>Now, this sucks!!!
>
>In the winter, I've used Hakkapeliitta's for almost 30 years.  Currently, I
>use them on four cars which are in my maintenance program.  So, my heart sank
>whenever I tripped over the following announcement.  I noticed that Nokian is
>not shipping the Chinese junk to Europe or to their own country.  Apparently,
>we are the only suckers who will buy their new found junk.  Please
>spare me all
>the anecdotes of how quality stuff now comes from China because I will
>counter with any randomly picked example of Chinese goods picked
>which will prove
>you to be wrong.  If the Chinese are making modern contrivances which are high
>quality, they are keeping them for themselves.

Well, if you want to buy no-name cheaps**t tires, go ahead and buy
Nokians, Barums or Nyet Skids. You take your (and others') lives in
your hands then every time you hit the road.

The Chinese are making lots of top stuff, usually for Japanese
manufacturers eg Sony, Canon, Minolta etc. "Made in China" is no
longer a joke. The market is also swamped with decent clothing from
China too. These are most certainly not being kept for the Chinese
market!

Of COURSE a lot of junk is made there too, crappy kettles, microwaves
etc eg Cascade brand. But hey, is there no junk being made in USA,
England or Germany?

But don't knock it just because it's made in China. Remember back
when the ignorant called  cars from Asia "Jap crap"?? (Japanese cars
were NEVER junk).
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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