[charlie_the_tuna]

well how 'bout this. . . . i had a 1957 ford slabside pickup with a 300 six and 3 on the tree. fell apart with half a million miles on it but still ran. had 9 camaros and a couple V8 vegas. never a problem. hooked up with my wife and it was one nightmare american car after another. never had a complaint with the smallblock chevy but some of the other crap i've dealt with was another story. had a couple camrys. my last one ran like it just came off the showroom floor. tranny shifted like it was brand stankin new. my father in law never let my wife drive anything but american and that's where it all started. head gasket after head gasket after slipping tranny after soft cams after this after that. . . . . . it just never ended.
maybe the good old U S of A builds a fantastic car these days but i'll never know it. bring me back to the days of nothing but a motor and a battery under the hood. used to buy cars for under $500. bucks all the time. once bought a 69 camaro for $575. that was cleaner than sh!t. same car goes for around $15,000. these days.
nope, my wifes next daily's gonna be a jap car. she loves her toyota mini-van but the thing drinks gas like a 600 pound irishman. my next one'll be a big chevy with a smallblock.
think about why some of the best motors ever built are no longer made. america made some motors that you could add sand to the oil and get another million miles. the 226 slant six. the chevy 283. just couldnt stop 'em. they wanted their motors to die so the comsumer would keep buying cars. problem is, it worked too good and they started producing nothing but sh!t.