Originally Posted by +fireamx
Am I the only one hear that finds it just a little hypocritical for us to be "Flag Waivers" and carry signs saying "Buy American" all the time, when everybody here is driving a "German" built car?
All I know is, when I purchased my Honda, over 15000 "Ohio" workers benefitted from it.
I've purchased 19 brand new cars in the last 41 years.
8 built in the U.S.A.
1 built in Canada
1 built in Mexico
1 built in Germany
8 built in Japan
So I guess I'm only 1/2 a patriot.
To be honest my friend, that is a rather easy and cheap shot. And considering the sources for most of the components in our cars, it is hard to claim some flagwaving pride over any vehicle.
BUT, if you had read my post you could have seen that I prefer to buy my products from American
owned companies. Imagine my joy when Chrysler, my company of choice for autos, put their badge on a Benz.
Polaris imports it's engines from Fuji, parent Co of Subaru. But they are based in MN and manufacture in several states here in the USA.
Has nothing to do with being a "patriot." Which, sadly, has become another abused word. I would suggest we ought to give that word a bit more reverance and respect.
Can I request that we stop using it to club each other?