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the only thing Id like to see is all municipal and teachers unions be abolished

LMFAO

Case in point

Does anyone think "quality" when they see "Proudly Made by Workers of the (Name the Union)" on a product?
I don't.  Every time I notice the little UAW sticker on my Mustang I think that Ford somehow managed to build a pretty good car despite its labor force.
I don't know if that's inherent to unions or just to American unions.  Unionized German workers seem to turn out pretty good cars, so maybe it's the latter.

Everyone loves German cars. 

But you don't want to be holding that hot potato when the warranty expires 

I have my first physical therapy this morning, coincident with the wife's (one hour later).  I'm curious about it.  I took Naproxen just now.

My range of motion is decent, there are some things that still hurt so I don't do them.  I fear my overall conditioning has suffered a lot.  I swam a bit yesterday.

My 2005 CTS had no rattles at 85,000 miles.  It was in good shape overall at that point, interior and exterior.  It had a very good paint job.  The 2014 CTS we didn't keep that long, 42 K miles, but it also was rattle free and in very good shape.  The only issues I had with it were tire and wheel related, those 35 profile run flats were a nightmare.  And only Pirelli made run flats in that size, so I had zero options unless I wanted to go with no spare.

I'd rather talk about cars for a while.

It's not as bad as you'd think, to be honest. Gotta find a good local mechanic who won't cut your nuts off like the dealers do. Less things break too. My E doesn't even have a rattle at 65K miles.

Neither did my Corolla at 95K.Know two mechanics who work on Lexus,Accura,Infinity,Mecedes,BMW,Audi.Their main bitch for yrs were that the German Cars were over engineered.Look at the new vehicles now,I mean really lot of people are getting priced out of getting their cars repaired

I guess I'm not a good example. My personal experience has been just fine, owning two (paid for) M-B at the same time.

Badge, you seem like the sort that takes very good care of your belongings... I'm sure religious performance of maintenance instead of waiting until the check engine light comes on has an effect. Across the entire population of owners, however, it seems to not hold true.

But this goes back a ways... I recall probably 10 years ago seeing a consumer reports discussion where they were talking about American cars closing the reliability gap with the Japanese... While still well ahead of the European brands. 

Badge, you seem like the sort that takes very good care of your belongings... I'm sure religious performance of maintenance instead of waiting until the check engine light comes on has an effect. Across the entire population of owners, however, it seems to not hold true.

But this goes back a ways... I recall probably 10 years ago seeing a consumer reports discussion where they were talking about American cars closing the reliability gap with the Japanese... While still well ahead of the European brands.

That's me.