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Ford Explorer == Painful Death Enough said. -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
†Any vehicle if driven improperly results in painful death. That being said, we don't own an Explorer we own an Escape :) James Simplicity Rules!
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****Colin Davies wrote: I'm not actually What a relief. :) If you do ever buy an American car do not buy a Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, or one of there other brands. Buy a GM product :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
†****Matt Newman wrote: If you do ever buy an American car do not buy a Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, or one of there other brands. Agreed! But if you're going to buy an American truck buy a Ford F series. My 98 F150 XLT is awesome!! Best vehicle I've ever owned and I've owned Dodge, GM and Japenese stuff. ****Matt Newman wrote: Buy a GM product Eeeewwwwww! Other than a new Monte Carlo they are pretty much crap!
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
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Any vehicle if driven improperly results in painful death. That being said, we don't own an Explorer we own an Escape :) James Simplicity Rules!
Hopefully they fixed the problems in the Escape :) My dad is a GM Certified Master Mechanic, so I have grown up a GM guy :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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****Matt Newman wrote: If you do ever buy an American car do not buy a Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, or one of there other brands. Agreed! But if you're going to buy an American truck buy a Ford F series. My 98 F150 XLT is awesome!! Best vehicle I've ever owned and I've owned Dodge, GM and Japenese stuff. ****Matt Newman wrote: Buy a GM product Eeeewwwwww! Other than a new Monte Carlo they are pretty much crap!
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
Mike Mullikin wrote: American truck I'd rather buy a Duramax Diesel or a H1 Hummer(if I were to buy a truck). Mike Mullikin wrote: 98 F150 XLT Assuming I am think of the right year these were pretty good. They need some new engines to compete with the Duramax and Dodges to be released Cummins engine (they can't fit it into a pickup yet it is so big) Mike Mullikin wrote: Eeeewwwwww! Other than a new Monte Carlo they are pretty much crap! I'll admit to the Saturn line and Avalanche being crap, but the Corvette Z06 is one heck of a car and they have made some pretty sweet cars (especially back when you could get a 454 in just about any car) Mike Mullikin wrote: Dodge Don't get me started on them. :rolleyes: -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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Mike Mullikin wrote: American truck I'd rather buy a Duramax Diesel or a H1 Hummer(if I were to buy a truck). Mike Mullikin wrote: 98 F150 XLT Assuming I am think of the right year these were pretty good. They need some new engines to compete with the Duramax and Dodges to be released Cummins engine (they can't fit it into a pickup yet it is so big) Mike Mullikin wrote: Eeeewwwwww! Other than a new Monte Carlo they are pretty much crap! I'll admit to the Saturn line and Avalanche being crap, but the Corvette Z06 is one heck of a car and they have made some pretty sweet cars (especially back when you could get a 454 in just about any car) Mike Mullikin wrote: Dodge Don't get me started on them. :rolleyes: -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
†****Matt Newman wrote: I'd rather buy a Duramax Diesel or a H1 Hummer(if I were to buy a truck). Way too much $$$$ ****Matt Newman wrote: They need some new engines to compete with the Duramax and Dodges to be released Cummins engine (they can't fit it into a pickup yet it is so big) Once again, I like my vehicles to be a bit more mainstream. A brother in law of mine has a big deisel GMC with their super transmission for towing. While towing a big trailer a sensor failed and hosed the entire transmission. OK, $hit happens, I'm not blaming GMC, but the bigger problem is this happened in rural Wisconsin and the local dealership has never even see this transmission, let alone replaced one. ****Matt Newman wrote: Corvette Z06 See my first point about the $$$
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
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****Matt Newman wrote: I'd rather buy a Duramax Diesel or a H1 Hummer(if I were to buy a truck). Way too much $$$$ ****Matt Newman wrote: They need some new engines to compete with the Duramax and Dodges to be released Cummins engine (they can't fit it into a pickup yet it is so big) Once again, I like my vehicles to be a bit more mainstream. A brother in law of mine has a big deisel GMC with their super transmission for towing. While towing a big trailer a sensor failed and hosed the entire transmission. OK, $hit happens, I'm not blaming GMC, but the bigger problem is this happened in rural Wisconsin and the local dealership has never even see this transmission, let alone replaced one. ****Matt Newman wrote: Corvette Z06 See my first point about the $$$
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
I wish we had kewl vehicules like you Yanks have of the rack. We only get a few great toys imported. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
"real Americans don't criticize their leaders - because they don't want the terrorists to win." -- Quote from Chris Losinger a real American"
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Ford Explorer == Painful Death Enough said. -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
†Ford = Fix Or Repair Daily. Thats what my grandfather always says. Joshua Guy
Sonork ID: 100.9944 ICQ: 519642 Hotmail: JoshuaJGuy@hotmail.com
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****Matt Newman wrote: I'd rather buy a Duramax Diesel or a H1 Hummer(if I were to buy a truck). Way too much $$$$ ****Matt Newman wrote: They need some new engines to compete with the Duramax and Dodges to be released Cummins engine (they can't fit it into a pickup yet it is so big) Once again, I like my vehicles to be a bit more mainstream. A brother in law of mine has a big deisel GMC with their super transmission for towing. While towing a big trailer a sensor failed and hosed the entire transmission. OK, $hit happens, I'm not blaming GMC, but the bigger problem is this happened in rural Wisconsin and the local dealership has never even see this transmission, let alone replaced one. ****Matt Newman wrote: Corvette Z06 See my first point about the $$$
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
Mike Mullikin wrote: sensor failed Hmmm. Usually they just replace the sensor. -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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Ford = Fix Or Repair Daily. Thats what my grandfather always says. Joshua Guy
Sonork ID: 100.9944 ICQ: 519642 Hotmail: JoshuaJGuy@hotmail.com
That is a good one :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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Mike Mullikin wrote: sensor failed Hmmm. Usually they just replace the sensor. -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
†****Matt Newman wrote: Hmmm. Usually they just replace the sensor. Ummm.... no. The sensor failed and caused the computer to make some really bad decisions on shift points and gears and toasted the transmission. The point wasn't so much that it failed or the damage done due to the failure, that can happen to any manaufacturer. The problem was that the high end stuff is sometimes so high end that it's difficult to get serviced when required.
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
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****Matt Newman wrote: Hmmm. Usually they just replace the sensor. Ummm.... no. The sensor failed and caused the computer to make some really bad decisions on shift points and gears and toasted the transmission. The point wasn't so much that it failed or the damage done due to the failure, that can happen to any manaufacturer. The problem was that the high end stuff is sometimes so high end that it's difficult to get serviced when required.
Mike Mullikin :beer:Our lager, Who art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink, Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk) At home as I am in the tavern, Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us, And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers, For thine is beer, The bitter and the lager, Forever and ever, Barmen.:beer:
Mike Mullikin wrote: Ummm.... no. The sensor failed and caused the computer to make some really bad decisions on shift points and gears and toasted the transmission. Ohh. Talk about finding the problem at the wrong time :( -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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