Would you buy Chinese?

[ÆNIMA]

Allow me to be the first:

OLD

Okay, now that that's out of the way: Check this out:

http://beta.technologyreview.com/business/22898/

Ignoring the cost and the miles it gets, would you ever buy a car manufactured in China sold by Chinese? I don't know, but personally I wouldn't want to somehow get poisoned by my own car.

[raizin]

Allow me to be the first:

OLD

Okay, now that that's out of the way: Check this out:

http://beta.technologyreview.com/business/22898/

Ignoring the cost and the miles it gets, would you ever buy a car manufactured in China sold by Chinese? I don't know, but personally I wouldn't want to somehow get poisoned by my own car.

prolly 2/3rds the possesions in your house are made in china, but your worried about getting poisoned by a car?

[Nockm]

If you don't eat the car you should be ok

[Nockm]

Never buy anything with more than 8 moving parts that's made in China

[ÆNIMA]

prolly 2/3rds the possesions in your house are made in china, but your worried about getting poisoned by a car?

That's a good point, however, I'm not one of those people that goes around checking "Made in ..." stickers. If I was, I might be more conscientious as to what I buy, but then again, probably not.

Would a Chinese-made car break apart as easily as a Chinese-made toy?

[Nycle]

Would a Chinese-made car break apart as easily as a Chinese-made toy?

yes

[Xog]

holy crap

[disorder]

buy the $26,999 car because it can travel on the highway for an hour and a half? that would barely get me to next city and back with all the traffic lights downtown. $1400 would get you the electric bicycle, eneloop, that can go the same distance without recharging, so it's really about needing luggage transferred short distances. i know for a fact there aren't any recharge sites in my area.

as for toxic crap because it's chinese, don't all cars have toxic material in the upholstery that accounts for the 'new car smell'? i cant name anything worthwhile chinese, but these batteries are mass produced so it's not like Hafei is some half-ass sweatshop corporation.

Bring it down to $14,999, put a charge site in my neighboring city, and maybe just maybe I'll spend a year and a half saving for it.

I can just buy a Suzuki off ebay for $6000 with 34mpg.

[saetep]

Chinese wouldn't put safety features such as airbags in their cars because there's 9 billion Chinese people. That way they can get rid of their one child policy. And thus the world is saved.