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Rage, rage, rage. Sometimes, I simply cannot get over how rude people are. Who do people think they are when they decide to intervene in someone's personal life, let alone their financial decisions?

I've been tweeting and crying all over the internet about how my car has finally worn out, and that I can't afford the repair work it needs. Is it because its an American car? No. It's a man-made machine and it's fucking old, that's what. It's going on 9 years old now, and I don't care what anyone says, no car in this world is going to run along for 9 whole years without requiring some type of maintenance or repair work. Mechanics don't last forever, and sometimes things just WEAR OUT, whether that car was built overseas or not. Now I'm no expert of course, but believe me when I say that foreign cars require repair work too, only at twice the cost. If I can't even afford to fix my "cheap" American car, what the hell am I supposed to do when a proclaimed "perfect" foreign car encounters a problem? Don't pretend that's never happened to a Toyota or a Honda. I've seen them broken down on the sides of the road, and you have too.

I don't care if people claim American cars suck. It's nothing more than people taking pride in their expensive import products and using the price tag to justify it's superiority. I've been reading up on some articles, and in recent years, American model cars have reached the same level of performance and quality that their foreign competitors have. And my mom and I are going to be looking into models within the 2008 range, so I don't think I'll have shit to worry about when comparing the quality to my lil old 2002 Cavalier.
I did find a few articles that listed the major downfalls of purchasing American cars. The number one agrument as to why I should buy foreign, besides the bogus poor-quality claim, is that American cars are just ugly. Seriously, that's all anyone seemed to be able to come up with. It didn't convince me. You know what else doesn't convince me? When someone tries to tell me that their foreign car that's nearly 18 years old has never had a problem. Or that "even if it did break down, it would still be cheap". Bullshit. Who do people think they are.

Long story short, I don't buy foreign, case closed. My brother bought two foreign cars and they were in the shop every other week. He finally "sold out" and bought an American car. Problems? Gone. WHERE'S YOUR CRED NOW, FOREIGN CAR LOVERS?

Here are my fucking sources.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/04/business/moneywatch/main5289066.shtml
http://www.gallup.com/poll/126548/fewer-americans-set-buying-foreign-cars.aspx

http://www.all-about-car-selection.com/import-cars.html
http://www.consumersavvytips.org/are_foreign_cars_really_any_better_than_american_cars.html