Quote Originally Posted by kydonky View Post
I looked at one of those KIAs. Think I will keep my GMC Sierra 1500. Could not find a suitable place to bolt on a hitch.

My GMC has a V8 and still gets 22 mpg highway. Considering my old 85 gets around 12 mpg we have come a long way. By the way I still have my 85 GMC and use it for rough stuff. It does not burn a drop of oil and the AC is cold. I keep it because it will do things my new GMC will not do. For some reason the accelerator in my new truck will not work if I try to drive through a barbed wire fence, that old truck will go right through it.

I would like to see how your KIA is holding up in year 2040. That is when it will be the same age as my GMC is now.

My wife looked at one when we bought her car, the road noise was deafening. Driving one of those to FLA would be my vision of purgatory. If we travel with just the two of us we usually take my new truck. It is a better, smoother, quieter ride that her new Camery (made in Georgetown).

So keep bashing American Products. Post some pictures of your Kia pulling your boat up the ramp if you would.

P.S. The GMC/Chevy 1500 series and the Ford F150 series get better MPG than Toyota Tundra. Don't see any 1985 Toyota trucks out on the road today, see dozens of 1985 and older Chevys and Fords everyday.
Now wait a minute....don't you think more Chevy and fords were sold than toyotas through the 70's and 80's??? The tundra itself wasn't sold until 1999-2000. Prior to that if you needed a big truck you went with one of the big three. I have a 1985 and a 1995 chevy P/U and I love both of them but when both were purchased there were no options by Toyota, Nissan or Honda.
So your thinking that a Chevy volt, Malibu, ford fusion or focus will hold up better than a Kia, honda or Toyota by the random year of 2040?? hahahahaha imo your way off man. The Asian vehicles built their reputation on simple small cars and trucks that would get mega mileage compared to the American products....I think you know that. Sure the gap has narrowed but I'm still gonna buy a foreign one. Matter of fact I'm in the market right now for a new company SUV and it's down to Kia Sorento or Honda CR-V. I'll buy that without any concern or feeling of responsibility to buy American.
I buy according to price, gas mileage, experience, research and dependability. If the politicians were buy American and the rules and regulations were buy American then maybe I would get on board...they are not and I'll keep doing what's best for me and my wallet.