Ooh, Ooh Ooh! I got it - I got it!
Posted on 12/10/2011 5:22:22 AM PST by Libloather
Edited on 12/10/2011 6:53:39 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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I do that all the time. I also make sure the Rod is OK. I have been known to sling a Rod.
Not supercharged but it is a 3.5 liter V-6 with four valve heads. 265 horsepower, I think...
Ooh, Ooh Ooh! I got it - I got it!
Thanks for posting. Now can you direct me to the threads you started regarding all...and I mean all...the Toyota recalls?
I feel fairly certain there was a large tongue-in-cheek / sarcasm factor with his post.
The ones where the wheels fall off and go further than the car? I don't remember any.
Chinese bolts.
Actually, the Fusion is one of the more reliable cars on the road, overall.
Wife talked me into getting a Volkswagen Passat when we bought our last car. I was pushing for a Fusion Sport AWD, but she hated it.
The Passat was hauled back to the VW dealer twice on a flatbed in the first three months we owned it.
I have a buddy who bought a Milan around the same time. Never had a single problem with it.
ChiCom bolts???
I’ve got a 2006 Fusion that I absolutely love and has performed just as well as any one of those ‘lofty’ imports have. I also have a ‘98 Explorer that sits out in the hottest of summers and the coldest of winters and has been an extremely reliable vehicle for me for the last 13 years, so I think the Ford bashing is a bit childish.
The Sport AWD is due here the first week in January...
I do enjoy pulling people's strings. Actually owned a Ford product - back in the day. Sexiest thing I've ever seen on four wheels.
Every Ford I’ve ever owned went over 200K including two Fiestas that exceeded that mark after I sold them. Our best have been CVs and Marquis.
Nice. It’s ironic that one of the worst cars I’ve ever owned was a Ford - a 1973 Galaxy 500 2 door hard top. Biggest POS I’ve ever seen. Everything that could go wrong with that car went wrong. It got to a point where we just said f-— it and got rid of it. The engineers who designed that rolling crapbucket must have been utter idiots.
Typical answer from a closet lib.
The point is, when an American (car) Company has a recall, it's a BIG DEAL. When Toyota has a recall, not so much.
“No excuse for something as basic as this to go wrong.”
Yeah its not like a:
- brake problem (Toyota)
- Fuel tank (ford) oops is that a basic requirement?
- tires (Honda)
- Airbags (Chrysler)
- Airbags (Honda)
- Engine (Eagle RVs with the Cummins engine) Is that basic?
- Fuel pump (Yamaha)
There are 7 more pages of these for just 2011.
“The point is, when an American (car) Company has a recall, it’s a BIG DEAL. When Toyota has a recall, not so much. “
Not really, there are lots of recalls. According to real data Fords ranker higher than some others but generally not as high as Toyota or Honda. Depends on the model and year of the vehicle in question.
Anything UAW touches turns to crap eventually.
I just got the Sport edition, picked it up the day before Thanksgiving. My mechanic said that if I wanted a reliable car, that would go and go, and except for routine maintenance, the Fit was it. He has two of them.
Heh, mine’s red though. :-D
Yeah its not like a:
- brake problem (Toyota)
- Fuel tank (ford) oops is that a basic requirement?
- tires (Honda)
- Airbags (Chrysler)
- Airbags (Honda)
- Engine (Eagle RVs with the Cummins engine) Is that basic?
- Fuel pump (Yamaha) There are 7 more pages of these for just 2011.
LUG NUT; one moving part. Very complicated.
Yep.
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