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<blockquote data-quote="bikejunkie223" data-source="post: 1362467" data-attributes="member: 563147"><p>Just for the record, I know a thing or 2 about cars. I understand what piston slap is and that it is harmless- I just don&#039;t think it is acceptable in a $35,000 truck with 12k on it, and the public agrees with me (there is currently a large class action lawsuit underway) Many of you have had great luck with your cars- it is also likely you are a car guy and take better care of your ride than joe- public does. I am an ASE Certified Master Auto Technician, so it&#039;s not like I am talking out of my ***. There are some cars that just have problems. Honda currently has a ton of automatic transmission issues on Accords and Odysseys. No manufacturer is perfect, and I am not saying that Honda pwns all others, I am saying the big 3 are still living in the past and are learning a lot from the imports- and the gap is closing gradually- But outside of the new Mustang and the Corvette there isn&#039;t a car GM or Ford build that I would own- I just don&#039;t trust the quality from my experience, but the coolness of those models outweighs my better reasoning. I don&#039;t really have issues with trucks, other than they have all gotten way to freeking big IMO. YOu can make all the anti-american blasts you would like, and if being environmentally responsible and wanting good fuel economy makes me anti-american, then I guess I am. You are right, I don&#039;t subscribe to america&#039;s wasteful, fast food, disposable society- so I guess I am un-american in that respect- I believe in intelligence over not caring about anything beyond our borders because we are more powerful than any other country. I am un-american because I think SUV&#039;s are retarded. I think vehicles w/ horrible fuel economy ****, and I think a car should be good beyond 150k. So I guess I am un american. Isn&#039;t the right to have my own opinions distinctly american though? Hmmmmm.....</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bikejunkie223, post: 1362467, member: 563147"] Just for the record, I know a thing or 2 about cars. I understand what piston slap is and that it is harmless- I just don't think it is acceptable in a $35,000 truck with 12k on it, and the public agrees with me (there is currently a large class action lawsuit underway) Many of you have had great luck with your cars- it is also likely you are a car guy and take better care of your ride than joe- public does. I am an ASE Certified Master Auto Technician, so it's not like I am talking out of my ***. There are some cars that just have problems. Honda currently has a ton of automatic transmission issues on Accords and Odysseys. No manufacturer is perfect, and I am not saying that Honda pwns all others, I am saying the big 3 are still living in the past and are learning a lot from the imports- and the gap is closing gradually- But outside of the new Mustang and the Corvette there isn't a car GM or Ford build that I would own- I just don't trust the quality from my experience, but the coolness of those models outweighs my better reasoning. I don't really have issues with trucks, other than they have all gotten way to freeking big IMO. YOu can make all the anti-american blasts you would like, and if being environmentally responsible and wanting good fuel economy makes me anti-american, then I guess I am. You are right, I don't subscribe to america's wasteful, fast food, disposable society- so I guess I am un-american in that respect- I believe in intelligence over not caring about anything beyond our borders because we are more powerful than any other country. I am un-american because I think SUV's are retarded. I think vehicles w/ horrible fuel economy ****, and I think a car should be good beyond 150k. So I guess I am un american. Isn't the right to have my own opinions distinctly american though? Hmmmmm..... [/QUOTE]

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