[onewhippedpuppy]

Eventually they will come around, unless they work there. My wife's family is from central KS, another domestic stronghold. You have to drive an hour to the nearest Toyota, Mazda, Nissan or Honda dealership. Every time I come back there's more people with imports, they're all fed up with domestic problems. In-laws have always bought domestics, and every one they own right now (6 between them and the kids) has had recalls. 7 on their Expedition alone. That's not to mention all of the problems they've had. Recently bought a new Mazda 3 and couldn't be happier, they didn't even go onto a domestic dealer's lot.

Another example is my father. Grew up in Richard Petty's hometown, where it was Mopar or nothing. His father had a gas station that specialized in tuning Hemis. Mopar man his entire life, including a service manager at a dealership for a few years. After a string of horrible cars though, he finally threw in the towel. Now he's on his second Hyundai, and my mom has a Celica. No problems with either.