Look Out Toyota, Here Comes The Good Enough Chinese Car

[TPA5]

I'll chance it with off-brand breakfast cereal and socks, but I gotta say I'd feel less comfortable with off-brand cars that hurtle me down the pavement at 100km/h. Because really I'd prefer to not have pieces of my vehicle tear off in a high-wind while my brakes disintegrate because they're made from rice paper and the tears of small children.

[*MAD DOG*]

Originally Posted by TPA5

I'll chance it with off-brand breakfast cereal and socks, but I gotta say I'd feel less comfortable with off-brand cars that hurtle me down the pavement at 100km/h. Because really I'd prefer to not have pieces of my vehicle tear off in a high-wind while my brakes disintegrate because they're made from rice paper and the tears of small children.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by TPA5

I'll chance it with off-brand breakfast cereal and socks, but I gotta say I'd feel less comfortable with off-brand cars that hurtle me down the pavement at 100km/h. Because really I'd prefer to not have pieces of my vehicle tear off in a high-wind while my brakes disintegrate because they're made from rice paper and the tears of small children.

^^^^^ This. Plus the asbestos issue. Ugh. I guess a more accurate way to refer to myself would be frugal, rather than cheap. One Aussie member referred to the 'cheap arses' in his country who buy some of the Chinese cars. I would pay more just to be asbestos free (as in not purchasing a car from a Chinese manufacturer).

[nookandcrannycar]

On the Bloomberg scrolling ticker this morning - 'China will have a global automaker within 10 years'