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Originally Posted by Gas Man
I can agree with you on the unions. I have many union buds that work at the big 3 and their suppliers. But understand this... its not the workers or even the unions that have drove these car companies into the ground. Its the miss management by corperate.
And very much so on the vast improvement. My 04 F150 was HUGE HUGE better than my previous ones. But the 09 are even more huge of improvements. It is crazy how much better the american cars are now. I could not believe how quiet the 09 Malibu is inside. I'm talking what I percieve as lincoln/cadillac quiet. I do disagree on the power curve. When the malibu as an example is getting 169hp from a inline 4, I would say american cars are on par EASY!
Finally (at least for this post), Trip... the BDM while uglier than hell will probably be a fine piece of german. I can't wait to see it. Hopefully you'll have it by July!
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by power curve I hope you know I wasn't talking about HP... just talking about the power curve of reliablility. I don't think toyota or honda ever put out a motor with jaw dropping power... they've always been more longevity based motors. ones that are broken in at 100k... and not broken down.
I will say that American Cars are getting there... making 100k isn't an automatic sale and a 50% knock off the blue book price anymore... but it's 2009.... Toyota and Honda have had motors that did that for 30 years.
I'm amazed the amount of HP the domestic market is putting in some of these cars... 400hp? damn.... and they look great too... but fuck me if I'm gonna spend my money on a truck or car that's 5 years later I've lost 10 grand off the price. shit look up a 04 Tacoma 4x4 extra-cab. still HIGH teens in many markets... and that is an older body style.
Shit my brother ordered an 06 Tundra Limited... paid 32k for it... bought a house and couldn't afford both... was able to sell it a year later with 20k on the ticker for 32k... he literally had it for sale for 3hrs. Granted Tundra's aren't the best full size pickup (especially his year) for work... but it's got the Toyota name and rep....
but ehh... enough about that....
I want the fuck'n 800GS... my damn Xterra needs to sell QUICK!