[NSRCA-discussion] Re: Stuff, Where made? ** klipped **

[Del K. Rykert]

Some truth to that Ed. From what I've read why some of the foreign named 
cars are now assembled in plants in usa..  Import taxes and duty's were 
hurting them to much. That old economic engine again.

                 Del
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Miller" <edbon85 at charter.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] JR Stuff, Where made?


> We ( the US ) have a true global economy at the expense of the middle 
> class. The ever widening gap of the haves and have nots. Not so in the 
> rest of the world. All it takes is our government to support it's US 
> citizens by mandating if you sell it here, you have to produce some 
> percentage of it here.
> Ed M.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jeffghughes at comcast.net>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] JR Stuff, Where made?
>
>
>> Ed,
>> My point was irrespective of where a product is actually assembled, most 
>> have significant components that were manufactured overseas. It is a true 
>> global economy here in the US. We get our conrods from India, crankshafts 
>> from brazil and blocks from Germany. Our FEA's are now done in India. We 
>> do final assembly here in the states. GM is the same, a good percentage 
>> of any GM car is manufactured offshore. And be careful about looking down 
>> your nose at foreign quality. We get product from China and India that is 
>> every bit as good as what we used to get from the US.
>>
>> Now I do agree that this globalization is eroding our manufacturing base 
>> and dragging the US middle class down with it. In a free capatilistic 
>> society, I don't see any easy answers. In some respects, the Japanese 
>> have picked up the slack here in the US and invested heavily in 
>> manurfacturing plants, both final assembly plants (Honda, Toyota, Nissan, 
>> etc) and component plants (Aisen,NTN, NSK, etc).
>>
>> We are all the same in that we want the most product for our money. To 
>> some that is a throw away DVD player for $29, instead of a good one for 
>> $100. In American business, it is always about the money.
>> Jeff
>> PS-I've owned two Corvettes, best sports car in the world!
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "Ed Miller" <edbon85 at charter.net>
>>
>>> Not true. Even in Wally World, one can find US based and produced 
>>> products.
>>> Just bought a battery tender and very small ( carry in the bike ) air
>>> compressor, both US based and produced.
>>> Buicks newest offering, the Lucerne, is built at a plant in Detroit that
>>> builds nothing but Lucerne's. There goal is un-matched quality and the 
>>> ones
>>> I've seen so far prove it. The CXS model is a Northstar based vehicle 
>>> which
>>> is equal to any in quality. Yes, there may be some non-US content parts 
>>> in
>>> it but it looks like more of it is US based. It has the body fits of any 
>>> car
>>> I have ever looked at. It will be my wife's next car.
>>> Harley Davidson, although they do use some parts from overseas, is US 
>>> based
>>> and produced. I doubt the current Harley owner nor future Harley owners
>>> would purchase another Harley if they saw them coming off a boat on the 
>>> east
>>> or west coast.
>>> Unfortunately there is a huge part of US society that equates "better
>>> quality" to something that has traveled over salt water. It's really the
>>> status name game to be one up on your neighbor. I don't know how you 
>>> correct
>>> that. Even though there are only a hand full of cars in the world 
>>> capable of
>>> matching the Corvette's performance, it is still called and looked down 
>>> by
>>> many as just a Chevrolet.
>>> Then there is another part of US society that cares nothing about 
>>> quality,
>>> service or longevity and purchase's purely on price. Sadly some of them 
>>> were
>>> middle class members of society that were "Bushed" into the working 
>>> poor.
>>> I have a 20 year old 28" console ( real Oak ) RCA TV to this day that 
>>> has
>>> never had a problem. It's picture rivals the wiz-bang BS TV's sold 
>>> today. It
>>>