Still no one here has told me what there is to rave about.[/quote]

Pete, seems your the question is being avoided at all cost!!

"I swear its De Ja Vu
Hey if you get the V6 and your happy thats cool but don't dump on the HEMI "

Yea, but that's not what we're hearing. What we're getting is that the V6 easily passes the Hemi, even on flat out straightaways. I think more people own V6's, and that's why they have to be faster!

CV have you seen a drag race? were you are
you have cecil county speed way and were i'm at
i have ATCO (NJ) and maple grove (Pa) i also witness a
worked V6"S at all three of these speedways destroy
a hemi powerd race car.

Just an Analogy
Although I do have a Hemi in my one vehicle.

Analogy =Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general.

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Umm, vroom?

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Pete, seems your the question is being avoided at all cost!! [/quote]

Oh...I know

could not have said it any better

Oh...I know [/quote]
Still????

As in any business, you have to target you customers, and decide who you want to sell to, the rich, (MIA) the average, (MIM) and those on welfare, (squire). Even vegetable farmers have different grades of products that bring different prices depending on the vendor that purchases them for restaurants, chain stores, or Gov food programs.
Everyone at every income level wants Guitars, not everybody can afford the bling, but everybody can afford hotdogs.

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I have no friends here,,,-snif- snif-

Oh...I know [/quote]
the 2006 to present MIM strats
quality/craftmanship body's and necks
are crafted just as well as most MIA strats.
i have both mia's mim's and mik's strat. what do they
all have in comon? #1 all three are cut from the same type
machines. #2 same alder and ash woods are used.
and #3 the MIM and MIK strats are fender and under the direction
of the fender corp. MIK Fender lite ash strat with the alnico pro ll
pu's are mind blowing. to me i can care less if the strat was made
at the corona. because today if its made in Mexico or korea you have
a well crafted guitar.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

So now you're saying that a Korean made guitar is as good or better than a MIA? Because of the machines!

I've pondered this question myself.

I really wish someone would do a "blind test" where they played several different styles of music and said which they thought were better.

The bottom line: MIA's have higher quality components than the MIM's.

I'd encourage anyone who's pondering a MIM/MIA to try out both with an open mind. If a MIM sounds better to you, get it and care for it.

People have said MIA's are of a higher quality and should last longer, but if it's not cared for properly it won't matter.

From what I understand the pups on an American Strat are made in Mexico. American Strats have better quality wood and finish. I agree Americans hold their value better. I have not played a Mexican in a long time but a pup upgrade and I am sure you would be hard pressed to tell the diffrence.