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Old 10-08-2008, 10:12 AM
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Default Nice.... interested to hear the outcome....
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Old 10-08-2008, 10:13 AM
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but some of the factory originals where also manufactured in China which includes control arms
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Old 10-08-2008, 10:17 AM
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Default Oh, and let's not forget....
Audi and VW are co-partners with Chinese manufacturers making entire cars, including the A4.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/about_audi_ag/production_locations/china.html">First Automobile Works of China</a></li></ul>
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Old 10-08-2008, 10:23 AM
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Default I will say this much about the 034 mounts....
they are awesome (regardless where they are made)...and we have them all in stock! ;-)
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I don't doubt they are nice, China or not - but I am curious.
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Yup. It's not all bad... China WILL be the new world power -- If they are not already *really.
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We already borrow heavily from them, so I would say they are the world power at this point
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Old 10-08-2008, 10:28 AM
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Default I actually agree 150%. If they cut us off we would be SOOOO Foooked. No more Wally-World.
Which in my STRONG opinion would be a GREAT thing.
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Default China and U.S. economies are intertwined now... both would suffer immensily from such a move...
* looks down at his 2001 IBM ThinkPad model X20 made in Korea *






I feel like a traitor.











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Yup - Looks down at his Powerbook G4..... crikey! everything is made there. ;-/
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