A few months ago I bought a new truck, a Toyota Tacoma. I wanted to buy American, but I did not want the gas mileage of another full size vehicle. I loved my F-150, but a sipper of gas they are not. In smaller trucks, the Tacoma seemed like a no brainer compared to the rest of the field. There a few things I am not totally happy with, but on the whole it seems to be a very good vehicle. I am happy with it.
I recently received a survey from a firm that I am sure is contracted to Toyota-USA to do these sort of surveys. It was one of these surveys that sucked you in by appealing to your altruistic side. Fill out this survey and help us make better vehicles. It also appealed to your greedy side by promising to enter you into a drawing for a year of free oral sex. The thought of all those blow jobs was more than I could stand. I started filling out the survey with all due haste.
Well to make a long story short, it was a long not short survey. I was ready to just quit about half way through their questionnaire, but dreams of unending fellatio kept me going.
What did stop me in my tracks was this question. Would you buy a car made in China, yes or no? And if you answered no, like I did, a text box appeared asking you to explain why. I answered diplomatically, and said that I did not need another piece of junk from China, and went on to say, “there was not fucking way I would ever buy a vehicle made in China.”
I truck further through the survey quite satisfied with my China answer when I encounter, “Would you ever buy a vehicle made in India, yes or no?” Again if you answer no, a text box appeared asking for why. This one was easy, “See China.”
I am all for other countries raising themselves up, but do we have to throw the baby out with the bath water for them to do it?
