Originally posted by FordMan
What are you comparing your Mach too ?
A multitude of cars.. both here and in australia.. Ford Australia doesnt have these issues..
Cars that fall apart ? Your tranny gave you problems of which you never addressed so what are the other problems ?
I have had my car in to have the tranny issues fixed 3 times.. each time i am told its "normal" .. by 2 different dealers.... so that leads me to believe Ford thinks shitty transmissions are normal.. yep.. some people dont have problems.. but i expect a car maker to fix problems with ther cars...i am NOT the only person to have these exact same (and worse.. i know of people whose clutches were installed totally wrong from the factory) issues.. and sitting there and saying that its me.. or that no one else seems to have thes eissues is bullshit.. Fords #1 problem is denial..it wont accept that there ARE issues..
It is give and take with all car companies. Heck look at what they make the WRX's out of. It sounds like you are getting in and out of a tin can when you open / shut the doors.
GM's have god awful fit and finsh.
Dodge can't build a motor that does not puff blue smoke a few years later.
Etc., etc.
Lets compare alike trim levels of cars though.. you take a $30K car and compare it to the mach.. in most areas except HP/Performance.. the other cars will win.. and thats fine..i got the mach for its performance.. and i countr drive train as part of that.
but in keeping with your own words.. we should compare the mach1 with the WRx.. both are $22-$25K cars.. well. .now anyhow.. the mach1 USED to be a $30K car.. but Ford is obviously in ALOT of financial trouble and realised people werent paying $30K for the cars once they got into the general public and people started having issues with them.
I am not implying that Ford is going to turn things around with this new light feature but it shows they are trying to be innovative.
It is not there (Fo Mo Co) fault that jackoff of a CEO (Jaques Nasser) ran the company into the ground trying to branch out into the mortgage, financial business and fucked the auto portion of the company up in the process . Now that he has been gone for a few years the recalls on their products have slowed a bunch, the new F-150 is doing well, and I am willing to bet the next gen Mustang is a huge success.
that might be so.. but in the 10 years between then.. and the release of the next gen stuff.. you wil be finding an awful lot of people who wont buy another Ford. and right now i am one of them.. yes i might be whining.. the bottom line is though i spent my money on the ford.. and ford has fucked me with a transmission thats faulty.. and then slashing the prices on the car right away.. and not a dam thing i can do about it but make sure i dont buy another one..
bah.. its not like anyone gives a fuck anyhow.