Little Girl Walking Home From School
A man pulled up next to a little girl walking home from school and said "If you get in, I'll give you a lollypop." The girl kept walking.

Following along slowly, the man said "Come on and get in the car with me and I'll give you two lolly pops." She kept her eyes on the sidewalk and continued on her way.

The man said "Get in with me and I'll give you this whole bag of lollypops!" Finally, the girl turned and said "Look daddy, YOU bought the Ford, YOU ride in it!!!"

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That's great! :lol:

Ok, now, surely someone else has some Ford jokes!

We all know ford sucks,but in this day and age chevys do to! Its a shame that greedy americans cant build a decent car to compete with those ricey imports, thats why domestic car manufacturers are in the bind that they are in.Unfortunatly, I think the mustang rules the road, who can afford a corvette? Can a corvette actually beat a mustang? Where is the camaro? Cobalt, what a joke, I cant even name another chevy car,malibu? Any way, just venting. Only 2 ford jokes I can remember. First On Race Day? More like, Found On Road Dead!

fukin only rolls downhill= ford

8) Grandpa always said Fn' Old Rebuilt Dodge! :lol:

or the classic fix or repair daily

backwards its driver returning on foot

I hate it when Americans--- and I mean good americans---- bash our companies without having the facts straight------look at the numbers anyway you want to and American companies can and do compete with anybody anywhere IF the playing field is level-----our cars are just as good as theirs---gets as good mileage, lasts as long and will bloww their doors off when comparing equal weight to equal----there are no rules of thermodynamics or physics that they (foreigners) have a monopoly on and their cars are for the most part even made here by americans----so the only difference is perception and the fact that we won't BUY an American product ------I for one have never---ever---owned a foreign car---even while I was overseas---not because they are bad but because I am an American and want to keep by family and friends working----just my opinion.....................Dan

P.S. I have and do own Fords and Chryslers though

w/e man

I for one have never---ever---owned a foreign car---even while I was overseas---not because they are bad but because I am an American and want to keep by family and friends working----just my opinion

Old_Coot, what makes a vehicle an "American" vehicle? Do you consider it as being "American" if the corporate headquarters are here in America or could it also be considered American if it's manufactured here in the US? I understand the difference between domestic and imports, however how can one distinguish the two when comparing manufacturing?

"GM today employs about 327,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries."

"General Motors Asia Pacific has assembly facilities and sales operations in 15 countries in the Asia Pacific region. As of January 2005, GM employs more than 20,000 people across the region. Manufacturing and assembly operations are in Australia, China, Indonesia, India, Korea and Thailand."
Source ~ GM.com (http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/global_operations/asia_pacific/index.html)

Just as GM employes personel globally, so do the other manufacturers. Here in America, thousands of people are employeed by Honda, Nissan, etc. So, how does buying ONLY "American" brand cars support those who are employeed at these "foreign" manufacturing/assembley plants located on America's soil? :?

gr8ridejester, you forgot Mexico and Canada. Most plastics are made in Mexico do a lack of an EPA there.

I think many of us have lost our "Brand" loyalties, since the brands we were loyal to had deserted us. :-(
I have always owned Chevys and probably will always have an older Chevy, but when it came to buying a new pickup I bought a Tundra. It just fit my needs better and I don't need to work on it all the time. I want to save the little time I have for the El Camino. Plus the Tundra was built in Indiana. :D
Now we're looking again for a vehicle and honestly Chevy has nothing that fits our needs. It's a shame but maybe GM needs to look at the market a little closer, there's so many choses out there why limit yourself to the fading line of what was once "American cars." I agree it really don't exists anymore. :?

Tough question to answer, isn't it? When I was re-doing the interior of my '83 Elky, all the plastic parts said "Made in Canada." It seemed every other nut or bolt I fooled around with under the hood was either "8mm" or "3/8" with no apparent rhyme or reason. Is my 350 V-8 Elky muscle car really "an American car"?

I believe the quality and workmanship of the Big Three cars during the 80's was so bad that only the challenge of the Japanese imports forced them to change their ways. Honda and Toyota actually "saved" GM, Ford and Chrysler, in effect. When you look at ownership, capital, and management structures today, there are virtually no national boundaries or distinctions left in the auto business. Where is it going? Who knows where things will wind up in 5 years??? I'm still waiting for a small parts dealer in Connecticut to get in his first shipment of 4th Gen Elky door skins...from his supplier in China!

By the way, the first really "cool" and very powerful car I fell in love with as a teenager in the late 1950's was my Uncle Ed's black '57 Ford Ranchero, with its 312 v-8! It took me 'til the year 2002 to buy something similar to it, when the only rides still available were Chevrolet El Caminos. Give credit to Ford for coming up with the concept.

I sell new dodge/chrysler/jeep....made in america is a thing of the past. there is not ONE of the big three cars made entirely IN America. Maybe back in the day but Made in America is a era gone by. Remember it wasn't long ago when Sam Walton was alive the Wal-Mart ran ads that EVERYTHING they sold was american made. That concept went by the wayside when cost cutting and profit got involved.

The cars i sell have trannies built in canada and mexigo and germany. Engine involvment from hyundia and mercedes and dodge. The only american made car your goiong to find is these guys like Boyd and Foose that are BUILDING them. And good luck affording one of those on today wages. The average person does good to build his own street rod let alone afford one of the HIGH END Foose or Boyd jobs.

