Will you buy a Chyrsler of Fiat to support Ontario Economy now?
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Fiat is a bit of an amoeba that has swallowed up quite a few auto makers like Lancia, Ferrari, Opel, and quite a few others. Chrysler would be just one more. If anything, Chrysler's product quality would go up. I wouldn't buy a Chrysler product right now but I might look at them in the future.
It's bad enough our tax dollars are bailing these incompetent bast--ds out. My first inclination would be to support a Canadian province but right now they don't build a car I want and I can't see buying an inferior car to support Ontario. If they build good cars, people will buy them.
I wouldn't do anything I wouldn't normally do just to help out a province. I'm like you in that I would buy a Chrysler if it was worth buying and not until. I find the OP kind of funny. What would have been the reaction to a question like "would you buy a gas guzzling SUV to support the Alberta Economy" or "would you build a garage to support the BC Economy"?
No, just traded an old Dodge Caravan (which hasn't been a bad vehicle for 7 years) on a 2005 Pontiac Vibe, which I suspect should last me for the duration.
Buying a car to support a provincial economy must be pretty far down the list of best reasons to buy a car. I would think that most people probably buy a particular car because it fits their needs, or it get's great gas mileage, or it seats six adults. My wife might buy a car because she likes the colour but that is no worse than all the British sports cars I bought because they cornered well or they just looked cool or the engine sounded great. Supporting the provincial economy would likely fall behind all of the reasons I mentioned.;-)
That is exactly where Harper is missing the boat- pouring $4 billion into propping up Chrysler, instead allocate the $4 billion into one million packages of $4000 payable to Canadians who purchase a brand new Chrysler product, that way the money won't get squandered and Chrysler would do a booming business.
I'm in the market for a new car. I've decided a honda civic. Made in Canada, good gas mileage. Cheap reliable transportation...
Hondas have damned good combustion engines.
My druthers about vehicles these days would be not be getting a vehicle with fuel mileage, though, but getting one with a low amphour useage under load.
My druthers about vehicles these days would be not be getting a vehicle with fuel mileage, though, but getting one with a low amphour useage under load.
lol They all have some pretty annoying faults, Mr. Wolf. Most are a nightmare to replace a simple oil pan gasket, for instance.
The problem with vehicles is that they have been increasingly engineered to complexity. And it just makes sense that the more complicated something is, the more expensive it is and the more expensive it is to maintain and repair.
The problem with vehicles is that they have been increasingly engineered to complexity. And it just makes sense that the more complicated something is, the more expensive it is and the more expensive it is to maintain and repair.
Once upon a time they took all the hard-to-get at parts and put them all together in a Rambler ... then Chrysler bought it....
Gone are the days one could comfortably sit in the engine room.
Gone are the days one could comfortably sit in the engine room.