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Not certain. But Ford exported 203,279 Escapes, Focuses, Explorers, and F-series trucks to Canada alone last year. That’s nearly on the scale of BMW’s total exports, and that’s only exports to one single country and only a portion of those exports from that one company (don’t forget Transits, Expedition, Mustangs,…

If that was the case, BMW doesn’t export any cars from the US at all, because they only export SUVs.

Not true at all. Honda exported 108,705 vehicles from the US in 2013, more than they imported from Japan, leading the press to falsely write that Honda exported more cars than they imported, because they forgot Honda imports a bunch of vehicles from Canada and Mexico.

Rust takes more than a few years? Where the hell do you live? It damn near grows overnight in the midwest.

And yes, tape would solve the problem. You’re looking at small holes that have no impact on structural integrity - covering them restores the ability of the bed to hold very small objects / mulch / etc,

NO.

Some Subarus are made in Indiana.

Most Fords sold in the US are made in the US. The exceptions are the Fusion, MKZ, Fiesta, Transit Connect, Edge, MKX, and MKT. Those sales are more than offset by exports from the US (every F-series truck sold in Canada is made in the US, the Explorer is exported to ~100 countries,…

Sorry, but BMW is not the leader in exports from the US. Not even close.

I know they run all over my neighborhood, but I live in a bad part of town. :P

Great in theory, but it rarely is applied in time to stop rust.

Ok - let’s just assume that people actually would abuse their trucks to this extent and could poke a few small holes in the Ford vs. scratches and dents in the Chevy. Here’s a difference between the Chevy and Ford beds GM doesn’t want to talk about: In the Ford’s case, the owner can always put a piece of tape down…

I agree with the statement of people buying much more than they actually need - but most of what is driving these sales is, in fact, an increase in CUV sales - vehicles that aren’t really anything but a lifted hatch or wagon, with pretty decent mpg.

There is a problem with CAFE the way it works, though, in that it has traditionally allowed manufacturers to push people to vehicles they label trucks simply to skew the fuel economy averages. Consider the Chrysler PT Cruiser, for example. In reality, it was basically a Neon hatchback. But it was classified as a…

I’ve long been in favor of a significant increase in the gas tax - Let’s make it a $3 per gallon increase. Use the first dime or so to fix the highway trust fund. Then use the rest to fund a refundable tax credit for all Americans - a full credit for every working person 18 or older, and a partial credit for all…

The catch, though, is that most trucks driving this increase in sales are in fact lifted hatchbacks and wagons that actually get pretty good mpg.

Far too general of advice. For some, it makes perfect sense - you could easily end up with a low cost loan that is tax deductible while allowing you to take the cash rebate offer over the low interest offer from the manufacturer.

For instance, say you’re looking at $2500 cash back or 0% financing for 60 months from the…

Not true. Most HELOC lenders in the US will let you withdraw most if not all of the credit line at once. There is a transaction fee for each withdrawal and an annual maintenance fee as well, which may or may not make the loan more expensive than a traditional HEL. The advantage is that you aren’t forced to withdraw…

How I would look in a Cascada:

The appropriate response is to follow at a safe distance and then flash your lights. No excuse for ever getting that close to the car in front.

SFO uses privatized security.

Actually, only a very small percentage of scientists were worried about another ice age.