Lil Dew 14 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Hence why I never have and never will own a Ford You know, I have never owned a Ford or Lincoln product, ever. Now, I would like to own a Fiesta ST or a Focus ST, but I am not spending 26k and 30k, respectively, for one. Link to post Share on other sites
austex04 48 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Strange some say that about Ford's. I actually had much more reliable cars from Ford than GM, based on two cars from each automaker. When it came to comfort and best driving dynamics, I liked the GM cars more, except for all the breakdowns and fluid leaks. I never owned a Ford with COP, but they're not the only one with history of short lived coils, it does get very hot on top of a spark plug. Older Hyundais also had coils go out in 40-60k miles. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin-Gara Brown 0 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I do all my maintenance. Last job was a steering rack on my daughters 97 Avalon. I actually like that the spark has room under the hood to work. Link to post Share on other sites
tommyspark 24 Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Steering racks are always fun lol. Link to post Share on other sites
psquare75 35 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Me! And body work as a hobby/sorta. I will probably bring oil to a dealer and have them do it, however, just to keep it in the system. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Not a lot cheaper to buy your oil if the dealer isn't a thief, they charged pretty close to retail for the mobile one I had them put in, so not worth my time every six months to do it myself. Would be longer be if life were different and I spent more time on my motorcycle, missed a lot of good two wheels days this year. Link to post Share on other sites
psquare75 35 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 One place said $25 if I supply my own. Link to post Share on other sites
NoSprak 17 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Strange some say that about Ford's. I actually had much more reliable cars from Ford than GM, based on two cars from each automaker. When it came to comfort and best driving dynamics, I liked the GM cars more, except for all the breakdowns and fluid leaks. I never owned a Ford with COP, but they're not the only one with history of short lived coils, it does get very hot on top of a spark plug. Older Hyundais also had coils go out in 40-60k miles. I've always liked Ford products and found them to be built fairly well. My only real complaint with Ford is how bad they rust. They seem to rust worse than the other American brands. Link to post Share on other sites
mitogt 5 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I have been a Ford fan always, just sold my 1992 Mustang 5.0 Notchback and a bit of power difference with the Spark, yeah right, jejeje. How do you replace the spark plugs on our chevy sparks, it seems the one in USA has the intake not interfering the spark plugs but the one in my country has the intake on top of the spark plug holes. Link to post Share on other sites
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