Foreign cars

Talk about Wasabi cars are the only option and US cars just dont provide for the econo class?

Ford focus. My bud got one last year in Southern Indiana for 3k. 60K mileage. Great condition. 07. Light hail damage (I couldn't even tell it was hail damaged). Gets over 30mpg. cd player, power windows, AC blows cold. He has 3 kids. They ride in the back seat raising hell all the way to friggin chuckey cheese and back.

Late 70s? In 1979 we bought a 1980 Chevy Citation coupe (not hatchback). 4 speed. FWD. for 4900.00 new from the dealer. Lasted 185k. Got 26 - 33mpg actual (best was freeway). Was in mint condition until I started driving it @ 150K in 1991. I literally drove it off several cliffs and ravines, thru fields for several years at wide open throttle w/o changing the oil nor checking it. It was double the durability of any foreign car of that time period. We lived on miles of gravel roads in the country and the car was completely solid in all aspects.
A friggin little foreign car would have been done in minutes I GUARANTEE. I have proved it several times. Its called "..testing the rear end for stress factors". (Hunter S. Thomson)

Our family friend had a 70s honda civic or similar. Its suspension was slopped out in less than 10 years. Broke down constantly. I had a 73 toyota corona. Was toast @100k. I bought it for 50 bucks cause it was sitting in a field. It still ran but was just worn slop out in all directions from typical country roads. I killed it in less than a few months. I had a 1984 honda accord. 100% worn out Junk. Friend had a 82 honda. 100 % Junk.

Those old foreign cars would not hold up to anything other than mild highway driving. You drive it down a country road its whole life and see what happens. ROI = Nil. Those little muffler bearings made out of pot metal would simply disintegrate and rot into the earth.

This is why American cars were built heavier. We have what is called country living and it makes up 79 % of our great nation. City slickers just think bicycle tires and weed eater motors will get you buy.
Well it will, when you live in a honeycomb built for human storage where your bicycle tires roll on marshmallows all day long. Out in the remaining 80% of this nation you need a vehicle designed to last you 15 years while navigating around more than just a homeless encampment on the street corner and a couple speed bumps to get to the coffee shop and back from costco.

We have an 07 focus econo car too. 6 disc changer, factory, air, steering, brakes, turn signal, donut tires. It has 40k on it. Gets 28 - 36 mpg actual. There is no shortage of little American cars, although it is probably not more than 50 % American parts. I will damd right buy one that says Ford over one that says Honda.

No reason to buy a honda or a toyota or a hyuantia or a kia, nor mercedes, nor bmw in this country. Ever. Put a period on that!

Now, If'n I were a travelin around yonder european country side, sure why not buy or drive some sort of volks turbo mercedes audi hy-breed solar powered over engineered 9 speed transmission suv. I see nothing wrong with supporting your local economy, where ever that may be.

Problem is, no one here is doing it. Dang it.