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My motto is "Buy Good, and Buy once by God!"

I buy quality stuff, I'm not the guy that will buy the cheap entry level crap, just to get in the game. I buy the quality product, that will last, or will still be of value I can sell when I'm ready to upgrade.

I loathe cheap made flimsy crap, what ever it is.
I would rather have one good thing, than thousands of cheap pieces of crap floating around.

But I lament, good shit is getting harder to find. Many of today's flagship products, are using the cheap mass production methods of yesteryears cheap shit.

NuttBoxer says

I'm all for minimalism, as long as that's what you freely choose to do. But be careful of falling into the "This is all our fault, I should own nothing and be happy!" BS the sociopathic pedophiles are pushing. Supply chain issues are a direct result of inflation and centralization.

100% agree.

Tenpoundbass says

I buy quality stuff, I'm not the guy that will buy the cheap entry level crap, just to get in the game. I buy the quality product, that will last, or will still be of value I can sell when I'm ready to upgrade.

This is exactly why we only but Honda/Toyota because of reliability and resale. Same with our food being grass fed/organic. Take care of our bodies as well.

joshuatrio says

Tenpoundbass says

I buy quality stuff, I'm not the guy that will buy the cheap entry level crap, just to get in the game. I buy the quality product, that will last, or will still be of value I can sell when I'm ready to upgrade.

Scotty Kilmer says Honda and Toyotas are going to shit, they don't have the quality they used to. He says Mazda is the shit now.

BTW, over the last 12 years I have leased 10 Mazdas, 5 for myself and 5 for my wife. I have never once had to take it to the dealer for a mechanical issue.
I know plenty of people with Hyundai's and Chevy's that had some serious mechanical issues within two years.

The CX5 was the best selling vehicle in 2020. It outsold ever car model around the world.

Tenpoundbass says

But I lament, good shit is getting harder to find. Many of today's flagship products, are using the cheap mass production methods of yesteryears cheap shit.

I remember trying to find shoes NOT made in China a few years back, very disappointing experience. I can see why we don't have shoe cobblers when the shoes we have aren't worth shit to start with. Quality and reparable, that's the gold standard!

Tenpoundbass says

Scotty Kilmer says Honda and Toyotas are going to shit, they don't have the quality they used to. He says Mazda is the shit now.

Should always research the year you are buying. Anything from around 90-97 is usually stellar. That was the height of Six Sigma in Japan.

Tenpoundbass says

Scotty Kilmer says Honda and Toyotas are going to shit

I don't know who Scotty is, but I can promise you he knows less about Toyota than I do. I've been in every model of Toyota and Lexus made. Including stuff not on the market. You cannot go wrong with a Toyota.

And to be fair we have a Nissan Armada and Toyota Sequoia. I prefer the Armada. But the Sequoia is a brick shit house. We beat on our cars and have 3 kids in the back and sometimes the dog, trailer or camper. Toyota and Nissan are on par with each other. Our domestic cars blow. Ford, Chevy and GMC are not even on the same planet.

As a frequent traveler I've never once gotten a Mazda as a rental car customer. There's a reason huge rental car companies don't have them. Not saying they are not or can not be good cars, but billion dollar companies not buying them is a pretty good sign in my world about Mazda.