Staying USA here: Are Democrats Ford, Chevy or Dodge people?

[southern democrat]

[elehhhhna]

1. Hubs & I are hyundai people. dodge is a warning, not a brand name.

[jdots]

28. I love cars and hate them

old chevy pick-up and ancient bimmer with billions of miles on it.
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[Lefty48197]

2. I live in both Democrat and Ford country.

I think Walmart is going to start selling toyotas.

[LoZoccolo]

3. Dodge is now a foreign car. n/t

[LoZoccolo]

4. That having been said, I'm a Pontiac person. n/t

[Astrochimp]

6. Pontiac's for me too.......

i turned 40 this month, and thought I had never owned any Mopar, or Ford. Or a Buick, damn, I want a Buick, make it a '70 GXS, or a '69 Wildcat!

[Nikia]

5. Foreign car companies are in the U.S. too

American companies aren't the only ones who have plants overseas. There are a number of Japanese automobile plants in the U.S. I am not sure, but I would guess that many of those cars made there are for the U.S. market. Cars aren't exactly cheap to ship overseas.

[blondeatlast]

16. My '99 Camry was built here in the US.

California, I believe.

I LOVE my Camry.

[tarkus]

21. Another Camry person here! Great cars... NM

[no name no slogan]

35. Most US Hondas are made here

And BMW has a plant in Alabama, IIRC.

Just like Ford owns Jaguar, and Daimler now owns Chrysler, it's getting harder and harder to separate them by country.

Heck, a lot of the GMs in the US are manufactured in Windsor, Ontario-- just across the river from Detroit.

[ronnykmarshall]

7. Honda and Infiniti

BUT ..... I'd love to have me a Thunderbird!

[blondeatlast]

18. Sky blue for me--hair blowing behind me...

T-Birds are the MOST! (sigh)

What are they going for now--60-70 grand in Arizona, I believe?!

[ronnykmarshall]

22. That's my favorite color.

When I was a kid, I had a model 57 T-Bird in baby blue. My dad always said that if he won the lotto he was gonna buy me one.

When he died, I had a model 57 T-Bird that I placed in his coffin. He's in heaven now with my brother drivin' the shit out my Thunderbird.

[blondeatlast]

24. Heaven is a blue T-Bird. That makes a wonderful image,

Also, not a bad song title, actually!

[fugue]

8. I'm a backpack person.

I jokingly refer to my backpack (the serious hiking kind) as my car.

I don't own a car at all. Never have. Of course originally it was because I can't drive one (my reaction time is too poor), but I wouldn't now if I could. Maintenance? Insurance? Gas? Parking? None of these has any power over me.

I realize that it's not a lifestyle for everyone. Think, though, of what we could do to our national dependence on oil if those who could turned in their cars for backpacks.

[Wickerman]

9. I only buy used cars

I don't give a crap what brand. 2 standards - must have about 40k reliable miles left on it and be over 25 mpg.

Reuse and recycle. I don't need a shiny new car and all the resources exploitation that goes with it. I take that monthly car payment and add it to retirement/college ed for the kid funds. Cripes, I am turning into a cranky spendthrift old man... :)

Current vehicle is a 80's Toyota. My first foreign.

[Philostopher]

27. I do this, too.

That way I don't have to feel bad about buying the best car for my purpose, even if it's a Japanese car. The only people who make money off me are local car dealers or local people selling their cars privately, and the local car parts stores and dealerships where I take the cars for service.

I also agree with you about buying used because it's not a big deal for me to have a new car -- we also bought a fifty-year-old house because we had no pressing need to feel we'd 'created' something that required the killing of many, many trees.

[sbj405]

10. Always owned American cars - grew up in the Motor City

2 Pontiacs, currently drive a Ford.

[qnr]

11. Schwinn should be an option

though I own a Giant Sedona DX

[UrbScotty]

12. Grandpa worked at the Ford factory in Dearborn for more than half his life

We have a Taurus and a Pontiac Montana in the driveway.

[huntsvilledem]

13. I will NEVER own an American car

saw people have too many bad experiences with them.

[Kierkegaard]

31. I was the first in my family to break with the trend and buy a Honda

back in 1978. You couldn't break it if you tried. Shortly thereafter, my dad bought a Datsun and has owned them ever since(Nissan).

