23rd Mar 2011, 17:45
First of all, nobody is going to buy the statement about "poorly built Japanese cars" because that's a generic statement. What are we talking here? Toyota? Honda? Nissan? or ALL of them? If so that's a tad hard to believe that by default somehow ALL cars, by virtue of being Japanese cars, including the domestic brand cars built in Japan or with Japanese parts in them, are defective while ALL domestic automakers are by virtue of being domestic are perfect?
23rd Mar 2011, 16:20
I agree that people are loyal to the brand that was good to them. I watched my father, who wanted a GM very badly, get poor products from them. He tried AMC after that, but got even worse. Then he switched to Toyota, and has had good cars ever since. Looking at him as an example, why would I have bought a domestic, despite great advertising?
I bought a used Toyota Echo for my first car, and have not had to pay anything in repairs. I couldn't be happier with it. I have absolutely no reason to switch to Ford, or GM, no matter what the advertising, or new car reviews say. If I had to buy another small car, I would choose a Toyota Yaris over a Fiesta. People say the Fiesta is fantastic, and Yaris is boring, and the reviews and advertising also claim the Fiesta is the best small car. But until Toyota burns me, I have no reason to look elsewhere.