Funny rant I found in facebook Options

[creamed_corn]

Why Imports Are Inferior.
By Matt Bailey

This is probably the most non-violent (mostly) epic battle that has ever, and will ever be fought. Domestic versus import. Now, before you continue reading, open up your mind. I don't care if you are partial to either group. Listen. Imported cars have taken over two decades to gain a foothold in the US. Why? Because for the first 15 years, they were pure crap. Nothing more, nothing less. Now that alot of the plants are here in the US and that all the engine and car designs are American made, they are better. But even then, they are still a benchwarmer in the world of power. Now you may be thinking "WOAH! Wait a minute! What about the Lancer Evo?!" (Or cars like that). Think about it. Why is the Evo fast? Turbo. You could put a turbo of that caliber in any car and it would be very fast. But once you remove the turbo what do you have? I tiny, tiny four-cylinder engine. The Ford Mustang GT has a 0-60 of 5.2 seconds. The Evo is 4.7. Again you're thinking:
See! The Evo is faster, therefore better!" But you are wrong. Compare the weights of the two vehicles, the Evo is a tiny 4-cylinder and the Mustang is a HUGE 8-cylinder. When it comes to performance, nothing beats domestic. Have you ever heard of a stock V8 in an import? Of course not, thats because they don't exist! American cars go up to a V12!!!!! Anymore, V6 imports are rare! Now, I'll agree with you on the fact that they get, for the most part, better gas mileage. But they aren't equipped with flex-fuel or E-85. Look at it this way, we were driving cars in America while back in Japan they were still dreaming up dragons! We did it first, we did it right. Come on America, SUPPORT YOURSELF!




I especially like how he sttarts off talking like it's going to be some kind of non-partisan comment and then proceeds to rag on imports with not a single intelligent point. You'd be suprised how many people agree with him, too.

[MaskedMan]

the thing i love most about people that like to say domestics are better than imports, is they they always choose to compare a domestic sports car to an import um.. economy car? Ok think about it. When he made the comparison to an Evo, ok fair enough, but he only had an arguement when you take the turbo off the car. Haha too bad Evo's come with turbos from the factory . Why dont they compare a pontiac sunfire to a civic? or a dodge neon to a celica? c'mon haha you can't compare cars that aren't even in the same class haha. Im not trying to say that either car is better or worse. Personally i think people should look at cars for what they are instead of concentrating on who makes them. Every company makes a good cars and bad cars, and all cars have their own problems. Ok we all like cars, people need to stop all the hating.