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patrick23,Apr 8 2009, 05:16 PM Wrote:am I happy buying a ford? not really, bad design and bad build/finish quality. a lot of little thing rattle and has gone wrong. and the car was 07. it should be still tight. I rather buy something else but the price for the focus was too good to be passed on. I'm happy overall, but will not buy another ford vehicle again. ford truck yes, maybe...
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My 07 was gold. That's even after a FS CAI, 2 MBRP exhausts (it was the development mule for Duratec Foci), a SCT retune for 91 octane and adding SVT EAP wheels and 215/45R17 tires. The only real reason I got rid of it was because I didn't want a protracted fight with Ford Credit over "assuming" the payments I was already making and it wasn't a stickshift :P

My Escape now has over 52K on it and it's still tight. The only rattles that I get are in sub -30C weather. The most maintenance I need right now is a wash. :) The Duratec 30 is one hell of a design. Cammer V6s are wicked, and this one pulls through 6000 RPMs cleanly with a decent sound. :ph34r:

The reality is I could detail the truck right now and it could likely pass for showroom quality. Ford's quality has improved significantly over the last 10 years, and I'll even go so far as to say it's a 50% increase in the last 4-5 years in overall workmanship at all levels of production.