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Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by johnny 5, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM
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    johnny 5

    johnny 5 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Just wondering how many Tacoma owners have been given thumbs down or yelled at BY AMERICAN!! by drivers of mostly GM trucks. It has happend several times to me. The angriest guy was in front of me at an intersection and got out and yelled by American or get the hell out of my country!!!
    He was apparently the proud driver of a Silverado with USA flags in the windows
     
  2. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:35 PM
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    tacomarotto

    tacomarotto "Change is inevitable, but growth is optional."

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    OZ-T

    OZ-T You are going backwards

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    And never , I live in Canada
     
  4. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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    Hilborn

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    He's a Hick. Silverados are made in Mexico!
     
  5. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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    Jester243

    Jester243 all I wanted was a god dang picture of a hotdog...

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    some of this, a little of that
    I have never been yelled at for driving an import, I could care less what some hillbilly thinks.

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  6. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:37 PM
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    Hilborn

    Hilborn Well-Known Member

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    Because it's an American company doesn't mean it's made in America!
     
  7. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:37 PM
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    Oat

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    Cant fix stupid.
     
  8. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:38 PM
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    acdronin

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    Next time some jackass tells you to buy american, ask him this: New Camaro? Built entirely in Canada, Tacoma? Built in Texas, you tell me which one is an American car?
     
  9. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:38 PM
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    baja820

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    It's buy not by. It has never happend to me.... Get a sticker that says: MADE IN AMERICA.
     
  10. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:39 PM
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    DeeKay21

    DeeKay21 Lieutenant Dan.

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    I've never been shouted at buy American. Maybe its cause I have Firefighter plates and I do my part in protecting the Americans in my town.
     
  11. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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    Brunes abides.

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    Ehh...Fuck'em. You can't fix dumb no matter how hard you try.
     
  12. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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    Who Dat Popcorn

    Who Dat Popcorn Dafuq

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    Time to move.
     
  13. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:42 PM
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    A coworker gives me shit about my "foreign truck" which was built in Texas.
     
  14. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM
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    Yelled at? No, ridiculed? Yes. Tacomas made in Texas, I shrug off the haters.
     
  15. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:44 PM
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    Honey badger

    Honey badger Honey badger hits whatever tree he wants to hit!!

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    Yea burn it to the ground!! then pee on the ashes :D:bananadead:
     
  16. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:45 PM
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  17. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:49 PM
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    I've had this conversation with a few people. They tell me they buy American and I ask them if they bought a Toyota? Of course they say no and I ask where was it assembled. Usually they don't know. Mine was built at the NUMMI plant in California before the economy went bust and GM pulled out basically leaving Toyota with no other option to pull out also leaving the UAW workers out of work. Of course the UAW protested and demanded some recourse from Toyota for leaving them out of work but I never read anything about GM getting being protested for pulling out of NUMMI. Toyota was partly if not wholly responsible for getting Tesla to use the NUMMI facility to test and build their electric cars.
     
  18. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:51 PM
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    paintdiddy

    paintdiddy Machine gun shits

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    In nj if you get out of your car at light,you better be ready to rumble. We take no shit.were are all assholes
     
  20. Jan 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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    I find that people that drive GM products tend to be assholes. Maybe it's because they're driving POS vehicles. :laugh:
     

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