[OAC_Sparky]

Flofocus,Dec 13 2006, 02:05 PM Wrote:what does your mileage may vary have to do with this though?
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This:

Quote:meh, my family has had much better luck with VW than ford.

My family has had little trouble with our Fords.

I've put an average of 50k a year total between my cars. For the past 22 years of driving. At the moment I have only 2 cars in the driveway. I have 48k on my 1 1/2 year old Focus, it's been to the dealership twice -- for a reflash (at my request, not for a recall), and a trunk latch that wouldn't pop intermittently, needed adjusted.

In my 22 years of driving, owning 12 Fords, I have had to get 2 tows (apart from accidents, none of which I was at fault, and weren't Ford's fault) -- one for a dead alternator on my Taurus (paid for and fixed under warranty), one for when a set of Accel points I put in my car broke on the top of the Ambassador Bridge.

In 30+ years of driving Fords, my dad had a camshaft bearing spin in his Cougar, and a CV joint fail in his Fiesta when it was about 7 years old with 160k.

I've had a coworker that bought a Jetta that is so pissed off at VW at the moment he drives around with a big lemon sticker on the back that says "Money Wanted".

So what does it mean? It means that anecdotal evidence about your family (or my family) doesn't make Ford worse or better than VW. "Your Mileage May Vary" is exactly that. Your experience with Fords and VWs may not be typical. Every manufacturer makes mistakes, Ford included.

Funny how a VW thread gets turned into Focus-bashing thread. Is everyone afraid to admit that Ford isn't the only one that has problems with their cars?

Sheesh