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Unit 5302 · 04-15-2006, 11:34 AM

Sure, every automaker has issues, but the numbers don't lie. If you question whether or not Ford is as good as the Asian manufacturers, I suggest you visit

www.consumerreview.com

All consumers, random comments about their vehicles and other products. I can tell you right now, the number of times that I see major repair problems occur is far higher on the domestics.

I had my head in the sand for a long time, but knowing a few people, including family members that with foreign cars sure opened my eyes. The whole "I haven't done anything other than scheduled maintanence and my car has 150k on it" quote isn't uncommon. My Mustang 5.0s have been good to me (the 02 was a piece of shit), but I could never lay claim to 150k with no part replacement. The water pumps went out at 100k and 130k between the two of them, transmissions failed, air pumps seized, etc. Now, I knew the transmissions were weak from the factory, and I didn't expect to get 200k on them, but that doesn't make it okay for many average consumers. They DO expect to get 200k on that transmission.

If you don't want to see it, like I didn't want to see it, you can continue to find ways to believe that the big 3 put out class leading quality vehicles.

04-15-2006, 11:34 AM	#17
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Re: Mustang Loyalty Sure, every automaker has issues, but the numbers don't lie. If you question whether or not Ford is as good as the Asian manufacturers, I suggest you visit www.consumerreview.com All consumers, random comments about their vehicles and other products. I can tell you right now, the number of times that I see major repair problems occur is far higher on the domestics. I had my head in the sand for a long time, but knowing a few people, including family members that with foreign cars sure opened my eyes. The whole "I haven't done anything other than scheduled maintanence and my car has 150k on it" quote isn't uncommon. My Mustang 5.0s have been good to me (the 02 was a piece of shit), but I could never lay claim to 150k with no part replacement. The water pumps went out at 100k and 130k between the two of them, transmissions failed, air pumps seized, etc. Now, I knew the transmissions were weak from the factory, and I didn't expect to get 200k on them, but that doesn't make it okay for many average consumers. They DO expect to get 200k on that transmission. If you don't want to see it, like I didn't want to see it, you can continue to find ways to believe that the big 3 put out class leading quality vehicles.