>Mike,
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>In fairness, French cars did once have reliability issues. Gone now. The French, Germans and Bohemians are co-operating to make some really nice stuff. It's a shame you don't see those sorts of cars in the US any more. But I remember being warned not to park my Japanese hire car on the street in a certain town near Detroit or it would be damaged for spite. A French car might be even more of a liability. ;-)


Supposedly that isn't quite so true any more but I wouldn't chance it either.

I was in Detroit for a weekend last month and it was striking how many of the news reports were about the auto industry. Despite their trials and tribulations the auto business still accounts for 4% of our GNP. And that's national, not just Detroit. Detroit is still a car town.