"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
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In article , katy
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Peter Wiley wrote:

Ditto for vehicles. Almost nobody in Australia would buy an imported US
made vehicle in preference to a Japanese or even Korean made one.

PDW

We had a KIA and our son drives KIA's...junk cars....give me a GM
anyday...or even a Ford....

Give me a Subaru, Toyota, Mitsubishi etc. Korean cars here seem to be
pretty reliable and have long warranties. After that, you've said it
all.

My daughter and son-in-law bought a Ford Explorer about 8 years back. The
engine, which they properly and carefully maintained via company maintenance
schedules, gave up after 60K miles--failed main bearings. Ford offered to
pay less than $1000 toward the purchase of a new engine. The kids scrapped
the vehicle. Ford now tops their "never again" list.

My second last Toyota pickup had in excess of 200K miles when I received $2K
for it in trade on a new one. The engine ran perfectly, the compression was
high on three cylinders and acceptable on one, and it burned less than a
quart of oil every 5K miles.

Max

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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My daughter and son-in-law bought a Ford Explorer about 8
years back. The
engine, which they properly and carefully maintained via
company maintenance
schedules, gave up after 60K miles--failed main bearings.
Ford offered to
pay less than $1000 toward the purchase of a new engine.
The kids scrapped
the vehicle. Ford now tops their "never again" list.


What year? My '91 Explorer, with 110K on runs fine.

Scotty

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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My daughter and son-in-law bought a Ford Explorer about 8
years back. The
engine, which they properly and carefully maintained via
company maintenance
schedules, gave up after 60K miles--failed main bearings.
Ford offered to
pay less than $1000 toward the purchase of a new engine.
The kids scrapped
the vehicle. Ford now tops their "never again" list.


What year? My '91 Explorer, with 110K on runs fine.

'98. Can ya believe it? They changed the oil every 3K miles, got all the
routine maintenance professionally done, and the bearings began to get noisy
at 56K miles. Gone at 60K. Ford admitted it was a defect, but since the
vehicle was out of warranty, they were unwilling to put much into it. They
said they "might" be willing to contribute about $900 toward a new short
block, but the dealership said, "I wouldn't count on that. They've made
such promises before and left the owners high and dry."

Max