Reply to "How can this happen in America?"

The UAW has just as much fault in ruining the U.S. auto industry as corporate mismanagement. That distrusting relationship between the workers and the management, where they are continuously in conflict and don't work with each other to improve flaws has been a crutch to their competitiveness. Its great for an overpayed worker, bad for the company as a whole, and bad for new employees without seniority. There is no incentive for a new union worker to be competitive or improve their value in the workplace when their payscale is based on seniority and time on the job.

If foreign automakers can build cars on U.S. soil without a unionized work force and overtake the #1 spot, that should tell you something. Japanese automakers refuse to acknowledge defects in their designs, and that is just straight dishonesty.

My family has tried to be faithful to ford throughout the years. I've owned 1 Pantera, 2 Mustangs, and a Mazda. My mother has owned 1 Mazda, an Expedition, an AMC Pacer (POS), Chevrolet Cavalier, and an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. My brother owns a Ranger, and an Explorer.

Before I started working on my own cars, the dealerships took us for a ride with maintenance and repair costs. We had our run-ins with mom and pop shop repair places too. I don't always have the time to work on my cars, neither does my brother. It might be another story if I was retired. So I have ABSOLUTELY no remorse for some dealer who has enjoyed making money hand over fist for generations. It would be one thing if I was getting superior service, but was rarely the case.

Lastly if you are going to say that it doesn't matter that the money we spend goes back oversees to help build foreign economies, and that you are going to buy whatever product you want, the same should be true about how much we care about your business and whether the money stays here or not.