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Odd-Employment2517 t1_isyc8th wrote

As the show progressed we saw Red switch from "superior" US cars to more reliable Japanese and soften on most of his other own personal biases. He would be a moderate Democrat by today's standards.

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spiralbatross t1_isyp0iu wrote

That’s what was happening to my grandpa, too bad he died early

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mdonaberger t1_isys0f2 wrote

to be fair, hondas are more american-made than even american cars.

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[deleted] t1_isyvc5f wrote

Most foreign cars are. something like 40% of BMW's are, I think.

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MaverickBuster t1_iszbd3c wrote

IIRC that really started happening after the plant he had been working at for decades closed down and he had to go work at the (forget name) store.

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noelbeatsliam t1_it03rn1 wrote

I think Kitty already was driving a Toyota when he was laid off, but they still had the Vista Cruiser.

Store was Price Mart. Basically Kmart but they didn’t want to pay royalties.

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