Question to everyone, Japanese cars and the global economy... Options

[1900WattCelica]

I have a general question to everyone on the boards who has a celica or any other japanese car (that narrows it down huh!!!)

I was talking to my friend yesterday who has owned fords all his life and he wants to get a commuter car instead of his not-so-gas-friendly ranger. He was asking me about toyotas and hondas and what I could recommend for under 2000. I told him you could get a decent corolla or geo prizm for that much money. And he said yea thats what I figured and he said he was just starting to look into getting the 2nd car and wanted my input. My girlfriend and I said we prefer the japanese cars because of the high standards for reliablilty and their much more easy to maintain for the home mechanic. He then went on to say he may look into some american cars like a monte carlo or a stratus and said he was hoping to get one of those over a typical japanese car because..... here comes the all too common objection: He would rather have his money stay in our economy than a foreign economy.

How do you guys usually respond to people who say those kind of things? It just seems like a really close minded argument to say.

[saleeka]

he's buying the car USED, first off... secondly, if your buying forigen products, did you fly to japan to buy them? Or did you go to a dealership/store who has employees who live here in the states, with reasearch and design centers here in the us, factories that actually produce that camry, accord, civic, BMW, Mercedes, ect, here in the US... So lets say he did buy a new ford or chevy- guess what? THEY are a global corporation too! whos to say his money wont end up helping GM's Opel or Ford Europe? people who say stuff like that bother me personally, we live in a global society where Chrysler is owned by Daimler (german corp)... if people spend money in the economy it will help regardless of what country "will end up with it"...

EDIT- and be careful of what you buy at the grocery store- most produce dosent come from the US, especially fruit... we dont want to hurt the economy rememebr

This post has been edited by saleeka: Dec 10, 2004 - 1:42 PM

[1900WattCelica]

he's buying the car USED, first off...
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The argument can actually stop right there. There buying a car used from an american citizen or business where the money will go into their pocket regardless. I dont even know why I didnt think about that. Great points! Also about who sells the new cars and makes commision off of them...american citizens do.