Not a single American GM, Ford, or Chrysler car in my neighborhood

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Anonymous wrote:Then you must not have elementary aged kids, OP. I live in McLean, have 3 kids and every other person I know (myself included) has some version of the suburban or expedition (lots of navigators and Escalades). I think your data is not skewed toward a certain demographic.

DP. I have elementary aged kids and I know zero people with those cars. The families with three kids virtually all have Siennas.

Sounds like you live in an Asian/Indian enclave.

Nope. Silver Spring.

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There are more than 61 million General Motors vehicles in operation in the U.S., as of data collected for Q3 of the 2021 calendar year. As such, there are presently more GM vehicles in operation in the U.S. than any other single automaker.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you must not have elementary aged kids, OP. I live in McLean, have 3 kids and every other person I know (myself included) has some version of the suburban or expedition (lots of navigators and Escalades). I think your data is not skewed toward a certain demographic.

DP. I have elementary aged kids and I know zero people with those cars. The families with three kids virtually all have Siennas.

Sounds like you live in an Asian/Indian enclave.

Nope. Silver Spring.

so the folks on a visa living in an apartment drive Toyotas. Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:The most expensive new Cadillac is the 2025 Celestiq, which starts at around $340,000. It's a hand-built, ultra-luxury electric car designed to compete with brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

The 2025 Escalade IQ sells for like 150k to 160K.

I have a Cadillac. I was chatting at dealer and the guy at the Jim Coleman Dealer who said the rich drive Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes but the rich are Driven in Cadillacs.

As he was saying that a CEO's Limo driver was picking up a new Escalade to drive his boss in.

I bought my used one off him at a good deal and it was 40k and he just let me hand him a check and off I drove. As if not may people finance. Really? My Caddie was 52k new and only 18 months old with 9k miles and I think I got a deal. That was last summer before Tarriff nonsense.

I think foreign car buyers have no clue how expensive they are.

He had a few CT5-V Blackwings on lot that were marked sold. They are like 100k out the door.

My 40k used car purchase was a joke to him. I mean I love my car. But the place is selling 100K cars all day, 40K seems little after awhile.

https://www.cadillac.com/sedans/ct5-v-blackwing?srsltid=AfmBOopQiuYBq6HjZo_Op4YVz0821T5TBVy4C1JATaeqCvI4F82rSuvk

Never heard of the Celestiq. Watched a video of it and the entire interior is just tv screens, including the entire dash, and consoles. I like how the woman just sort of indifferently scrolls while the guy beside her is just staring off into space looking dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:"A fool and their money are soon parted" P.T. Barnum.

The richest person I ever knew personally drove a 30+ year old daily driver. They were worth probably more than anyone that's ever visited this site.

Poor and middle to lower upper income like to overspend on cars to try to flex.

Facts!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you must not have elementary aged kids, OP. I live in McLean, have 3 kids and every other person I know (myself included) has some version of the suburban or expedition (lots of navigators and Escalades). I think your data is not skewed toward a certain demographic.

DP. I have elementary aged kids and I know zero people with those cars. The families with three kids virtually all have Siennas.

Sounds like you live in an Asian/Indian enclave.

Nope. Silver Spring.

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I live in the Detroit area and naturally you see a lot of Tahoes and Expeditions. But more non GM, Ford, and Chrysler than you think. With all the layoffs and cars by them being built in Mexico, plenty of people are not interested in helping the home team. Our house is a BMW and a Ford.

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Go to the mid west and you see a lot more american made cars.

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We want cars that will last a long time, that wasn't my experience with American cars in the 2000s.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to the mid west and you see a lot more american made cars.

On the side of the road?

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Isn't Tesla American

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GM and Chrysler are pieces of garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:My Subaru was made in Indiana. I'd call that an American car.

This. Assembling it in the US is more relevant to me than where the brand is headquartered.

Meanwhile, all the US-HQ brands import parts, and many assemble outside the US. For example, a ton of Chevys are assembled in Mexico and imported to the US.

Apple. Designed in California. Made where?

HQ jobs research and innovate and manage global operations. They are the highest paid jobs and support their local economies. Profits repatriate to the HQ's country. Healthy companies create healthy domestic stock markets. That is why China seeks to copy all of our US tech businesses. It's why Japan's government doesn't want to let Nissan or even Mitsubishi fail.

Domestic auto companies are also part of the security infrastructure for a nation. Manufacturing know-how and facilities can be repurposed. GM and Ford helped to make ventilators during the Covid crisis.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2020/09/01/gm-and-ford-deliver-last-ventilators-amid-coronavirus/3449490001/

Spend your money how it suits you, but how you spend it matters more than you think. There are lots of products for which I'd pay double or more to get the quality and durability that used to be produced in the US. Due to supply chain globalization, I no longer have the option.

I'd also like to point out that, as neighbors, we have more of a common interest in building up Canadian and Mexican trade.

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Anonymous wrote:I notice that everyone in my McLean neighborhood drives either Porsche, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Jaguar, or Tesla. I do not see any GM, Ford, or Chrysler cars. This seems to be especially true with my Asian neighbors. Almost all of them drive Lexus LX580 or LS500. All of them had multiple bad experiences with American made cars, with the exception of Tesla. FWIW, I drive the Lexus NX300.

This is stupid and untrue. McLean loaded with Jeeps of all kinds and Broncos of all kinds. Also lots of pick up trucks in McLean as third or Fourth car.

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Many times people have more money than smarts.