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World's Best Auto Engine ..not European?
youtube ^ | undated | fordofeurope

Posted on 09/17/2013 12:55:09 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

Frankfurt Motor Show: Germans learn a stunning truth.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: engine
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity
Does no one realize this is a Ford commercial?

LOL this is FR 2013...it's not allowable to actually read the article or watch the video.

41 posted on 09/17/2013 1:31:42 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: MeshugeMikey
I have to agree with you there. I'm on my second used gen-4 Taurus with the Vulcan V6 engine (it lives long and prospers). Gave the 05 to my son; I drive the 06. The 05 has over 200K and is in very good condition - runs like it could go to 300K if the rest of the car holds out (minimal rust so far, and none where it can be seen). The only major problem was that the tranny had to be rebuilt - a known problem. It was covered and cost me nothing. My 06 is rock solid - super dependable. Beyond that, nothing but proper PM for either car.

This was a welcome change over the Crapstar minivan and the Escort (so named bc you don't want to take it ANYWHERE by itself).

42 posted on 09/17/2013 1:31:48 PM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: Raven6

Mine is black with the M-B Tex Palamino (tan) interior. Getting rough, but the engine just soldiers on.


43 posted on 09/17/2013 1:31:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: headstamp 2

Or the AMC 304.


44 posted on 09/17/2013 1:32:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

the Honda motorcycles w/ in line 4’s coupled to a radiator changed ALL MOTORS forever


45 posted on 09/17/2013 1:33:31 PM PDT by advertising guy ( Congress should not be afraid of Rush Limbaugh, Congress should be petrified of God)
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To: MeshugeMikey
and not a BMW....(didn't see this reported...)

Preliminary results of the autopsy conducted on Madera South High School student Graciela Martinez show that the 14-year-old freshman died of heat stroke, Madera police said Friday.

Sgt. Robert Salas said tests by the police department showed there was a problem with the lock on the door of the 1997 BMW in which she was found Wednesday afternoon.

Salas said that if the car were locked with a key, its doors could not be opened from the inside. In addition, the horn did not work without a key in the ignition, he said.

Read more here: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/09/13/3221054/madera-girl-died-of-heat-stroke.html#storylink=cpy

46 posted on 09/17/2013 1:36:57 PM PDT by spokeshave (While Zero plays silly card games like Spades - Putin plays for keeps.)
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To: spokeshave

Kind of ironic, she dies locked in a BMW and the story solicits contributions for her funeral.


47 posted on 09/17/2013 1:42:22 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: SeaHawkFan

BS


48 posted on 09/17/2013 1:43:35 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: spokeshave

She fell sleep, went unconscious from heat stroke, and there’s no effort to escape at that point. Kind of like the frog placed in water set to boil, in theory.


49 posted on 09/17/2013 1:48:43 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: al baby

I had a 1984 Toyota celica GT with that 22R engine.....it just kept on running.....everything started breakingat 250,000 miles......but not the Engine.


50 posted on 09/17/2013 1:48:47 PM PDT by 4Speed
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To: Stevenc131

“BMW and Nissan would be my next choice, both have made great 6s over the years.”

I’ll concur on the Nissan. I owned an ‘85 300ZX before the Miata. That VG30E sounded really nice under full throttle!


51 posted on 09/17/2013 1:49:24 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Commercial Schommercial.. Don’t harsh our mellow, dude.


52 posted on 09/17/2013 1:50:56 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

I know of a guy who races with SCCA here in northern CA in a Subaru-powered Porsche 914. I’ve even heard of people swapping Subie motors into Boxsters.


53 posted on 09/17/2013 1:51:09 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (My sweet talk is also savory and creamy.)
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To: Stevenc131

Nissan may make a great engine but their engineering sucks otherwise.I have a 2003 Nissan Frontier pickup truck and the gas tank had to be replaced twice at my expense because the Nissan dealer wouldn’t honor the recall.

On top of that a power steering fluid leak and an Air conditioning hose that just happened to fail following a visit for service at that same Nissan dealer.

That’s it for me and Nissan.If I buy a new vehicle it’s going to be a Ford.Nissan,Well they just suck loads.Just lousy engineering.


54 posted on 09/17/2013 1:52:12 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Yep.

Had a Dodge truck, 72, with a slant 6. 20 below, the only thing that I had that would start. Engine outlasted the body.

Just points and plugs and often oil changes.

Wish I still had it.


55 posted on 09/17/2013 1:55:39 PM PDT by bobo1
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To: dancusa

We had an 88 Honda, that went over 300K miles before my son sold it, and it was still running fine.....it was the 4 cylinder.


56 posted on 09/17/2013 2:05:40 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: spokeshave

sounds like BMW is having problems on the scale of those experienced by audi thirty years ago....


57 posted on 09/17/2013 2:06:59 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey
We would have been looking at the Ford Fusion, except that it now looks like a turd, and you can't get a V-6 (4 cyl. or turbo-4 cylinder only).

We crossed it off our list, and the Taurus still has a V-6 option, but the styling is the same turd-shape as the new Fusion.

58 posted on 09/17/2013 2:08:21 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: headstamp 2
It sure as hell isn’t the Dodge 4.7L V-8

Now there's a real thirsty engine! I have one in a Jeep GC.

59 posted on 09/17/2013 2:10:51 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: RegulatorCountry

Have a subaru we tow behind an rv. We unhook it and it goes anywhere
Thinking of getting a wrx with one of the turbo’s in it when this one hits 100000


60 posted on 09/17/2013 2:11:51 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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