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In article <32F9288D.7581@popns.unb.ca>, Dilligaf <.m4yme.mno.student.unbf@popns.unb.ca> wrote:
>padair wrote:
>> 
>> my ford sucks
>
>so does mine


I have owned two ford's in my lifetime. I sold one with 120k miles on it and 
never had to take it in for service (other than oil changes, and such regular 
maintenance). I own another ford, it has 20k miles, and has never had a single 
problem or glitch of any kind.

My family has owned at least 6 or 7 fords (not trucks) all of which ran 
superbly. We put 140k on a Lincoln Town Car in under 4 years, and the only 
time it went into the shop was when we hit a deer! A mercury cougar went 120k 
before it had to have its alternator replaced (pretty cheap replacement). We 
had 2 mercury grand marquis that each broke the 100k mark before we traded 
them in. One of them never had a problem, the other one had to have air 
conditioner filters replaced twice. Now we have a Ford Explorer and a Taurus 
and they are performing brilliantly.

On the other hand, my first car was a Mazda 626 that I spent over $2k in 
transmission and brake repairs in the first 6 months I owned it! Then almost 
another 2k in the next year on similar problems. So much for the vaunted 
Japaneese auto industry!

For our family, Ford has been incredibly reliable, and I cannot praise them 
highly enough.

Of course, these are just personal anecdotes. They are not industry wide 
statistics. Take them for whatever value they are worth.

-Michael Hartman

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Michael A. Hartman
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 1994
Georgetown Varsity Lightweight Rowing, 1990-1994
University of Georgia School of Law, 1998
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