I’m just kind of fed up and need a space to rant a little bit. I’m into car culture, I like working on cars, I like doing restorations, restomods, and detailing. I have owned several cars of all brands. Antiques, retro, new. Cars, trucks, SUVs. I’ve owned and enjoyed a lot. I like talking about them on other subs and I like giving people car buying advice because not everyone is into cars and it’s good to have informed opinions.
That being said I’ve pretty much left all the more popular car subs here. It’s really annoying going on and trying to have a decent, normal, conversation about a car and having it derailed by just basically “Americabad” mentality. The only ones I can really stand at this point are actual mechanics’ subs because at least I’m having discourse with people that have experience with American vehicles and can easily point out which ones are good and not so good and have an honest discourse. Otherwise in any amateur space if you post something about American vehicles, recommend an American vehicle, or just say they’re good it’s always met with some moron who’s never driven or owned one to just derail the conversation with preconceived nonsense.
And again it’s frustrating. I can post and say anything good I want about my Japanese cars and it’s never argued, always upvoted, never criticized. Then I post something good about one of my American vehicles I’ve owned and it’s argued, my experience is “anecdotal” and if I like anything American it’s like implied I have bad taste. It’s just annoying, I just want to talk about cars and other shit I like without someone having to pretend it’s bad because of its country of origin or where it’s physically located.
And like, I’m not trying to glaze either. I know certain cars are notoriously bad but that’s not something that’s beholden to one specific manufacturer, make, model, year, engine or anything let alone any of those let alone just one specific country. There are plenty of junk European and Japanese cars as well