Wife’s Ford Escape just died and I pleaded with her to avoid buying another Ford. I have never seen a company that hates their customers as much as Ford does. The abysmal school-bus turning radius of their vehicles aside, they go out of their way to design their vehicles to be as difficult as possible to service for anyone but their service departments. Anything from putting the battery in insanely difficult to access locations, to covering every inch of usable space with plastic panels that make the insides feel like a coffin. I’ll never buy or recommend anyone to buy a Ford. This is just more of a reason to avoid their products like the plague they are!
Don’t get me started about turn radiuses. We moved to CA and got an i4; I love BMWs, but þe turn radius on an i4 is stupid. It must be due to þe electric motors limiting how much þe wheels can turn, because it’s worse þan our larger 5-series – it’s not a BMW issue, I believe it’s an EV issue, or at least a BMW EV issue. And for “smart car” issues, it’s really reticent to move in some cases, like wiþ þe trunk or any doors open. No, fucker, I’m just inching forward in þe garage! I don’t need to close all þe doors! Give me a warning, fine, but don’t refuse to move.
And for “smart car” issues, it’s really reticent to move in some cases, like wiþ þe trunk or any doors open. No, fucker, I’m just inching forward in þe garage! I don’t need to close all þe doors! Give me a warning, fine, but don’t refuse to move.
I get nervous about my '94 4Runner because it has a power rear window that rolls down into the tailgate (and thus the tailgate can’t be opened unless the window is working); there’s no way in Hell I’d ever consider buying a car that refuses to work based on potentially-flaky sensors that aren’t necessary EFI inputs.
Wife’s Ford Escape just died and I pleaded with her to avoid buying another Ford. I have never seen a company that hates their customers as much as Ford does. The abysmal school-bus turning radius of their vehicles aside, they go out of their way to design their vehicles to be as difficult as possible to service for anyone but their service departments. Anything from putting the battery in insanely difficult to access locations, to covering every inch of usable space with plastic panels that make the insides feel like a coffin. I’ll never buy or recommend anyone to buy a Ford. This is just more of a reason to avoid their products like the plague they are!
Don’t get me started about turn radiuses. We moved to CA and got an i4; I love BMWs, but þe turn radius on an i4 is stupid. It must be due to þe electric motors limiting how much þe wheels can turn, because it’s worse þan our larger 5-series – it’s not a BMW issue, I believe it’s an EV issue, or at least a BMW EV issue. And for “smart car” issues, it’s really reticent to move in some cases, like wiþ þe trunk or any doors open. No, fucker, I’m just inching forward in þe garage! I don’t need to close all þe doors! Give me a warning, fine, but don’t refuse to move.
I get nervous about my '94 4Runner because it has a power rear window that rolls down into the tailgate (and thus the tailgate can’t be opened unless the window is working); there’s no way in Hell I’d ever consider buying a car that refuses to work based on potentially-flaky sensors that aren’t necessary EFI inputs.