American Jeep
06-08-2009, 08:32 PM
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I'm on my 3rd one and it's cracked, my first was"Hecho en Mexico" aswell.
06-09-2009, 05:25 AM
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Let's see: Ford and who else? Or do you think that the foreign companies have not been seeking their own government bailout programs from their respective countries?
I'd suggest that if you want to take a stand, take it for those companies that pay back their bailout promptly. Otherwise, you should have never bought a Jeep in the first place (Chrysler was bailed out under Lee Iaccoca), and I'd hate to think that you'd reject a great motorcycle company such as Harley Davidson just because they asked for government assistance to stem the tide of cheap, Japanese knock-offs a couple decades ago. There are many more examples of U.S. companies getting into trouble and using government assistance in various forms to get back on track.
I'd suggest that if you want to take a stand, take it for those companies that pay back their bailout promptly. Otherwise, you should have never bought a Jeep in the first place (Chrysler was bailed out under Lee Iaccoca), and I'd hate to think that you'd reject a great motorcycle company such as Harley Davidson just because they asked for government assistance to stem the tide of cheap, Japanese knock-offs a couple decades ago. There are many more examples of U.S. companies getting into trouble and using government assistance in various forms to get back on track.
From my last comment on the thread (yesterday when I left work) til this morning, we've added 2 pages... didn't think it would build that quickly... looking forward myself.
were is this thread going......
06-09-2009, 05:42 AM
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06-09-2009, 07:08 AM
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2007 Rubicon Unlimited
My window sticker says: U.S./Canadian parts content: 79%, Final Assembly Point: Toledo, Ohio. Engine USA Transmission USA.
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What gets me is that the machined cast aluminum wheels are from China, when right here in Kokomo we have the largest aluminum casting facility in the US, if not the world!
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What gets me is that the machined cast aluminum wheels are from China, when right here in Kokomo we have the largest aluminum casting facility in the US, if not the world!
06-09-2009, 07:16 AM
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I guess you fellas didn't know that the chassis on your JK is made by Hyundai.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n26624546/
The upstart Korean supplier that defeated Dana Corp. in Dana's back yard says it did it with high quality and low costs.
Four-year-old Hyundai Mobis was the surprise winner of a plum project to supply complete chassis modules to the Chrysler group's new Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. Dana of Toledo was one of the unsuccessful bidders
Four-year-old Hyundai Mobis was the surprise winner of a plum project to supply complete chassis modules to the Chrysler group's new Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. Dana of Toledo was one of the unsuccessful bidders
06-09-2009, 07:41 AM
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Yeah....lots of parts made in Mexico. Including the porous timing covers that Juan cast too thin cause he was still drunk on tiquila from the night before. ....and what's with this attitude that because it AIN'T made in America it might be inferior? That's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. Americans know how to screw something up just as well as the rest of the world. Sometimes better. Old drunk Juan ain't goit nuthin on Bubba and Leroy who are UAW members and get drunk and stoned at lunch and come back to the assembly line. 
06-09-2009, 09:41 AM
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I guess you fellas didn't know that the chassis on your JK is made by Hyundai.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n26624546/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n26624546/
I suggested that to someone else last week... if you think of the classic jeep - the world war 2... weren't a third to half of them made by ford, and the rest by Willys?
