Originally Posted by ayrton88

I'm old enough to lived through the era of American cars being the laughing stock of the world...which in my experience they richly deserved. Everyone I owned was a complete piece of crap. I have no clue how we ever made it to the moon if car manufacturing was an indication of our engineering prowess. To this day, I will not set foot in any domestic car showroom. My first Japanese car was a Honda CRX which is still my favorite car I ever owned. Knock wood, I have never had any major problem with any Japanese car I've owned, including this Z. In fact since 2010 all I've done on the Z is basic maintenance and new tires. Along the way I did make the mistake of buying a BMW and didn't take long to realize they were damn near as unreliable as an American car. My brother in law has a Mercedes and a Volkwagen and has had nothing but trouble with both. Now don't get me started on domestic beer.