Feeling Guilty

We traded in my wife's 2000 VW Beatle for a Hyundai Elantra Touring. This kid from Dearborn Michigan is feeling a bit guilt for buying a foreign car. Not guilty enough to not buy the car, but guilty just the same.

Now to be sure this is my wife's car, not mine. We are trading in a VW, a German car made in Mexico for a South Korean car made in South Korea. Last year we purchased a Ford Escape for my primary ride. My sister is purchasing a Ford Fiesta which is made in Mexico. My wife does not let me forget when I insisted we buy American and purchased a Dodge Caravan and found out that it was built in Canada with a Japanese engine.

I guess I feel all the more guilty because I really like this car better than the used Plymouth Vibe we were considering. Of course that is really a Toyota Matrix with an American name plate slapped on it. I liked it better than the Ford Fiesta, the one made in Mexico, or the Ford Focus.

I am feeling guilty, but I will get over it.