02-16-2007, 10:20 PM
>>A nice word for that is ethnocentric. Still racist.
My father-in-law is swedish, and he drives a volvo and a saab, and feels some pride in that. I don't think it's a negative thing.
Btw, hasn't toyota been selling the Tundra with a V8 for quite a while? At any rate, What pRon is saying makes sense to me. The u.s. car makers had all their eggs in one basket, and have been slow to respond to more expensive gas. Many, many people here have had their F350s parked for years, in favor of smaller cars for their commute. I sold my last honda 3yrs. ago to a fireman who had to park his F350 due to gas prices. On the other hand, when the u.s. car companies make something worth buying in the compact segment, people don't buy it (ford focus svt comes to mind), so there is more to the problem, I think. kj.
My father-in-law is swedish, and he drives a volvo and a saab, and feels some pride in that. I don't think it's a negative thing.
Btw, hasn't toyota been selling the Tundra with a V8 for quite a while? At any rate, What pRon is saying makes sense to me. The u.s. car makers had all their eggs in one basket, and have been slow to respond to more expensive gas. Many, many people here have had their F350s parked for years, in favor of smaller cars for their commute. I sold my last honda 3yrs. ago to a fireman who had to park his F350 due to gas prices. On the other hand, when the u.s. car companies make something worth buying in the compact segment, people don't buy it (ford focus svt comes to mind), so there is more to the problem, I think. kj.