I served my country during Beruit, my dad is a Veitnam vet, and I shed tears on 9/11...so before i get flamed for AMerican made bashing can it. But facts are facts

I am not ignorant enough to think that even a majority of the parts used in my cars are made in america---the reason for that is we would not buy them--its not a resent trend and the big three went out and bought into what we do buy in order to survive---we did it to ourselves--but I do what I can to remedy that and trust me I do not do without anything in my futile struggle and I did not mean to ruffle any feathers---If I did please accept my sincere apology----all I was saying is that when someone takes out a HUGE loan to buy a BMW or a Lexus or a Mercedes they ought to think what they are really doing--if they are buying it because it will impress someone---shame on us if we are that shallow and I have friends that do it--I do not---its my perogative--everybody has to sleep in their own bed with themselves......................Dan

This is partially my fault , I twisted this thread when I went on a rant about all domestic cars being inferior products, when we were just having a little fun bashing our competitor (FORD). Sorry. Cant think of any more ford jokes, if I could I would print them. Oh yea, Ford sucks.

No need to apologize guys, I meant to start a thread about the ancient Ford verse Chevy rivalries, but maybe it when a better way.

97% of all Ford trucks made in the last 10 years are still on the road.

The other 3% made it home without breaking down.

Now that's a really good ford joke!!

I think some people cling to a brand because it's what the're comfortable with and its given them the best luck, or because of tradition, wether it be forign or domestic. Who cares where it was made, if you love it and it suits your needs or wants that's all that matters! 8)

To the fellow that is all american cars period I take my hat off to you. Now if you follow that so strongly than do not use anything else in your life that is made out of our country? I will bet you you can not get through one day at home or one day of shopping without "china or other". Now that is the bigger crime in america than the car thing right now. If the brains upstairs would fix that one thing "outsourcing" we will have our country back and that will fix the car problem all by itself. Profit is great and must be present but gread and no care are running the show.
But first you will have to fix the top row in very American car manufacturer with real car minded people that get the idea of making it for the people and making it right and than reteach our workers how and than get the one thing that made America back "PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO AND MAKE".
We can play outer space and try to fix the hole world even if it will not work we are in other people business when business is at home and no one is minding the store "I don't get it". Put most of that effort into just a few things and look what we all could get JOBS, PRIDE, ITEMS THAT SAY MADE IN AMERICA, STUDABAKER, NASH, GRANHAM,OLDSMOBILE, WILLYS, RAMBLER, AND ON AND ON just joking. OH ! YES EL CAMINO BY chevy to replace that thing called the SSR. But before I buy an American built car again some one will have to fix things and it can be done, just look in the car world at the 2006 Vette Z06. That car prove it can be done and chevy even admits that the vete line is profitable. In the last 10 years the 3 American cars I personaly have had came apart in normal use and maintenance under 80 thousand miles. While my other cars toyota and Lexus went over that by double and or are still going with almost no repairs or warrenty calls. This story can be told by many.
I am still a chevy guy, but they are all in the 60's and 70's and are more fun than many other things.

skinyfisher, I agree with you 100%.
If you follow what's going on in the "Global" automotive world right now, GM has found a new home. It seems Buick sales in China are off the charts. This may explain why Oldsmolbile got dumped and not Buick, but what is going on is GM is investing highly in the China market, building new factories and dealerships. Of course you know what this means, most of the part manufacturing for your new GM car will come from China and then I would bet the assembly itself.
Diamler,Chrysler's new German influence will move more and more manufacturing to South American where there is a big German car influence. D-C also has a big input in the new Chinese economy so they could go as GM is also.
Ford has a big European foot print and this is not helping them at all since the exchange rates are terrible. Ford has plants in Mexico and Canada and will need to move to South America to compete.
It's only the Japanese manufacture that have found a home in the US. They have ducked the unions and don't have huge pensions to deal with. Plus they have proven that American workers can build top quality cars, which just proves that the quality problems of so called American cars is not coming from the workers.
The gas prices issue of today is also bad for the big 3 who have been concentrating on big SUVs and pickup. And even though the Japs got there hands in this market they still have good economy cars that the big three don't have. It's going to get real tough for the Big three again in the next few years. This could mean one more could go the way of Studebaker.

The latest. I just read in Octobers Hot Rod that Pontiac will be going to all rear wheel drive performance cars competing with BMW. :? Now we all here love rearwheel drive performance cars/truck or we wouldn't be here. But think about this, in the middle of a gas crunch is this really what new car buyers are picking off the lots? 8O Five, ten years ago people were craving these vehicles and there were none. But now that's not the case people are now worried about gas mileage again. Plus can GM rear compete with BMW? People don't buy BMWs because they are rear wheel drive performance cars (though they might tell you that), they buy them for the BMW logo. 8) Get real GM, look out the window and see what's happening.
Now watch Pontiac go away. :cry:

I was planning on making a car out solely of wood so that I could boast that it was all American...but when I checked further into it, I found the American wood was too expensive and cost preventative and the affordable wood was grown in Canada, cut down by Canadian lumberjacks, and then the logs were sent to Canadian lumber mills to be cut into planks. I am appalled at this, and so emotionally distraught, that I've given up on ever acheiving any of my goals or my ideas and no longer dream of ever owning a new car that is truly all American. It's pitiful! That wood car would've looked nice too with some 22" wagon wheels and walnut dash trim! Now I just stare at the walls with my real imitation wood paneling that was manufactured in Taiwan. :(

8) Make it out of redwood. Buy it from the Japanese from their offshore lumber mills! :lol:

Looks like the Italians have beat ya to the all wood vehicle. Livio De Marchi has a few all wood cars that look awesome...drive and float too!


Ferrari F50 (http://www.liviodemarchi.com/ukmain3.htm)
http://www.liviodemarchi.com/images/preview18.jpg
http://www.liviodemarchi.com/images/preview30.jpg

VW Beetle (http://www.liviodemarchi.com/ukmain3.htm)
http://www.liviodemarchi.com/images/preview31.jpg

8) Can you imagine a cross country trip on those seats! 8O