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Originally Posted by morphomeman
Automotive tariffs are especially silly. Since 1964, the US has imposed a 25% Chicken Tariff on trucks imported from Europe, in retaliation for an EU tax on US chicken. European trucks sold in the US are disassembled, shipped, and then reassembled here to avoid the tax. Harley-Davidson will probably go the same route in Europe. All just a waste of funds and a large tax on consumers.
But wait, it gets better. Trump is about to impose a tariff on EU autos, ignorant of the fact that the largest exporter of cars from the US is BMW and that they export more cars (all X-models, their biggest seller) than they import. Expect the EU to slap a tax on X-models, leading to a large loss in jobs in South Carolina, one of Trump's biggest supporters.
I second the kudos on the EB. Mine still gets heads turning after three years.
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Guess it's good I got mine now instead of putting repairs into my E46 and keeping it around for another year or two. The flip side is that I fear that all this trade war crap will trigger a pretty bad recession and having a car payment on a new car will be a problem.
