Happy Veterans Day
Dave Sinclair, a local car dealer with several American brands has been on TV and the radio with ads talking about buying American made products to help our country out.
Last week on my way home from work I listened to him on a talk show. He was very convincing and at the time I was driving Carol’s Honda. I almost drove it to his dealership to trade it in on an American car.
Today I was at the Sinclair Buick dealer getting brakes and inspections on my Buick. I was sitting in the waiting room and in walks Dave Sinclair talking to the 4-5 of us in there. Then he hands out books to everybody, “How Americans Can Buy American”. He sat down for a few minutes and talked about how American products are sometimes hard to find but they are out there.
After that speech I told Carol that her car has to go. She said she will take a Saturn Sky, the car she wanted in the first place. I don’t think so.
Dave Sinclair, a local car dealer with several American brands has been on TV and the radio with ads talking about buying American made products to help our country out.
Last week on my way home from work I listened to him on a talk show. He was very convincing and at the time I was driving Carol’s Honda. I almost drove it to his dealership to trade it in on an American car.
Today I was at the Sinclair Buick dealer getting brakes and inspections on my Buick. I was sitting in the waiting room and in walks Dave Sinclair talking to the 4-5 of us in there. Then he hands out books to everybody, “How Americans Can Buy American”. He sat down for a few minutes and talked about how American products are sometimes hard to find but they are out there.
After that speech I told Carol that her car has to go. She said she will take a Saturn Sky, the car she wanted in the first place. I don’t think so.
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Chevrolet Equinox
Chevrolet HHR
Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Tahoe
Chrysler 300
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Dodge Charger
Ford Focus
Ford Fusion
Ford Mustang
None of the above were able to pass the test of the 1994 American Automobile Labeling Act, which requires 75 percent of assembly to be made in the US/Canada (note: Canada is not part of the United States, yet they count). So, while they may be held by American companies, where are the profits, jobs, and benefits to local economies going? Not to the US.
Today, the Toyota Camry is one of the most American cars you can buy, more American than even the Ford Mustang. That's right, the iconic all-American car, the Mustang, is now considered an import. Want to buy a more American car? Try the Camry, the Accord, the Avalon, the Corolla....
The cars that matter are those assembled here with a healthy amount of US content, which support local economies and put Americans to work.
Dave Sinclair, while I'm sure he is sincere, must be ignorant of everything above. He's built his empire on "American" cars, which have generally been a vastly inferior product produced by an industry choking to death from its unions.
Kevin, Kevin!
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