Guess everyone has a story; Mine just happens to be a good Ford experience.
I bought a 1988 Taurus wagon (3.0 L V6) new. I put just about 300,000 miles
on that car. I gave it away to a local charity last fall, still running. I
never put anything other than what I consider normal maintenance into the
car. Brakes and rotors, couple of starters, belts and hoses, etc.
I also have a 1991 Ford Ranger at 100,000 miles that I just gave to my 16
year old to drive. Same story there too, normal maintenance.
Perhaps quality has slipped in the last decade, but I can't complain...
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kinderlehrer
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 10:00 AM
To: List
Subject: Re: Ford Bashing (was: head gasket)
My issue with Ford is not that they build a crappy car once in a while, but
what they do about it. My swearing off of all things Ford came with the
treatment I got with an '87 Sable. This was when "Quality is Job 1". (Still
waiting to find out where on that list building cars comes in). I won't go
into the long list of things that went wrong with that car, but when they
contiually misdiagnosed a problem until the warranty was over then washed
their hands of it, I washed my hands of them. If they can't own up to their
mistakes, they aren't worth dong business with. It really made me sick when
they bought Jaguar.
Bob
> Sorry for being long winded, but from my experience it seems that Ford
does
> pretty good w/ their tried and true products: Trucks, vans, large sedans.
> Newer designs and light duty vehicles seem to give them real problems.
> Cheers
>
> Chris Sharp
> '64 Spitfire4
> '80 TR8
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