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Originally Posted by antennahead In spite of what the rest of the country would like to have you believe.... they're everywhere 30 minutes outside of Los Angeles and they're all

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Old 11-11-2009, 04:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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In spite of what the rest of the country would like to have you believe.... they're everywhere
30 minutes outside of Los Angeles and they're all over the place. Not quite as bad as growing up back in Indiana, but you can't get away from them. I'm sure there are rednecks in China, India, Mexico, etc..
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30 minutes outside of Los Angeles and they're all over the place. Not quite as bad as growing up back in Indiana, but you can't get away from them. I'm sure there are rednecks in China, India, Mexico, etc..
Nice to know we don't have a lock on them here in the deep south

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Nice to know we don't have a lock on them here in the deep south

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Though it is unfortunate the percentages are higher here....
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it looks like they hired an Infiniti designer. hell, look at the analog clock...
I was thinking exactly the same thing... Even the pop-out screen is G35-esq. The entire styling has been completely changed for Cadillac over the past couple years because everyone was complaining about how crappy the interior is.

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The Corvette guys are the first to wave the flag. They're in complete denial when you tell them there car is only 79% US content..
Not all Vette guys! I know my Z06 has parts from all over. It was assembled here in the U.S. and the motor was made here as well. But PLENTY of parts on my car were made elsewhere. I consider any car that is 50% or more made here in the U.S. is an American car, which includes Toyotas! LOL

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I am sure if you tear down every vehicle made you are bound to find a mix of foreign and domestic vendors. Even the Big 3 have preferred vendor lists based on lowest cost. The whole thing is one huge irony!
That's exactly right. But most American cars are assembled outside of the U.S. for cost reasons as well. But definitely, imports and domestics all share parts from companies like AC Delco, Denso, and many off-shore companies.

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So she's anti 'import' ...

yet she shops at Walmart where almost all of their products are MADE IN CHINA.
For some reason, the least educated people are the ones that are so anti-import. They're usually the first to say "All American" but don't realize that those Nike's they're wearing were made offshore. They're also the idiots that buy SUVs just because they're big. LOL You'd think being smarter than them would make you feel better about yourself, but you just get more frustrated instead.

I can't stand hicks. I'd love to export them to an island like the UK did with their criminals, but then we'd be even more unsafe because they'd start a nation based on war and greed... (Come to think of it, that sounds really familiar.)
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