stephen1371

its all how you take care of the paint though, dont wash or wax it, leave it baking in the sun, we dont know how much he took care of this car

Nuke

Sorry that you're sorry but I fully understand. My Stang is my first personal domestically designed/built vehicle since 1983. In my driving lifetime, I've bought 2 new (including my Stang) and 4 used (including my wife's Stang) domestic vehicles. Other than the Stangs which are still low mileage (each under 40k miles), the other 4 domestics were garbage. I've owned 6 Toyotas; the first 5 tallied close to 1,000,000 miles and ALL of those put together had fewer issues and expenses in those 1,000,000 miles than any ONE of the domestics; the best of the latter which barely managed 100,000 miles.

I've seen quite a few on the forum posting that they've had good luck with their high-mileage Stangs and I hope that's the case and not the exception. The domestics HAVE gotten better but I still put my DD money in a foreign car. I work hard for my money and as much as I'd PREFER to buy american, I simply can't waste my money in that manner.

I believe most of your anguish isn't the fault of Ford but still, unnerving and disenchanting.

LKA88

Where did I say I bought a used car? I am the original owner, had it since the fall of 2007.

pdonket

I feel for you completely. I certainly love my mustang and knock on wood, so far I haven't truly had any problems with mine. I can't say I put any faith in Ford as a whole (nor any domestic manufacturer, as nuke said).

I think great strides are being made and honestly, I WANT to believe in our domestics, but my mom drives a camry and my first hand experience says that she'll never have to put as much money into her car as I will have to put into mine over the years. The japanese know what they're doing when they put together a car.

I'd say use these flaws as opportunities to upgrade or something to that effect it's just making the best of a crappy situation. I do feel for you though, I'm sorry you're in the bad situation!

Jas5

Hehe.. I like hard tops.. ever rode in a miata or S2000 hard top with modz?

BlackGT45th

Its funny you mention that, my father has a '09 Jeep Wrangler that has corrosion forming in a few spots on his hood. He has put a grand total of 2k miles on it in 2 1/2 years and it sits in the garage most of the time (stay at home parent)...



Sorry you are having issues. I hope things start looking up for you man.

Mr2013GT

On a serious note, it seems to me like the more you go back to a certain service department, the more they seems to become a bit hostile or unhelpful etc., and it's B.S., i'd personally love to work on Mustangs for a living, what's their problem? Ya know? I'm pretty sure that's any manufacturer, but the fact is, it's their job and they shouldn't be giving you $h1t about it. If they don't like it, why are they working that job?? They could be off fluffing dudes for porno shoots or whatever it is they secretly like doing more than working on Fords...

pdonket

Well, it would be nice if everybody felt this way, but the likelihood is that many people out there are probably less determined or caring than many of us forum members who have worked hard to find ourselves in the cars that we do. So many workers...blue or white collar...from any state or any county...just take their job for granted and try to take advantage of doing less work for the money. You'd hope people were driven enough to want to succeed in their job always, but unfortunately we all know that just ain't the truth.

aaquib1992

Because no real income is made for a dealership from doing warranty service, especially for a car out of warranty. It sounds curt, but the fact is that once you have signed for the car and drive out of the lot, you are no longer a possible profit for them.

It's disgusting, and why I absolutely hate dealing with dealerships.

wcgman

Thats about the first smart thing anyone has said in this stupid thread.

It's a car. Things are going to wear out and break down and if not properly maintained, go to heck a lot faster.

I knew a lady who literally never washed her Toyota since the day she bought it brand new. She had it for 8 years and it was a rusty old POS and ran like crap and needed constant mechanical work until the day it was totalled - which was not her fault as she was rear ended in traffic. She was actually proud of the fact that she had never washed nor vacuumed out her car. I told her she was an idiot and the best thing that ever happened to that poor car was getting totalled and putting an end to it's miserable existence living with her.