get the point?
The above mentioned good cars were better than a '83 Chevy S10 and a '86 T/A. All of them were far better than that 280ZX.
Today, when I go look at a new truck, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, ect don't get a sniff. And it is not because thay make nothing like my Ford F250 PSD, it's because of that 280.
Sorry for the delay in responding to the jap comment but I get no were near a computer on the weekends, it's my family time.
The jap comment was specifically pointed at autos. I wasn't thinking about tractors, tvs/electronics, tosters or tenny shoes. If I was to own nothing made in Japan, well, there are many things I use regularly that I couldn't replace.
Back to the autos. From the Jap cars I have owned (a 240Z and the 280ZX mentioned) and the many I have rented, their quality is way over rated. The 240Z was as good as any other car I have owned but not BETTER than my '64 ImpallaSS, '72 Cutlass, '70 GTO, '76 T/A, '86 Mustang GT, '86 Ford F150, '99 GMC Seirra 1500, '03 GMC Seirra 2500. Get the point?
The above mentioned good cars were better than a '83 Chevy S10 and a '86 T/A. All of them were far better than that 280ZX.
Today, when I go look at a new truck, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, ect don't get a sniff. And it is not because thay make nothing like my Ford F250 PSD, it's because of that 280.