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No it's not. If you have 2 small kiddos, a cart full of groceries you usually put kids in car, strap them in, unload groceries into car and then, what??? Walk away from the kids in the car to find a cart park or unstrap kids put them back in cart and push them to the cart park??

You never ever leave unattended kids in a parked car. And while I hate to see carts floating around parking lots I would rather that then know something had happened to
someones kids just because they needed to dock their cart correctly.

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Even though I am one of those that take my cart back to the bay, you really do have to think about the guys that run around and collect all the carts people leave here their and very where, they would be out of a job, that's what they get Paid to do retrieve carts.

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Sounds like socialism.

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1 kiddo to put the groceries in the car, one kiddo to park the cart in the right place. That's vaguely how I remember it was as a kid!

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What, when you were less than 2 years old???

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OK. If you meant Babies, then anything anti-social the parent does is fairly understandable:)

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Nothing wrong with locking the car while putting the cart back in the cart park or store. Are the lazy parents/people then liable if their runaway cart bashes and dings your car?

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You mean lock the kids in the car? Not a good idea either in my opinion:thumbdown:

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Agreed, given that across most of the US, for several months the temperature can skyrocket in just a couple of minutes, and you can't lock the door if you've left the engine running..... OK, well you could, but then you wouldn't have the key to get back in again :rolleyes:, and leaving children in a car with the engine running and the doors unlocked is inviting a catastrophe. .... But if you lock the car, what happens if your key is snatched, or you drop it down the drain, or you get run over by a 79 year old in a GMC Yukon, or, ..... Agreed, the probability of the last three is extremely small, but when you're looking after your children, any risk is worth avoiding, isn't it? :confused:

In short, as I said above, once I realised what is happening, it all makes sense. And I deal with my frustration by taking a stray cart from the lot when I go shopping, sometimes rounding up three or four and at least taking them to a cart corral. Or if I see a parent about done with unloading, I will ask, from a few feet away if I can take thei cart; I have never been turned down, and invariably get a cheery and relieved "Thank you!" :)

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My peeve is related to cars as well... but aftermarket parts.
The people that bug me most with it are people who claim they would buy American made products over anything else and are quite 'forthright' with it.
Obviously they struggle with the irony.
They boast about these American made products that they are fitting to their Japanese (and 100% Japanese built) cars. Whilst typing this phrase: " If it ain't US made it ain't worth shit".. on their Chinese made keyboard.

BTW I have no peeve about US made stuff, just the attitude of those mentioned above.

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What IS a "100% Japanese Built" car, because I'll bet you dollars to donuts it isn't NOTHING is sourced within a single country these days. Same with the 100% Nissan built in the UK. Nissan, well known Japanese brand....owned by Renault. Something like 75% of Nissan's components are supplied from the UK. Similarly with "Toyota"

Steve

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And the irony of your peeve is that, as oft noted here on BE, "Japanese" cars may already be 50% or more American parts when the role off the production line. :rolleyes:

FWIW the Honda brand (I do not know where it was manufactured) replacement cat that my local Honda dealer installed on my Accord, lasted 16 months, and had 12 month/10,000 mile warranty. The second replacement cat that I found, manufactured in PA, has already lasted 18 months, but is still under warranty (5 year/ 50,000 mile, but cost less than one fifth of the cost of the Honda branded part.

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As in built in Japan, All parts sourced/made in Japan or from local sources.
More specifically not American.
I'm not talking about new cars here, they are 20 years old.


I think some are missing something here. None of these cars has a single American made product in them.
Like I said, made in Japan.

Almost certainly a 'replacement' that could be sourced from many manufacturers, usually the franchise in a specific country will try to source parts in that country.
Your Accord was probably built in the USA with as many locally sourced parts as they could get away with.
That's normal.
I never use OEM parts unless they are proven to be worth the extra cost. Or simply the only option available.
And then it depends on what model it is for as that can determine the original source of the part.

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Assuming the paperwork is to be believed, My MX-5 was sourced and constructed 100% in Japan. There was even a statement that specifically stated 0% sourced or manufactured in the USA, like they were proud of that or something.

Not saying it is good or bad (I suspect it makes no difference), but there it is.

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If they are small kids, you can lash them to the outside of the cart. This leaves more room inside for shopping, provides the parent with a hands-free solution for opening the car doors AND acts as a buffer in the event a cart gets away from the parent and inadvertently hits a nearby car.

/Helpful.