My Dad hated my VX when I first got it 'cause he is a steel worker and always encouraged me to buy American. I was able to diffuse the situation buy reminding him about his "Chevota"....A early 70's Toyota Landcruiser with a chevy motor! He said that was a used piece of crud I bought when I couldn't afford nothing else....I then reminded him of how small a percentage of American parts actually compose an American vehicle. I once read where the most American made car was the Honda Accord built in Marysville, Ohio with something like 67% domestic parts.
I then told him how GM owns 50% of Isuzu and showed him the Recaro seats and GM logo on the radiator and Borg Warner FWD system. I also told him how many foreign parts go into the American GE Locomotives I help build for a living. That being said.. I would like to change gears and relive an experience at work I had with a coworker. He just bought a brand new Jeep Wrangler and made the mistake of parking it next to my VX. It was funny 'cause I almost never drive it to work. Usually drive my Fiero. But, as fate would have it, he lead one coworker after another out to see his jeep; only to have them swoon over my VX and ask "who's vehicle is that?" I only found out later when he
was acting jealous by saying stuff like, "I'm glad I spent my money wisely and bought a real 4X4...How much did you spend for that piece of Jap Junk?" I just said, " I bought it for me, not you!" Later, through mutal friends I found out what happened!
I just chalked it up as a little jealousy.

Remember what Patrick Swayze says in "RoadHouse"....Be Nice...Ask them to leave but BE NICE....If they won't leave...Make them Leave....but, be NICE....it's nothing personal! LOL!