[manimsoblack]

I just got into an argument at work about this sort of thing. I was just announcing that my car is now an orphan and one of my coworkers who i generally agree with goes on about how the government is wasting money on gm and chrysler and should just let them die and how foreign cars are superior in every way and domestics suck and blah blah blah. I asked him for examples of domestics that are absolutely crappy and he had nothing to say. I asked him if he knew how many jobs would be lost in america, canada and mexico if GM and Chryler went under... again nothing to say. I asked him to tell me how exactly his 05 Camry is better than my 04 grand am... he shook his head and walked away. Two days later his dads Sante Fe broke down while we were working. His Sante Fe has been in the car shop (conveniently located right door to our store) at least 3 times in the last year for not starting and various other random breakdowns. I've had to change my oil 9 times, tires twice, and wiper fluid container once (because a piece of rebar was sticking up really high from a parking stopper thing and it punctured it when i pulled up) in the 14mnths i've had my car... who builts crappy cars again.

/rant
/soapbox