Can we get Michigan added to the Upper-Midwest Club list which includes Illinois, Indiana, Wisc, and Ohio if I recall correctly?

 

done!

 

Thanks.

 

Hey, I didn't think imports were allowed in Michigan

 

Just ask wasabe. I'm sure he'd be able to dispute that

 

There's more truth in that than you realize. My son works in a union shop that makes brake parts and only a few of his closest friends know about dad's latest toy.

 

I lived for several years in Michigan, and know many folks working the the auto industry. I don't know if this is still true, but it used to be common practice at GM plants to have seperate parking for GM products, other American products, and then all imported cars. And yes the desirability of the parking places was in that order.

Clark

 

I grew up in Michigan and studied engineering at Michigan State, and as such, I have many close ties to the automotive industry. I know at Detroit Lions games during the early 90's, parking a toyota, honda or mitsubishi in the general parking area was a sure death wish for your paint job and windows.

My dad, a supplier for the big 3 (ford, chrysler and gm), wanted a GS 400 so badly but was stuck buying cadillac's and lincoln's. It sucks when politics trump a man's love of the automobile.

 

In general, foreign cars are accepted. Hey, they have to be there's more every single day, even in MI. But companies with close ties to the big 3 auto companies (especially union shops) have an unwritten rule that most of their employees dare not buck. And, blue collar towns like Pontiac, Flint, etc. are still predominately American iron (at least in name). Thankfully, the days of damaging foreign cars is history and things are better.