Biggest Ford Reliability Disaster

[Capri306]

He's mad, all right. He was mad enough that my poor mother was driving the truck when it happened, but this "screw you, we don't care" from the dealer was a kick in the jakes. The particular Ford dealer in question has been nothing but a pain in the arse to my family, which extends well beyond my father and his unfortunate experience. I wish I knew why Ford doesn't sell directly to its customers instead of through the dealerships. They are antequated and are seriously usurping the company image Ford wants to project. But what is the true culprit in all of this?

It's the Detroit automaker mentality: people will buy whatever crap we put out, because they don't want to buy a foreign vehicle.

Well, they might have half of that right.

But the thing is, most of the 'foreign' cars are built right here, with more American components than any American car maker's product. It's SO SAD, and I hope one day, things turn around. I personally want to do something about it; I'm just busy getting my BSEE right now.

I realize that it's a 'global economy,' Mr. Suit. However, most educated people know that 'global economy' just means 'we want to get it from overseas because it's cheaper, and will send our profits higher.' You don't care HOW you make the profits, you just care if you GET THEM. You've been looking at the Japanese business model for some years now, and yet, you refuse to change. I say to you this: we will lose and they will win, if you do not change.

This type of business plan has absolutely NO FUTURE. You, Mr. Suit, are not thinking long term at all here. If less and less Americans have good-paying jobs, how the heck are they supposed to buy your products? Why do you not see your own demise? Why do you not see that people won't buy cheap crap for long?

Yes, it will indeed be a sad day when the automotive capital once known as Detroit is no longer. The day is coming; no matter how hard you hit these people in the head, they don't see it.

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Okay, I've used my soapbox time for this evening. Hope this doesn't come across the wrong way to people, but I believe that some things are going to have to change, or we will all end up losing. My father's experience with his Ford truck was just but a slice of this problem afflicting America, let alone Mustang enthusiasts such as ourselves.