Wix is falling off my list of good filter brands

"Jap crap"...that's about the most laughable term I've read in the last decade.

Let me share some factual information, not opinion. For the last 14 years, I've driven an average of 40-50,000 a year for work. That's somewhere over 560,000 miles on a variety of domestic and foreign vehicles. Chevy trucks, Buick's, Ford Taurus, Toyota's, Nissan/Infiniti's, Honda's, Suzuki's, a couple Volvo's, a Volkswagen Jetta, and they had anywhere from 70,000 miles to over 200,000.
Here's the condensed summation:

The Domestic vehicles never really broke broke down, but the GM vehicles nickel and dimed me constantly. The '93 Silverado ate a heater core, radiator, alternator, 2 thermostats, a fuel pump, a wiper motor and the A/C had to be charged every year. It finally chewed up the trans at 170K and I sold it. The others('99 Regal and an '02 Bonneville) always had climate control problems, wheel bearings, and the QC on the Buick's interior was the worst I've seen. The "proudly made in Canada" sticker even had incorrect grammar on it.

I drove 2 different Ford Taurus and never had issues. The newest one got totalled by a woman driver, or I'd probably still have it.
The Volvo's were also money pits. Nothing ever expensive, but the AC never kept working on any of them and I soon learned why FCPGroton stays in business.
Now to the "jap crap":
Between an '03 Corolla, '96, '00 and '05 Accord, '99(x2)and '00 Mazda Protege's, and '98 and '00, I've never done anything more than tires, a couple sets of brakes, the occasional bulb, 2 wheel bearings, a repaired electric antenna, and maybe 2 valve cover gaskets and 2 timing belt jobs. All of those I just got bored with and wanted something else. The WORST one of the jap crap bunch was the last Protege, the '00. That was $800, I drove it a year with it burning oil, made .32 a mile for the 40K I put on it and sold it for $500. The silly thing is STILL running.

I could go on and on, but they don't break. Jap crap? LOL..that's code for "I'm afraid to drive one because I know I'll either like it too much or get bored from nothing to work on". That '99 Regal GS was the most overhyped, poorly constructed, cheap-*** car I've ever had. And yes, the taillights were made in Korea. TODAY's American cars are a different story, but the 2000's stuff...yuck.


Back to the filters though, I buy Made in Germany Mann filters for the '88 Volvo 760, and Purolator for the Infiniti and the old cars. I simply don't wish to support the Chinese economy.