Michigan Folks

[Pocketcoins]

Any of you Michigan folks working for Ford Motors? 

[Templar]

I DON'T WORK FOR FORDS BUT MY FATHER DID AND HE DROVE ONLY FORDS AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF VWS ---I DRIVE FORDS-------I HAVE ALWAYS HAD GOOD LUCK WITH THEM...............
            YOUR SERVANT..........THE TEMPLAR

[Nighthawk]

I don't work for Ford's either, but I drive one..........   

[Triggersmob]

My latest Ford. In fact we have two. One for the Wife and one my Daughter.
I get the Wife's cast off, Mitsubishi Colt 2005.


I get better mileage though. 14km to the litre, and it's faster.

[Pocketcoins]

I bought a new F150 Super-Crew cab XLT the other day trying to help you folks out up there. Doc says I can go ahead and get my driving licence back after 10 long years. I reckon I'll be helping them oil & gas  boys out in Texas also. 

[Nighthawk]

My latest Ford. In fact we have two. One for the Wife and one my Daughter.
I get the Wife's cast off, Mitsubishi Colt 2005.


I get better mileage though. 14km to the litre, and it's faster.

Two problems I have with your photos Steve........ in the photo at the top, the steering wheel is on the wrong side, and in the picture below, may I ask, who parked the car, you or your wife? LOL     LOL   

[Triggersmob]

Steering wheel is on the correct side for us. LOL
These are photos I found on the net, not out actual vehicles.
I noticed the poor parking too.

[Yass]

I have a:

• Ford Explorer - Biggest heap of cr*p I've ever owned.  My wife needed something to tow thehorse float.  Extremely poor mileage.  Poor handling.  Expensive to repair.  There is no heating. It will cost in excess of $1600 to dismantle the dash to simply repair/replace a $10 part.
• Holden Barina - Lent it to my son in Sydney when he moved up there.  Unlikely to get it back.
• Mitsubishi Lancer - Best car I've owned. great mileage, comfortable and safe.
• 1981 WB Holden Caprice - Classic V8.  A restoration work in progress, which is hard to do given I work 100 hours a week.

[Goose]

Yas, Ford Explorer? What yr and engine? I just sold my 2002 Explorer (best car I ever had) with 200K miles and a 5 speed stick on it to a daughter. The engine is a 245 C I with a SOHC 6 cylinder. In the 8 yrs I had it, I was 106 wins and 5 losses in dragging at stop lights. Because I changed oil (I CHANGED IT!) every 2000 miles +/-, it never used oil. But, now I have a Nissan, again a 245 C I engine & DOHC, but now with a 6 speed stick tranny. It's fast. (By the way, I'm older than 96% of the people on this site.) Zoom-Zoom!

[Templar]

I KNOW I SAID I HAVE BEEN A FORD FAN MOST OF MY LIFE BUT THE 1969 VW BEETLE WAS THE CAR THAT GAVE ME THE MOST FUN AND ENJOYMENT..........WE PUT THE BACK SEAT DOWN....PUT A COUPLE OF SLEEPING BAGS IN THE BACK.......PUT THE 2 KIDS IN THERE AND WOULD GO TO THE DRIVE IN MOVIES.......WHAT A CHEAP NIGHT.....WE TOOK IT CAMPING.....DROVE TROUGH SNOW WHILE OTHER CARS JUST SPUN THEIR WHEELS.......DROVE IT UNTIL THE FRAME CRACKED AND THE COST TO GET IT WELDED WAS JUST TOO MUCH...SO MY SON AND I DROVE IT ONE LAST TIME AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD...AND AS WELL PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY.....A MAN WALKING BYE ASK ME IF I WANTED TO SELL IT...I TOLD HIM THE PROBLEMS WITH IT.....HE SAID HE KNEW SOMEONE WHO COULD FIX IT AND GAVE ME $150 ON THE SPOT.......I SURE MISS THAT CAR AND THAT RIDE WITH MY SON.............

[Triggersmob]

I have a:

• Ford Explorer - Biggest heap of cr*p I've ever owned. 

As a spare parts person I can tell you, in the trade they are called Ford Exploders.
Be careful, as some of these models are prone to having ball joint fall out.

Goose, I pretty sure these Explorers have the same engine as our Falcons, a 4.0 6 cyl.[/list]

[Goose]

Templar, I'm sure most everyone wishes they retained a car that they used to own....I do.
Steve, I'm not a 'motor-head', but I've always worked on my own cars. I think in 2002 (or '01) was the 1st year that the 245 C I engine with a SOHC (single overhead cam) came out...I'm not sure though. To me, to install a 210 HP SOHC engine in a Falcon....I really dont know. That engine red-lined at 6K RPM, the Nissan I have (261 H P - DOHC) red lines at 7000k RPM...and I 'might' have abused red-lining a few times.

It might be odd, but following are my favorite hobbies:
Driving
Goose Hunting
Coin Collecting
Metal Detecting
Eating Ribs or Pizza (How the heck did this get listed? I guess I'm hungry.)