Originally posted by TourDeForce:
If you mean to imply that Fords are significantly less reliable than a Chevy, dream on. The good Fords we've owned, Bronco, several vans for the business fleet, Capris RS 5.0, Town Car, LTD wagon, Montego, Torino, Torino Touring, 2 Grand Marquis, Escort, and now my 'Tour. The Capri belonged to my older brother who was about to put 250,000 miles on it when he got sandwitched on I-95. All other got over 100,000 and most nearing 200,000 before being traded.

Yes, I have a large family.



I'm with ya bro, my Contour was, until it got stolen and joy-ridden to death, an awesome car. Sure, like anything, it had it's little piddly problems, squeaks, rattles, etc. And I also went through a HUGE battle with the stealerships over a bucking problem, which with the help of TourDeForce, dbbubba and a couple others we finally figured out. But that wasn't the cars fault, nor Ford's fault. The stealership is and was at fault in my case and in this guys case. Cars are made of metal, plastic, aluminum, etc, etc by humans. Modern cars are 10,000 times more reliable and more efficient than they ever have been in history. I wouldn't blame all Fords just because of one unscrupulous dealer. I have had Fords my whole life, and in every case, they have been reliable and long lasting provided they were cared for. But through trial and error I have had to weed through dealers, some are dishonest, some are stupid, some are too big to take the time for diagnosing a small squeak that most of the owners wouldn't care about. So it's up to us, the owners to seek out competent care. I miss my little silver Tour, it was always up for an impromptu road race through the twisties. It got consistently 25-30 mpg. It was fine looking AND it didn't look like all the other rice that everyone else with a backwards baseball cap drives. Remember, luck is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration. And I have ALWAYSh ad great luck with my Fords, there must be a reason for it eh ? Peace bro, I'm on the lookout for a Tour that I can spend the time with to hotrod now that we bot an SUV for momma to drive. So LOOK OUT world !!!

Ken, 99 Silver Frost SE Zetec Atx, polished alloys, Kumho's, Pioneer hi power CD/AM/FM. Factory spoiler (added) Audi side lites, Borla stainless steel muff. Stolen, recovered in pieces. Looking for another Tour, preferably V6, 5 speed.