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Ford chief seeks help from Toyota
"Mac Cool" > wrote in message ... > My family is a Ford family, with the occasional Chrysler or Plymouth or > whatnot thrown in. I haven't been without a Ford truck for twenty years, > often owning two at a time (like now) but the two I own now are likely > to be the last Ford products I own. > > Why? I'm sick and tired of bare bones vehicles. Every Ford I've owned > (car or truck) has come with a ****ty stereo system, even their premium > system isn't very good. My truck is a '99 XLT and doesn't have a lighted > cargo box, doesn't have a retractable light under the hood, doesn't have > an auto-dimming mirror, has the worst cassette stereo I've ever heard, > doesn't have remote locks, the seat belts only half retract, has cloth > seats... I mean basically it's an XLT and it's bare bones. Don't get me > wrong, it's well built and reliable but I expect that by default these > days. > > I've owned two Ranger class vehicles... an '86 Bronco II (piece of ****) > and a '92 Ranger. Both required heavy maintenance, either alone required > more maintenance than all the other vehicles I've owned combined. Next > time I buy a small truck, why buy a Ford? > > I had a '94 Taurus that went 192,000 miles before it's first > breakdown... the waterpump. Awesome reliability but very basic, ****ty > sound system, utilitarian interior, no perks. > > I've owned a variety of other Fords... Mustang, several Broncos and a > Thunderbird; the only one I would buy again would be a Mustang. Maybe > one of those swanky convertible T-birds if I could afford it. > -- > Mac Cool Sounds like you bought on the cheap and now want to blame Ford for it. |
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