From my personal experiene, I have yet to buy anything with a Made in China
lable that was of any value. there are three things I look for when shopping.
#1 Made in America. Probably a good product, but if only equal in quality (which I have yet to see) but cost more, I'm still will to pay it to have a guy make it here rather than there. #2 Made in China. Pretty much assured it's junk, but will buy it if I have to destroy it or use it once, as I did with a wrench last week. Hate to cut a new SnapOn in half with a saw to use it on one bolt. :-) # Imported by xxxxx for. Probably made in China or somewhere with even poorer quality but frightened to tell you where or you would freak at the price they are asking for it, knowing their manufacturing cost is a penny on the buck. As for those "perfect" Japanese cars, the fact is this. Build quality isn't the best on American cars, but it is getting better. However, I don't think anyone has built a better or more reliable engine than a Chev 350. I know lots of 350s with over 750,000 kms on them, with just regular service. It lasts forever, lighter than a porshe 928 engine, and has a third the parts of a lot of earlier Ferrari and other Euro engines, yet makes more power and gets better mileage. I know most products are built down to a price now. I think that's our fault for putting up with junk. Companies are very happy to brand their products and tack on a price, and there are enough willing to line up and pay. I have nothing against allowing Chinese products on the shelves, but I think all products should have clear labels as to where they are manufactured. Ed 300E On 27/05/07, John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 27, 2007, at 10:59 AM, E M wrote: > Same thing here, more and more stuff from China. Sorry to say, but > anything > I've bought made in China is junk! Ed, that's not quite true, the issue is: You as the buyer have no ability to know if the item is good or not. Frankly it's the product owners fault, they've outsourced the manufacturing and don't do proper testing. Once the bean counters take control and pick the lowest bid, the engineering issues are mute. Likely much of the technology in those "perfect" Japanese cars is made in China, and as statistical data has shown it doesn't suffer from failures, likely those manufactures weren't the lowest bidders. John 1983 300TDt 386k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1990's 300TDt 194k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) 1993 500SEL 191k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
