Posted on 03/21/2019 5:16:17 PM PDT by rickmichaels
I have a 97 XJ Sport and love it. Can’t kill that 4.0 inline 6.
I have an escape that rocks.
My last two cars have been Escapes and YES they ROCK!!! I have always owned Fords, I have to say my Escapes have been my favorites I like them better than my previous Mustang, had an Explorer also, but the size of the Escape is PERFECT!!!
04 was the switch to the D-tech engine (I know a few Z-techs made their way in to early 04s).. the d-tech has a timing chain..
I have a courier friend with a 07 wagon...
691,000 miles on it last time I saw it.
shows no signs of wearing out. he washes it almost daily in the winter (unlimited car wash pass, his courier company uses magnets so he can take the name off and sneak in like a personal car)
still looks new on the outside. he smokes and I know I have given him a few drivers seats over the years ;)
I ponder the same thing.
My next vehicle will have a metal dashboard.
Don't care how many decades I have to go back to find it.
The Focus seems like a great little car for about three years.
They break down after that.
I’ve had a few Ford pickups all AOK.
Bought a 2005 Expedition, loved it.
When it was near 100,000 miles we gave it to #1 son.
One day he calls to ask if I ever changed the plugs?
No problem they are good for 100k, not a big deal.
He said to google Ford Triton plugs, not good. (JUST HIGHLIGHT AND CLICK SEARCH)
The two of us spent most of a day on it and that is considered an OK time! All of them came out in one piece. Luck!
#1 son drove it many more miles and none of them blew out as they are also known to do.
That Ford was a bad experience.
Very bad.
Ford is the only American vehicle with a higher quality that can compete with the Japanese like Toyota.
“he smokes and I know I have given him a few drivers seats over the year”
That’s funny... Pretty good when you wear out a bunch of drivers seats before you wear out the car. lol
Thanks for sharing that. I am a mechanic but never tore down one of the 04s and up yet. Maybe because they don’t break very often. :)
Just gonna throw this out there. Were these people sitting in traffic? Is there a way other cars co2 gas may be drawn into the cockpit?
Put a CO2 detector in the car. Case closed. Is that just too easy. Some even have digital readout.
I learn something new every day on FR...
My 64 Chevy has a metal dash, the padded dashes were optional until they completely redesign the full size GM line in 65.
Easy to measure. OSHA says 50ppm 8 hours a day 5 days a week is permissible. NIOSH says it’s 35ppm.
I am a used car dealer.
I’ll do in house payments on some cars.
I sell a TON of foci on payments. why?
you can’t kill them.
A smokers house will often read 2-3ppm and a house downwind of a large road will go 4-5ppm.
“Some even have digital readout.”
Mine does,just bought a few months ago.
Keep getting them back and flipping them out? lol
Check the EGR valve.
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