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I had to stare at josh's avatar for a few seconds to get THAT (whatever THAT is) out of my mind LOL
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That thing is truely an abomination. Worst sheetmetal work i've ever seen. What craphole town must you live in to get looks of admoration driving around in that thing? |
Was just over int he UK and had a brand new Ford Kuga as a rental. Awesome car, and the turbo diesel/6spd it had in it was really ncie to drive, plus it got great gas milage. Too bad they aren't avail inthe states.
Saw a ton of Fords in the UK, and they all looked like quality vehicles. I know the Mondeo has a good rep. Nice to see an American car and American engineering you can be proud of. Ford's profits has been rewarded nicely too. |
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I dare the Chevy fan boys to say anything, cause what American Auto maker didn't need any help from the tax payer? Hmmm lets see, oh yeah it was Ford! They were selling cars and trucks. Maybe the high bidder on this is Obama's car czar who wants to add it to a Chevy museum and show what was possible with a Chevy product. Why all you need is just a little imagination, a hot glue gun and sheet metal for duct work from Home Depot. |
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Just for that reason, I'm looking at a 2010 Ford F-150... |
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In all fairness, Ford didn't need money as they were in a worse position a few years earlier, brought back Bill Ford, and he helped restructure all their debt back when there was a functioning credit market. Had they not been fortunate in their timing, they would have likely needed gov't assisted funding at that time too. More importantly IMO, was Ford recognized there was a problem on their own and actually tried to fix it and start making quality and fashionable cars with a more streamlined business plan. GM's bloated bureaucracy just blundered on making midgrade trucks and chitty cars they could only sell under employee pricing schemes at marginal profit hoping the days of $.99 gas and big SUVs would somehow comeback. I dont hate GM, they were a great American company at one time, but I don't see myself buying one any time soon because they still suck. IDK WTF Chrysler is doing. Flaming piles of crap if there ever was one. The gov't has made worse investments imo, but hard to think of one right now... |
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Ford trucks seem to sell well and I have driven all of the available stuff. The ford always seems tighter built or rides better. I have seen some issues with the superduty trucks and the deisel engines. The old 7.3 was a great motor and I know of some that have 300k miles and have never had any sort of service. The 6.0 and some of the 6.4 motors have issues, and that sucks. So not everything ford is great, but all of it is better than GM's best attempts. See "corvette interior" for an example of the greatest achievements. Quote:
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I like how his solution to fixing the cracked dash is to just cover it up with a dash cover, and his solution to fixing the torn seats... you guessed it, cover it up with seat covers.
Anything can easily be fixed by covering it with something else. |
What a Shiz box, homey was tripping on purple micro-dots when he got the idea to do that ?
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You are 100% right and I am sure this guy thinks his gangsta azz custom ride is the nizzle fo-shizzle. I am sure he has no idea what a huge pile o-rcrap it is. Some people just do not have the standards most of us here have, take Harold for example, he just loves dudes. |
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Still have the Lightning? :yipi: |
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You are right that Ford was in a bad spot, but I don't think it was to the extent that GM was and is in. And for me, this is just my opinion, Ford did what they needed to do. They sold off interests in Rover, Jaguar, and Volvo, as well as narrowing their focus to make cars over the years. They made tough decisions, I hated to see them close the F-150 plant in Norfolk VA back in 2007, but they had to do so to be responsible for the long term viability of the company. It doesn't seem like GM is, for instance they still have GMAC, both the credit and mortgage divisions, why not sell them? Your are right on the timing, credit market then as you pointed out did help. You are on the money that they brought on Bill Ford and revamped their line up. So I guess for me, considering Ford had their biggest loss ever in 2006 and still pulled it out without taxpayer money is why I get a case of the a$$ over GM being under the government. If Ford did it and made the hard decisions, why isn't the same expected of GM? (<----This is a rhetorical question....everyone has their opinions, not trying to start a political debate) |
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