I'll be the first to buy an American car when makers will put some of their money into smarter engineering rather than into deceptive advertising. I have given US car makers the chance to change my mind, but they haven't been able to. I've owned 4 different new US cars in the past, each one a miserable mistake. Poor value for the dollar and abysmal resale value prevents me from wasting any more of my time or money.

Honda/Acura, Toyota/Lexus until further notice...

[demosincebirth]

14. I only buy "Union Label."

[Dying Eagle]

15. I just don't like Fords

I never liked Fords, but now that SuperFreeper Toby Kieth is a Ford Truck Spokesmen, I will never buy one.

I have a Chrysler Minivan and a 1966 Buick Spacial Conv. so I like Dodge and GM.

[Blue_Tires]

17. Chevrolet ALL THE WAY!!!

Corvette is my fav. car

[JI7]

19. better to go with whatever is the best environmentally

[RebelYell]

20. I drive a Jeep Wrangler

Hubby drives a Dodge Dakota.

[Blue-Jay]

23. I have a Mercury, so I guess that's close enough to a Ford.

I also have no idea why I thought it was important for me to even mention my current make of car.....

Goddamn, I'm tired.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Saturn person here.

n/t

[no name no slogan]

34. Saturn and Mercury here

Wife just got her second new Saturn (we turned in last one at end of lease), and I drive a 1997 Mercury Sable wagon. Both have been very good vehicles to date. Much better than the 80s Chryslers I drove in the 90s, for example.

[Kierkegaard]

26. Wife and I were Honda/Acura people for years.

Switched to Lexus last year. I love the vehicles, but their service department is awful. Smarmy, evasive, etc. We are likely to return to the Honda camp shortly.

[Pegleg Thd]

29. Have had GMC S-15

for over 5 years and recently got a Ford Taurus, used. Would much prefer a Lincoln Town car. The 2 we have get much better mileage than the Lincoln would. With our health concerns we can't see the need to buy an expensive vehicle to leave for someone else. I expect the GMC and Ford to outlast me.

[EstimatedProphet]

30. Right now I have a Dodge Dakota

I had to take it to the dealer for warrantied service, and I found out that they are named Dodge because thet's what the shop tries to do to a warranty claim.
I've also had Fords and Toyotas. I won't buy a Chevy because of their smug commercials.

[BigBigBear]

41. I have a Dakota too - '97 CC V8 4x4

Ball joint issues and front rotors too small - otherwise a great truck.

If you haven't already EP, get your ball joints checked. Expensive fix if you have to pay out of your pocket. Bought mine used, so I had no choice.

[politicat]

32. we own a chevy and a hyundai

I used to own a buick.

Next car will be a Volkswagon, built in Pennsylvania.

Pcat

[Longhorn]

33. We have a Mustang, an Explorer, and an F-150 so I guess that makes

us Ford people! We've owned other makes over the years but more Fords than anything else.

P.S. The Mustang is a 2001 Saleen convertible -- really sweeet!

[ReadTomPaine]

36. Sorry, but the ultimate car of the progressive liberal Democrat...

... is a Volvo.

Out of the big three, market image wise, I'd have to say Chevy fits the Democratic Party best. Fords seem more like middle of the road voters. Old style Mopar is the right wing (General Lee).

RTP

[qnr]

42. I'd rather have a Saab, TBTH n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

43. If I could afford a Volvo......

n/t

[jukes]

37. nissan or toy

no model later than '85.

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. Doesn't matter...but Dodge owners here.

:hi:

[Taverner]

39. Saturn, so I guess that makes me GM???

[CO Liberal]

40. I've Got a Chevy S10, Mrs. CO Liberal Has a Plymouth Sundance

And like many Chrysler products, her Sundance was built in Canada.

[Ron Green]

44. In my part of the country in the 1950's it seemed that Democrats were

more Ford people and Republicans (although there were very few of them then) and Dixiecrats were more GM types.

[clydefrand]

45. Chrysler, Sebring... and Dodge, Intrepid

[tigereye]

46. we have Saturns

but I have had used Hondas and Subarus... back when they were cheap. SUVs seem to be driven by Reps here, but I did see a Lexus with a Kerry sticker. That was a cool surprise. ALso pick-ups can go either way.

[NMDemDist2]

47. chevys

GM rocks

[shanti]

48. dodge owner here

i love my caravan! mom and dad, lifelong dems, always had either chrysler or toyota products growning up, but now they run the gamut.