23rd Feb 2013, 15:38
Go back and look into Ford's issues over the years - or do the transmissions that jump out of park and the horrible Ford Pinto escape your memory? (Just as a couple of examples).
Back in the day, I owned an original Ford Bronco, which seemed to rot away out of the showroom.
No vehicle or manufacturer is perfect as far as I am concerned, and your painting Ford as such just doesn't fly with me.
17th Dec 2011, 10:05
Where was Ford's concern when Pinto's were exploding, Explorers were rolling over, and Windstar van frames were failing over the past 40 years?
Point is, every manufacturer has flaws and recalls. Praising Ford for fixing your warped trim is great, but they have had serious problems resulting in death over the years due to their poor designs. I think Ford is a good company overall, but they are in no way the perfect car company.
No company built a long lasting car in the 70's. You had to be one of the very few that actually had a mid 70's Ford that ran that long. You could almost watch them rust. My first car was a Chevy Nova, and it was so rusted out at only 6 years out, that there were no supports for the radiator. Thank god for bungie cords. The whole car was like that. Unsafe at only 6 years old. That was the norm for most cars back then. If you lived in AZ, things were different, but for most of the country, cars were quickly rusted away if driven regularly in all seasons.