"Out of a Job yet?? Keep buying Foreign", stupid campaign around here Options

[Valo666]

Windsor, Ontario, Canada *my current residence* is "Canada's Automotive Capital". They say that because we have Ford, GM, and Chrystler plants in the city. Any ways, since ive been down here for the last year and a bit, ive noticed that there are people EVERY where have these stickers on their back bumpers saying "Out of a Job yet?? Keep buying forigen". Its a stupid by-law that people are trying to pass here in windsor to make it illegal for forigen cars to be sold in Windsor, and people who own forigen cars get taxed heavier every year. People in Windsor feel that the car market since its mostly imports being bought now, is killing the economy. Like, i drive my car around and ive had ppl give me dirty dirty looks since its a Toyota. But the funniest thing is, people are driving around here in thouse Geos that are based off the same platform as a corolla..like the mid 90s one..i dunno what the geo model is called. But they get pissed off that people are driving corolla's but they are driving a corolla marked as a Geo. Its amazing how stupid people can be at times. I had one guy tell me i shouldnt buy any more import cars because they are all made in Japan. Granted, our cars were, but he was talking about like the new camry's and the matrix..EVEN though, both are made in the US or canada, and the matrix is also the same thing as a Vibe, and the matrix is only availble in north america. Any ways, i just thought i would share this stupid idea thats sweeping through windsor and surrounding areas.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Oct 12, 2007 - 7:56 PM

[azian_advanced]

btw, it's foreign..
but yeah, people have their own preferences in cars... personally, i like imports whether they're european or japanese. generally, they run more efficient (efficient as in more kW/liter) and have better styling. some say they are simply engineered and built better..

many people i see here are driving big domestics when many are using it just to go to and from work or run errands and what not.. and they're wasting money driving a heavy vehicle around the city and consuming more energy than what's really needed... pretend you're a tourist, would you want to carry a heavy backpack everywhere you go?

anyway back on topic, it pisses me off seeing comments like that. "out of a job yet? keep buying foreign"... why should people be told what to buy and what NOT to buy... if you like foreign, then buy foreign.. and if you work for domestic, then hide your foreign and take your beater domestic to work....


This post has been edited by azian_advanced: Oct 12, 2007 - 6:53 PM

[goferris]

Windsor, Ontario, Canada *my current residence* is "Canada's Automotive Capital". They say that because we have Ford, GM, and Chrystler plants in the city. Any ways, since ive been down here for the last year and a bit, ive noticed that there are people EVERY where have these stickers on their back bumpers saying "Out of a Job yet?? Keep buying forigen". Its a stupid by-law that people are trying to pass here in windsor to make it illegal for forigen cars to be sold in Windsor, and people who own forigen cars get taxed heavier every year. People in Windsor feel that the car market since its mostly imports being bought now, is killing the economy. Like, i drive my car around and ive had ppl give me dirty dirty looks since its a Toyota. But the funniest thing is, people are driving around here in thouse Geos that are based off the same platform as a corolla..like the mid 90s one..i dunno what the geo model is called. But they get pissed off that people are driving corolla's but they are driving a corolla marked as a Geo. Its amazing how stupid people can be at times. I had one guy tell me i shouldnt buy any more import cars because they are all made in Japan. Granted, our cars were, but he was talking about like the new camry's and the matrix..EVEN though, both are made in the US or canada, and the matrix is also the same thing as a Vibe, and the matrix is only availble in north america. Any ways, i just thought i would share this stupid idea thats sweeping through windsor and surrounding areas.

i used to live in michigan and it was the same way there too. people are so retarded. it's not cuz you are buying foreign cars that the domestics are going out of business. it's because the quality of domestic cars isn't as high as foreign. (for the most part)
but yeah the whole prizm vs corolla debate is so lame. sadly though the corolla does keep it's value better same way as the matrix even though they are the exact same car just a diff badge. people are so lame. do they get mad if you buy saab or volvo? they are both part owned by domestic companies same as subaru. mitsu used to be but chrysler pulled out.
people are so lame some times
i'm glad there aren't that many retards like that here in utah.

This post has been edited by goferris: Oct 12, 2007 - 6:55 PM

[Galcobar]

The people in your town are ignorant -- ask them to read up on reality:
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/050630/b0630102.html
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2001/01/08/t...trix010108.html

Toyota's building plants in Ontario, the domestics are shutting them down. The RAV-4 is being transferred from Japan, the Matrix is build in Canada only, the Lexus RX330 is built outside of Japan only in Canada....

This post has been edited by Galcobar: Oct 14, 2007 - 8:18 PM

[GreenyST204]

Thats funny,
If we did that in Australia, we would run out of petrol quicker,
Ford falcon(4L - 5.4L) or a Holden Commodore (3.6L -6L)
Just me but i don't want a huge sadan.