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In article <20775@rpp386.lonestar.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>		...some stuff about American cars needing fewer repairs than Japanese..
>Again, if you OBJECTIVELY check out the facts (that is, call your
>local insurance agent), you will find that just the opposite is true.

You keep harping on about this but I dont see what the insurance agent has to
do with run of the mill repairs. When I and many of my friends have repairs
we just take the car along to the mechanic. I dont see how any insurance 
company is going to know how many repairs I have done this year on my Ford or
Nissan or whatever. And I know that your everyday small-time mechanic doesn't
go reporting his repair jobs to any insurance agency! The best way of guaging
the frequency of repairs is through mags. like Consumer Reports. I can only
see the insurance agent hearing about major repairs most of which are a result
of collisions. In which case Japanese cars with their lighter maybe weaker
construction would fare worse.

>produces.  But overall, American made cars are cheaper to own, operate
>and repair than are the Japanese - and the OBJECTIVE studies - not the
>self-selecting Consumer Reports polls - bear this out.

see above

>a great car, road very well, and with the "performance" handling
>package, it road much more like the Mercedes-Benzs I was raised on.
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Is this a pun of some kind?

>poorly it was running.  Turns out it needed a tune-up because it had
>never had one.  This is the perception that needs to be changed.  Part
>of it is to get people to maintain their cars (my Pontiac gets regular
>maintenance and drives very well, getting about 23MPG city).

But why should owners of American cars be maintaining their cars any worse
than owners of Japanese cars?

--s