Why not both??
10/4/12, 08:44 PM
#21
Originally Posted by cdynaco
I'd love to have one just for that screaming DOHC 4 w/TiVCT. I love a good high revving 4.
(but they're too much money)
10/4/12, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
I begged my sister in law to go look at one. Instead she got her third Altima in a row. I was like at least go drive it please. At the Nissan place she couldn't even find a salesperson to even help her. She has to practically tackle someone to sell her a car. But she still bought it. She doesn't like Fords. Wouldn't even look. Whatever.
10/4/12, 08:48 PM
#23
Originally Posted by AlsCobra
Yep. The truck frame was a much better foundation. That's when I started preferring the GM SUVs which kept the truck frame. The explorer was a rollover waiting to happen. The expedition just felt like it was gonna twist in half at any time. I still hate the feeling of driving either. Working for independent shops on all lines really made me realize how these things were built. Still truly believe that GM does a better job but Ford is definitely improving in the last 5 years or so.
10/4/12, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
I drove a 2001 Suburban of course. Or at least the wife did. Then when it came time I drive the 2007 Expedition XLT And hated it. Drove the 2008 Suburban and hated it even more. Couldn't find a thing to like about it. So got the Eddie Bauer Expedition and the features made up for the fact it was a land yacht. But that Expedition was loads better than that Suburban from motor, to transmission, to seats, to steering, to brakes. It wasn't perfect but it was better. It felt like my 06 truck.
10/4/12, 08:52 PM
#26
Originally Posted by AlsCobra
Well man Ford has a lot of bad memories to repair. Any of the poor SOB's that bought a tempo or Taurus back in the day will probably never look to Ford for another vehicle. Lol
10/4/12, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by AlsCobra
I really don't like that new body Tahoe and Suburban. We still have an 03 that has been fantastic. The wife drove a few newer ones and said she wants to keep hers. They went backwards a little I believe. I don't like the latest generation C series trucks either.
That 2001 Z71 in all black was a beautiful vehicle. Looked like black ops Fed kind of stuff. Blacked out windows. Put a 8" woofer under the front console right where it met the dash.
10/4/12, 08:54 PM
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Had Explorers for 15 years loved them. They never broke down, never got stuck and never rolled unless you clip off a telephone pole doing 45 mph!!! Then you get 2 rolls and totaled but you get to walk away! Built Ford tuff nuf said!!!
10/4/12, 08:55 PM
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10/4/12, 08:59 PM
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Had Explorers for 15 years loved them. They never broke down, never got stuck and never rolled unless you clip off a telephone pole doing 45 mph!!! Then you get 2 rolls and totaled but you get to walk away! Built Ford tuff nuf said!!!
10/4/12, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
Well there we agree on that.
That 2001 Z71 in all black was a beautiful vehicle. Looked like black ops Fed kind of stuff. Blacked out windows. Put a 8" woofer under the front console right where it met the dash.
10/4/12, 09:04 PM
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Engine had 145,000 miles on it, never had any mechanical issues.
A friend of mine had a Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz when we were in high school. Both lasted him over 200,000+ miles.
10/4/12, 09:12 PM
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I am on a Ford site so I understand the bias. I'm going by personal observation as a professional mechanic for many years and having worked on just about every line of vehicle. Each domestic manufacturer does certain things better than the other. I know of Chrysler K cars that went over 200k miles. It's all about how you treat them to a certain extent. But when you treat a car like total crap and that bastard won't quit, that's when you find out what was built to last. If you keep your car for two or three years and trade it back in, sure buy a focus. 
10/4/12, 09:15 PM
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10/4/12, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Zastava_101
Pretty much Toyota and Honda only.
10/4/12, 10:25 PM
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I understand if don't like cars but... Ford makes amazing fast fords and most of them are hot hatches. The 2002-04 svt focus is one of the best 3 door fords ever made. The focus has been one of the best selling cars on the planet for nearly 10 years.
10/5/12, 04:32 AM
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taurus stopped for 2 years and went to teh ford five hundred. Then came back but was pretty much a five hundred that said taurus on the back.
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