Are you patriotic?

Question

If you are. What kind of car do you drive?
If you drive an import why wont you buy products from your own country and help stabilize our economy instead of supporting others?

to ohio fire,
The domestics will go well over 100000 and there warrantys back this up. Toyota however has more recalls the last three years than any domestic.

A car made by an american company. The money stays here. It does not go to japan or korea or anywhere else.

A car may be produced here buit the money does not stay here. We end supporting the economys of other countrys not our own.

A car may be produced here buit the money does not stay here. We end supporting the economys of other countrys not our own.

If you think that imports are the only ones that make effisient cars you are very confused. GM builds hybrids as does ford. And for being environmentally friendly how many cars do toyota honda nissan and mitsubishi make that will run on e-85. Hmmm None.

You people seem to have the perception that because it is an import it is somehow better. When J.D. powers and consumers knocked toyota and honda out of the initial quality spot to be replaced by Ford.. So you tell me how a car maker that has more recalls and a lower initialquality standard is of higher quality? By the way I`m speaking of your beloved toyota.

They are building better cars. Get your head oput of the sand.

Answer 1

I drive what you would call an American made car/truck but if you look into it some of, if not most of the parts come from other countries.I am a patriot. I love my country and wish to live nowhere else. most people think that our country owes them when it is them that owes their freedom to the founders of our country and that is not only the men that singed our historical documents but the ones that fought and died for their right to freedom. I am compassionate in the love I have for my country. and would be willing to fight and die for those freedoms even though some of those freedoms like homosexuality stand against my faith, so long as I am not forced to accept that sin as if it were not an abomination to God, because in me it is an abomination and if I am a free person I have the right to believe it as such. when that freedom is taken from me, then my patriotism will only be with God who will always offer me true freedom.
I believe that we should have the right to commit sin if that is what we wish to do, if we break Gods law He will sentence us and if we break mans law then we will be sentenced by those laws. I vote on morals and values that to is a right we as free people have.it is the majority that should rule in a free country because there must be law or else there will be chaos and that seems to be where we as the USA are at this time( in the mist of chaos)
as far as owning things that are made in other countries, the only way to fix that problem , is to tax them the same way they tax us. that would be a equal playing field

Answer 2

I support the Republic and the Constitution. That is more than the Bush admistration does.
I have always driven VW Beetles and Hondas. Briefly I had a Dodge Challenger and spent thousands of dollars repairing things. I did have a Ford F-150 I liked...but again need to have fuel economy for life in a medium sized city.
Right now I am driving a 1995 Honda Civic , ( its paid for) ,with 86,000 miles on it. Likely I will have it for 3 more years. I am very happy with Hondas but would look at an American car if it met my needs. My assessment is this: If American manufacturers can build something I want, I will buy that kind of a car. So far I have seen nothing from any of the 3 car manufacturers
that would persuade me to act otherwise.
Bring back one of the old 1960s Dodge Darts or Ford Fairlanes and maybe I would reconsider. V8 or a 6 cyllinder would be just fine. Currently I don't see an American car as a good investment.
My wife just sold her 1993 Honda Del Sol with 180 thousand miles on it for 2,200.00 - Would you expect to see a 1993 Chrylser or Buick going for that much?
When American corporations start building better cars I will reconsider.

Answer 3

I'd like to think so.

I am a conservative, and I drive a Honda Civic that gets 37 mpg. I won't buy an American car until they get real and deal with fuel efficiency standards. The only thing propping up that industry is far as I'm concerned is the notion that you have to "Buy American to be Patriotic". If this makes me unpatriotic, I'll use common sense before being a patriot any day by your definition. Nowhere in the definition of patriotism does it say you must buy products to be a patriot. That's just a marketing gimick. The American auto industry claims fuel efficiency standards are hurting their business, so they used a loophole to make SUVs with terrible efficiency to doge re-tooling their processes to make better cars. Most imports are staying competitive adhering to these standards, so I conclude American auto manufacturers are dumb and lazy. This move actually hurt GMC in the long run, for 7 quarters they were below expected profits margins.

Bring on the thumbs down.

Answer 4

I am very patriotic. I own three cars a GMC Sonoma, a Saturn L1 and a Chevy Suburban. But hold on there. You may be deceiving yourself if you intend to buy American. Many of the parts for American cars are made in Canada and Mexico. Many "foreign" cars are built in the USA.

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Answer 5

Yes I am patriotic, I served in the US Army for 22 years and I do fly the flag every day. I drive a Toyota which was built in Smirna TN so do you consider that import? A few years ago I bought a Pontiac and found out it was built in Brazil. So now I ask you which is import and which is domestic?

Answer 6

I am patriotic and yes i do own and drive an American car... and I do own and buy most American products

Now if our good old American companies would not be so greedy and be sending so many jobs overseas.. that would kind of be nice too.. don't you think?

Answer 7

Yes I am. I drive a Honda.

Why do I drive it? For one thing, it's produced domestically (as are virtually all "imports"), which means it's giving people jobs here just as much as buying domestic, and helps encourage foreign investment. The only difference is which CEO ends up with the obscene salary.

For another thing, it's safer and cheaper than domestic models - and has a better record of keeping its value over time. :)

Answer 8

Being a patriot doesn't mean driving a certain car , wearing a flag pin or even tying a ribbon around a tree . A patriot is defined by whats in ones heart . Might sound corny but it is true .

Answer 9

I drive a Mitsubushi Lancer.

No payments for one year and good gas mileage. It was a good deal. Ford or Chevy, could not match the offer and gave me a higher APR!

Oh did you know that as long as you buy in the U.S. you are supporting the economy and that most foreign automakes produce the cars in the U.S. which are made by American Workers.

Oh boy!

Answer 10

Yes very much so.

I don't believe that America has been the root of the worlds evils. This is a much better gauge than what you have listed.

Do I admit we have made mistakes? Of course but:

You know why America is so often criticized? Because we actually do something while other nations timidly stand on the sidelines. It's easy smile smugly about a lack of "mistakes" when you never actually do anything of consequence.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

Teddy Roosevelt said it best:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

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To answer the questions, I drive a Jeep and my wife and I go out of our way to purchase only American products. You should see us at the store, nope made in China, nope made in India, nope made in...Oooo hey honey, this one is American!!