I had a 1987 Honda Civic that was carbureted and drove that straight into the ground, ~182,000 miles when it died, only thing I did was regular maintenance, and replaced the neck of the gas tank because it started to rust out. I also drove an Acura CL for a long time and now own another Honda Civic. The only American car I had was a Chrysler LeBaron, had constant problems with it. Growing up we had several American car brands all of them were nothing but trouble and my father was a mechanic, he is Japanese so he was really trying to buy American and do the American thing but he finally gave up and drives a Toyota now. He still has a bright red Corvette though, but just for fun, raw power is one thing we did good.

Honestly I can’t ever see myself buying an American car in the future, I’ve lost my faith and trust in both the industry and it’s intentions, it’d take a lot of convincing to earn that trust back, and I think that alone is a reason that American car companies will be hard pressed to get die hard rice burning fans back to buying from the homeland.

No thanks. I would rather spend a little more for a used Honda and not have to worry about it needing thousands of dollars of repairs.

I would certainly buy American if Americans could make something as reliable as the Honda.