Nope. FORD has pretty much exhausted my abilty to like what they produce.
My wife's 2000 Windstar SEL's trans just went out this past Saturday. Thank GOD I had the brains to purchase and extended Warranty - which is going to cover it.
I just paid this Van off and the trans died at 55K. This is rediculas. I am so disappointed with this vehicle I could just shoot myself. It's been as problem prone as the Mystake. Right down to the body parts falling off and denting like a coke can. It's a $34,000.00 pile of crap!
Never setting foot on a Ford lot again. And Mercury / Lincoln is even more over priced junk. If you take your Mercury in to a dealership to have anything done to it, count on paying a bunch more then you would at a Ford dealership fir the same work or parts. Their reasoning is, Mercury's cost more to work on. HA!!! That's what they actually told me. "No, I think you just want to rip me off. Get out the lube boys we have a sucker pulling in for an oil change!" is what I said to they as I left and drove over to a Ford dealership.
I hate to put FORD down - really. I used to love my Ranger Splash. In fact that was the only Ford I never had an issue with. I'm just tired of burning my cash on something that's going to have another problem a week down the road. I can't wait to get out from under these vehicles. Got to wait for the wife to finish school in December. Then it's Hello Acura TL!
I've owned
(first car)
'69 Mercury Montego MX (awesome car... body parts don't exist)
'79 Lincoln Mark V Pucci Designer Series (what a ride! 460 V8!!!!! Drank too much gas but ran like a bat out of hell!)
(bought New)
'91 Probe GT (Noise bucket that leaked water in at ever seal and had electrical issues.)
'91 Escort GT (fun and Zippy - but too many issues)
'94 Ranger Splash Extended cab (best vehicle I have owned.)
'96 Mercury Mystake (oh my god! What hasn't been fixed?)
'00 Windstar SEL (Too much money for a pile of crap!)
So, it's not like I haven't given Ford a chance to prove themself. I'm just done and moving on to better things.
