What grinds my gears is HOOVER! I used to buy nothing but Hoover vacs, made in North Canton, Ohio. They sold out, now I've got a Mexican made POS that burns up belts every month. A Consumer Reports Best Buy for 2004!
Well, I can sympathize with Printers. I've been cursed with bad printers since the Commodore 64's dot-matrix color Epson. The best lately has been an HP Laserjet 1300 or something. Don't get me started on printing at work
Tools, welp, not an expert -- but I have broken tools in half and busted a few knuckles in the process. I don't use enough tools to spend decent money on them. If I can find them in the pile in the garage, then they get used or broken/replaced.
Cars -- welp, the TSX is more complicated than I've imagined. It's off-limits for mods right now. Thank goodness the 'Tegs a '98. Fewer plastic covers and stuff. As far as reliability goes -- who the heck knows anymore. Honda/Acura works for me.
NE-way, if we continue to support cheap-O products from the Big-Box stores, then we get crap. Cheap, short-handled shovels to move crap around. Yeah,
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Lawnmowers: I inherited one of those Murrays that Vetteowner mentioned -- I can only get it to idle, and start it with an electric drill after 2-minutes of turning. I've taken the carb apart 3-times, no luck -- maybe a good project for the High School students. It's probably worn out. Pretty cool -- self propelled, the handle's in good shape too. But my main one is a 2-year old 6.5-horse Craftsman that's already burning oil
. I wanted the Honda, but... hrmf.
Laptops -- rebuilt a few. Older Dells lasted longer, but depended on the model. I'm stuck with HPs these days, which I can get repaired on-site when they eventually break or melt.
Airlines aren't the same, either.
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