For those of you who drove a Japanese import in the 60’s/70’s/early 80’s, did you get any heat from family/friends/coworkers/general public about your choice of car? How bad was it? What were some of the consequences and what was the most extreme example you’ve seen or heard of?
This question applies to americans as well as some western europeans, whose auto industries were also in decline with the exception of germany.
This discussion might also be a good predictor of what will await the first owners of chinese cars when they do arrive in north america.
My mother had a late 70s 2 door Datsun in the real early 80s. For some odd reason it kept having cam issues and it was a “good f****** luck” trying to find anyone who would even touch it. The few mechs that did didn’t really want to and honestly didn’t have a clue about it and probably why it was constantly breaking down. I remember all of them bitching about it being a pile of cobbled together Jap tin cans. Haha