Ping Steve Firth. Ford Explorer info.

David Paste · 2012-02-14T21:06:03+00:00

Hello,A friend is considering one of these - is there anything in particularto look out for?Thanks,David Paste.

Feb 14, 2012 91 Replies

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Mike P 14 years ago

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:58:43 +0000, grimly4 stammered:

The only failure I've had on a Ford was a failed battery on a Mondeo MK1 when it was already 7 years old. That car did 120,000 miles in our ownership (5 years)and never required anything other than normal service items and tyres. None of the other Fords I've had (2 Mondeo MK2, an Escort MK4, 2 Pumas and a Sierra) have ever broken down.

The only Lexus LS200 I ever drove broke down and left me stranded in the middle of nowhere not 30 mins after I picked it up with only 3500 on the clock.

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Duncan Wood 14 years ago

Well I remember considering alternators as a consumable item, along with sills, inner wings, camshafts, void bushes, vv diaphragms etc. etc. Not that the competition where much better though.

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Bill Wright 14 years ago

You must be a fast driver to get from the dealers to the middle of nowhere in half an hour.

Bill

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

You made that up. Only Essex Chavs bought Fords.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

Emphasis on bad!

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

I do not believe that.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

Look at Toyota & Honda.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

The best! I spent three years in deserts. They are the only vehicle to hack it.

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Chris Whelan 14 years ago

Where did Mike P say he collected the Lexus from a dealer?

Chris

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

Yep, probably two crashed cars welded together.

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Mike P 14 years ago

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:34:09 +0000, Bill Wright stammered:

Where did I say I picked it up from a dealer?

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Mike P 14 years ago

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:33:01 +0000, Doctor Drivel stammered:

I don't give a f*ck what you believe quite frankly. It's clear by your posts you don't have a clue what you are talking about.

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Tim Streater 14 years ago

Pity you didn't stay there.

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Huge 14 years ago

[17 lines snipped]

*applause*

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grimly4 14 years ago

Not really - no major faults. In fact, the TCO was quite low.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

You made it up.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

I am an internal man of mystery and have been everywhere.

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Doctor Drivel 14 years ago

So you make things up as well.

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Steve Firth 14 years ago

"Doctor Drivel" wrote: [snip]

Given that you are "internal" you must spend a lot of time up your own arse.

The interesting thing about you, and the only interesting thing about you, is that no matter how many times you morph your ID you still look like an uneducated idiot, too thick to know how stupid he is.

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