Ford can deny its cars to sheriff, judge rules

St Petersburg Times ^ | 09/29/2004 | Associated Press

[NonValueAdded]

You get the Guinness award (brilliant!)

[Still Thinking]

Thank you, thank you very much! </Elvis voice>

[SauronOfMordor]

OTOH, maybe Ford SHOULD sell him the cars, then use the purchase as evidence in the civil suit that the Sheriff is being opportunistic, and doesn't actually believe the allegations in his own suit.

The suit to force Ford to sell cars to him is sufficient proof

[Dan(9698)]

Most cars would run out of oil between oil changes consuming 1 quart every 800 miles.

That is why they have a "dip stick" to measure how much oil is in the engine.

You are courting a high repair bill if you don't check the level of your oil between changes.

When my kids first started driving, I showed them how to check the oil and told them they could drive the car without checking how much gas it had if they wanted to, but they had better not drive it without knowing how much oil it had.

[Dave278]

"If it gets hard enough, it leaks and it burns. It's called LIFE."

I agree with you 100 percent. Its just that many of the cars were not hit in a "high speed impact" type of collision. Some were at lower speeds and the questionable bolt was puncturing the fuel tank. (Or at least that was the argument. Thats for the lawyers and judges to sort out. The "Thats life" statement is true. When its your time then not much you can do about it.
I don't think Ford should have to sell anyone a vehicle in the circumstances described in post #1.

[brianl703]

Lower priced?

It doesn't get much lower priced than the Ford Escort and I know of a 1991 model that went to 170,000 miles before it was sold.

How about the Mustang 5.0? I know of Mustang 5.0s with well over 200,000 miles on them. Mustang 5.0s weren't exactly expensive cars either.

[brianl703]

You do know that you are supposed to check the oil level on your car every once in a while, right?

[Abogado]

You're missing the point. NO NEW CAR should burn all of its oil in less than 7,500 miles. Period. Thats a defect. That works out to at least two complete oil changes between regular oil changes. They know how to fix this problem and don't. Its about them cutting costs. Identify 5 new competitor vehicles that are supposed to burn that much oil, more than a quart in a thousand miles. You can't because its a defect.

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'Excuse Me Officer, That Thing Gotta HEMI?' -- Dodge to Unleash HEMI Power in Police Car Market

[Clinging Bitterly]

Figured that would be coming. I dunno, the Magnum is a large car, but my understanding is that much of the drivetrain is from the E class Mercedes, and I'd be a bit concerned about that. Usually if I see major components from Europe (even if it is Mercedes) in an American car I know what's gonna break first (like the Peugeot transmission in my Jeep).