Re: why not to buy a Ford

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:26:20 GMT, nico@xxxxxxxxxxx (Nico Coesel)
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krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:55:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:31:16 -0600, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:56:22 +0000, Eeyore
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John Larkin wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
John Larkin wrote:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10138054-52.html

You're so-o-o-o slow John... I stopped buying Ford after experiencing
a 1977 LTD :-(

...Jim Thompson

The 70's were notorious for bad American cars. Apparently most US-made
cars are now close to the Japanese in quality, and ahead of most
European stuff.

One reason Daimler dumped Chrysler was that the build quality in Chrysler
factories wasn't up to their own standards actually. And US cars can't
even begin to approach European economy levels.

What an idiot you are, Dumb Donkey. Daimler is going down teh
***-hole too.

Most likely car brand to have "infant failures" in Arizona is
Mercedes.

They've been leading the pack in quality issues for years. German
engineering isn't what it used to be.

Volkswagen (Audi, Seat) is pretty good. The problem with Mercedes was
that they tried to cut costs (and thereby cut quality) and introduced
new technology too early. That has cost Mercedes a lot of business. A
few years ago nearly all taxis over here were Mercedes, now you see a
lot of other brands because of the reliability issues Mercedes had.

Kind of like the Checkers of old. Nigh indestructible.

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