If you drive a Nissan, you're not an American?
 

Some aspects of this post may offend some members and that is NOT my intention. Please don't miss the main point. A new neighbor moved in a week ago. I saw he had a 67 GTO, totally restored, good, his wife a newer Pontiac sedan, and they also had a Chevy truck. I try not to judge but, having lived in this part of Missouri for 20 years, I have encountered a certain mentality that equates owning "foreign" cars as bad. I introduced myself and told him the previous owners were meticulous in their care of the home. He said, "Of course they were, or we wouldn't have bought it." His tone was a little smart a&$ but I shurgged it off. I told him they put a lot of time in the yard and so forth. He told me of course they did because that is the only kind of home they buy. I tried again. I commented on how nice they and all their new neighbors were. He said I would notice no change with them. I told him I keep to myself, mind my own business, and whatever he did on his property, house, driveway, etc. was none of my business. He stared at me without answering as if he didn't like what I said. I tried one more time. I commented on how nice his 67 GTO was and mentioned I had some old cars I played around with and hoped to get to them one day. He asked which kind? I told him 66 Plymouth Valiant convertible, 68 Barracuda, and a 68 Charger that was maybe more rust than metal. He then grabs me around the neck, I kid you not, and shakes me saying, "Then why are you driving Nissans!" My wife has a Sentra. He asked me again saying I should drive only American cars. So I had had enough. I told him I wasn't buying cars from companies whose unions gave money to elect people hostile to my political interests especially my liberty. He asked what I meant and I told him the 2nd Amendment. He then launches into talking points about no one needing a 35 round "clip." I explained my dad carried an M1 Garand in the Korean War and no one had a 35 round "clip." He then began to pepper me with one question after another asking a new one before I could answer and old one. He then tells me he is from Detroit, is a GM Auto worker, an assembler, and was transferred to Missouri. He told me he was union and a Democrat. He then tells me I am a teacher, (my neighbors told) and how do I feel about that. I told him I am not in the union and wouldn't join one because I don't want labor money going to Democrats or Republicans. He then tells me, "Well, I'm a true blue American. I'm American to the core, I drive American cars, am in the union, and a Democrat." In other words, if you are not like that, you are not an American. He then excused himself and went into his garage. I finished cutting the grass and then backed my red Z out of the garage and washed it, slowly, even though it was clean.

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Haaha way to hit it off with the new neighbors. You could of always reminded him that The Camaro and Challenger are built in Canada and that Nissan has a huge plant in Tennessee.

So if you're not a unionized democrat, you're not American?

Anyway, tell him you support American car dealerships which put money back into the local economy.

I missed the part where you kicked him in the nuts and then broke the arm he used to grab your neck.

Paint your Z like the general lee.

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That guy sounds really unstable to me. Are you sure you didn't leave anything out? If it did go down exactly how you said then I would have beat his A$$ to a stump for grabbing me like that.

Good luck living with the jerk next door. Imagine his America, where instead of rugged individualism, it is all about joining a group and doing the same thing.

Without getting into politics, being American means the freedom to choose. Being American does not imply the legal right to lay hands on people if contact is unwanted.

wow, ive heard of red, white, yellow, brown, black skin americans, but not blue. he must be a new breed. :tup: welcome to america, neighbor! we likes charburgers and cheeze fries here. :yum:

And a second plant of similar size in Mississippi. Over 60% of all Nissan's and Infiniti's sold in the US are made here. I'm not sure the Big 3 could say that. (Unfortunately, our Z's are not)

Fixed.

This Ra-ra union mentality is why this country is in the state that it is. Lazy, overpaid rednecks that truly have no real skills. Ask him is he has looked at all of the parts that go into his "American" cars. Major amounts of foreign made parts.

Seriously --- try to have no more than 3-4 sentences per paragraph for improved readability. Otherwise an interesting piece. It goes with where in the country one lives.

+1 the minute he reached for my neck i would have hit him with a quitter so the last thing on his mind would be what kind of car i drive, and that buy American thing just sounds old school to me. Times have changed and people need to except it. What is really American anymore a Ford , Chevy, Dodge... ect
with foreign parts on them or so called foreign cars Nissan, Honda, Hyundai..ect
that have plants in the US??????