I work for one of the Big Three as an Engineer  (I live here in Detroit).  There is no better time for the car consumer than right now.  Low, low- to 0 intrest on loans-tons of rebates and best of all-INTENSE competition.   Just ask your fathers and friends about the choices around in the early 70's.  The big three made doo-do and sold it for a premium.  Now we got Japs, Koreans, Germans (nothing new) ..and Mexico is producing a very high volume of high quality cars (under big 3 nameplates).  New GTO comming out soon was developed in Austrlia, Saturn L series was designed in Germany (its an Opel).  No my firend..ITS a GREAT TIME TO BE A CAR CONSUMER.
NOW WHAT ABOUT Flight sim consumers?  Talk about a industry that screws the HELL OUT OF ITS CUSTOMERS.   Look at my hard drive: CFS3, Strike Fighters, and FS2002.  All three are ****.  Even Il2-FB suxs ass.  If it wasnt for the promis of AHII I would be playing cards.