Steve Y, just do a simple search like this:
"Nikes shoe manufacturing costs"
(FYI, My wife is currently working on her Masters in Buisness/Global Marketing..)

I'll just site 2 sources now;

http://www.geocities.com/CapitalHill...3199/nike.html

http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIV...698/cover.html


I'm not making this stuff up, bro, you just have to open your eyes and mind...
Oh, they claim it was $2.51 per pair not less $1, I stand corrected...

 

this thread has been here so long and ive looed through it prob. 3 or 4 times and ive forgot who started this thread. (it might be better that way). im sorry,but if your "tired" of seeing the Domestic vs. import battles,then dont get on any car sites,dont go to wherever people w/ cool cars hang out at near u or anything like that. this battle will go on for years to come...just as the Chevy vs. Ford battles have and still are here w/ us 2day.

the reason i laugh at all these ricers these days is this....your taking a car that (most of the time) is made as an ECONOMY car...cheap,and gets good gas mileage. thats its purpose in life. then some1 buys a honda civic throws a intake and an exhaust system that sounds like a duck fart in a beer can and think they have a fast car. they think they are so cool and their car runs 16.5-17.0 prob. in the 1/4. if u think thats fast....go ahead and keep up the good work b/c us guys w/ cars faster than that need some1 to laugh at. On the other hand,i respect the cars like supra's,WRX's and cars like that. they can come w/ turbo's (WRX comes w/ turbo) and is MEANT to be fast. another is the S2000,the car is really light,2 seater,and is MEANT to be a sports car.

and for whoever said somethin about a civic w/ a modded intake hanging w/ my car on page 4 of this thread,all i can say is F'IN BRING IT. u find a civic that has intake,exhaust and is lowered and if it performs better than my car ill kiss your @$$. and im not gay,so u know what that means? im not kissin ur *** b/c ur not gonna find a civic thats going to out perform my car...mainly b/c it was NOT INTENDED for that purpose.

 

most of these 900whp supra's make in that neighborhood (maybe a little more) on pump gas.

 

i prefer american cars because they are american not because there beter even though those 2002 zl1 are pretty much the top of the food chain i prefer to think i keep my money in my own country i know every part on american cars somehow was touched in japan or was designed in europe but i still feel proud to drive an american car but i give no direspect to other cars for whatever reason but i prefer american and the camaro is definatlly the most affordable car with cheap super car potential in america along with the ta
WORDS FROM A REDNECK WHO DRIVES A NEON WITH HIS COWBOY BOOTS ON

 

Find me a supra with 6 cylinders running on no more than 93 octane making 900rwhp and I will paypal you $50 right now. Deal?

 

i dont see that happening for one thing a supra used runs 20,000 and then you ad another 20,000 in parts and you have a 900 rwhp supra not on pump gas on alcohol mabey pump gas from an airport or racing gas not on premium unleaded

 

hey, if you gave ME $100, I wouldn't be able to make you even 1 shoe...much less a matching 2nd side. If you're concerned with nike ripping you off, go to payless, and you can deal with not getting laid. jk, hehe. anyways, the group losing out the most isn't the average consumer, it's the sweatshop workers. something tells me their raises are far overdue....

whoops, I didn't comment on the topic! hopefully the line will be blurred as the years pass. the future offerings from both regions look equally impressive as of yet. and I can't wait for european luxury carmakers to upgrade their engines in more models!

 

america makes cheap powerful cars true sports cars not many can compete with. that a ls1 camaro will outrun any japanes sports car 40,000 and under i lived in tokyo for three years and the when people wanted a real car they went elswhere not to say japanes cars are bad in anyway but a $50,000 skyline is running with a $22,000 camaro not even causing a bead of sweat on a corvette's hood, in all america makes fast cars for cheaper i love america and i love beer.

 

but you hate punctuation, right?

 

i was referring to the 600whp on pump gas comment.......i wasn't real clear, but what i meant was that most of these 900whp supras i've seen/heard about are making 6xx whp on pump gas. i WILL take $50 though

 

I've got a buddy with a TT-Supra who had to put a 100 horse shot of N2O to hit mid 12's. And Yes!, he can drive VERY well...

He hooks pretty good too, almost drags the rear bumper at shifts...(Nitto's)
He had an LS1 Camaro SS with free mods, CA and DR's beat him.
I'm sure someone will claim to do a $50 mod on a Supra and run 11's tho....
I can't believe 600hp on 93 octane either, w/o adding some kind of Octane booster. My buddy's tried it with his '86 GN and a little over 400hp. It'll get knock under high boost.

 

a former local guy that moved across country put down "925whp and 765 lb-ft of torque on 29psi and a 75 shot. made 600 whp at 17psi on straight 93 octane fuel"

i've got no way to prove it as it isn't my car and i wasn't even there, but i believe it.

 

sorry, bro....

U wanna donut? the white boy will get u off....


LOL

 

I am nominating you for the "Rodney King Why Can't We All Get Along" award

It's all supposed to be in fun, like trash talking in sports. If you take it seriously to enough to get upset, then you shouldn't do it. If it adds to the fun, than jump on board the "I hate ricers" bandwagon. This posture adds a lot to my enjoyment of the car hobby. But that's 'cause, to me, it's all in fun. I mean, I don't really "hate" ricers. It's like rooting for a team in sports. If you don't are who wins, why watch a game? It's boring.

Rich Krause

 

Isnt a talon a chrystler product? cause i see them with the chrystler symbol on the side. I HATE IMPORTS they are ugly, slow for the most part, they arnt more reliable then american cars. Plus half teh companies that make those cars helped build the japanese war machines and used slave labored american POWS. I will never buy an import i am not taking a meal off an hard working AMERICAN's plate. U want a civic go buy one. It takes MORE MONEY for a civic to go as fast as an SS or WS6. Yes supra's are fast but so are um, lets see Vipers, corvetts, the new ford GT c'mon now dont be like um, rice will hand u all ur asses. thats just ignorant. I mean hell i bet a srt-4 can keep up with a supra. As far as i can tell, the supra is the really only FAST car that imports have to offer. and that costs what like 50g ne way? Correct me if i am wrong i am not into toyota's. I just hate everything about imports, i hate there exhaust note, i hate there instrument set up, i hate how they cost more to fix, because they have to order the parts from tokoyo. and i hate most of the ricer punks that drive them. It takes serious work to make those cars fast and the only reason why they are so popular is because of A, tf&tf and b, they are everywhere there resale isnt that high, they are cheap cars to buy etc. but if i buy a geo metro does that mean that its a steet racer? nope, its the wrong drive train, wrong motor, wrong everything for raceing. plus they are all so damn ugly all those neon colors or that sh#t brown they all like to paint there "Street racers". i mean that new underground game is just feeding this crap 2. these cars arnt fast nor were tehy meant to go fast. u want mpg or a disposeable car get an import, u want hp and a history like, all chevys and domestics have dateing back to the 30's then get a domestic u dont wanna get laughed out of cruise night then get a domestic. thats all i gotta say. just because u like *** cars doesnt mean that every one else does