Looks like someone in the engineering department was having too much time spent playing with play-doh while creating the new template model.
Can you say "I'm plastic, it's fantastic?"
Gimme Chrome & Steel anyday over this.
eww.
Rather than trying to create new designs to increase sales, why not re-engineer your stuff first to last longer.
Change the Ford company statement from "Service is job #1" to "Quality is Job #1"
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That thing will never be brought to production looking like that. It doesn't even have side view mirrors. Sure they can use cameras for that now but people are kind of used to the real thing on the doors.
However, Ford has increased their reliability in the past couple of years.
Them duratecs and new trannys last longer without premature failures their family-line economy cars did before (ie ford taurus, escort, minivan). But yeah, ewww ford lol.
^^^ I guess my 42 year old FORD did not get the news. I can still get in it.. turn the key.. and drive it any day of the week. Stock to the block and never left me stranded once... And I'm an old Dodge fan at heart.
A Fairlane? I'd have thought you were more the Prius type Scoot. Nice ride. Is that your daily driver? One thing nice about California they haven't been able to tax you on yet. The ability to drive a 40 year old vehicle....rust free.
I recently replaced my 1994 Escort and mechanically it was excellent. The body on the other hand started rusting about 5 years ago and deteriorated quick. 15 years of driving it and 204,000 miles that car still started every time and was ready to go. I'll take a Ford over a Chevy anyday allday especially in this market we are in now. My cars have both been replaced by Toyotas and that won't change anytime soon.
That is one sweet Ride there Scooter!!!!!!!!!!!
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^^^^ Thanks for the props all. It's a 67 Fairlane GTA 390cid, C6 Tranny, 9" rear end, factory AC and front disc brakes all stock. I did however remove the smog pump. Smog on a 67 ya say..?? Yupper. It is a CA car outta San Jose and had an air pump and injectors on the exhaust manifolds. I still have the setup and it worked when I removed it. Just made the engine compartment a bit more cluttered when it was installed.
Daily driver? No, but it could be if I wanted... 8~10mpg. It's my weekend fun car. Had it 14~15 years now. Needs paint, the buckets redone and the AC refreshed. Other than that it runs like a champ. I might put an ele. ignition on it... but I'm so used to points and they work fine I'm thinking maybe not. Fun car to drive on warm days with all the windows down. Hardtops.. hard to beat.
I wish all US car manufacturers still made cars with character unlike the clones we see coming off the assembly lines of late. Gimme some art deco!! More wings!! Bring back the land yachts!!
That Explorer looks like someone watched Transformers too many times. Older Fords were ok, apparently new ones are also. I had a late 80's Taurus that suffered the premature tranny failure mentioned about. I'm really partial to Hondas though, although I don't own one presently.
bk94si, I owned and operated both Ford and Chryslers. I now only use Honda.
I tell you, everytime I look to buy a vehicle, I always come back to the one I own. No more calling a tow truck on the way to work and no more $3000 a year maintenance with the my two Honda's. Civic has 450K and the Element has 85K. Both haven't given me any significant trouble other than regular mainenance (tires, brake, sparkplugs..)
I gotta say, Ford wasn't too bad, but their Taurus line since I can remember has been lower than average in terms of quality. Every single one I test drove in the lot had something broken on it, and everyone I know had to buy a new one because of some MAJOR issue with it in one way or another. Chrysler was however the worse engineered car I ever did own. Every piece that could be replaced on that car ended up being replaced at least once. I royally hate American automobiles between now and 1980. Quality never was in the books. Wondering why they never mentioned why American auto industry suffered so much while imports were busier than ever before.
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