re: Does “American made” resonate with you when making purchases?

Infinity was my first fully made in Japan car. Body panel seam alignment was perfectly matched, and little things like a small, black mark on the windshield showing where the wiper blade end rests when stowed reflected quality.

My GMC Sierra and Ford Explorer started having issues near the end of their warranty. The Infinity was bullet proof until traded for another one five years later. The Japanese fervently believe in CQI, something we taught them after WW2.

I’ll buy American if not a significant premium. If it’s a tool used once or twice, Harbor Freight is fine.

The amount of Chinese junk on Amazon has made buying there just about worthless. I’ll probably drop Prime next renewal and just shop the net for what I need and pay shipping cost.