5th Dec 2009, 15:41
"Thank God for young people who actually CARE about our country and people's futures!"
Wow! You must really feel threatened by Toyota to make such a statement like that.
Your beloved Ford (as well as GM & Chrysler) have certainly had their share of recalls.
Ford is building one car that can compete on the world stage, a car that is based on the Mazda 6, and isn't even built in the USA. It is an excellent car, but I wouldn't get too excited until they follow it up with other world class cars. Please don't mention the Taurus (a warmed over Five Hundred) or the Mustang - a car that uses a rear axle design so old Ben Hur almost could have have used the same design on his chariot :)
The F-Series trucks are excellent trucks, I'll give them that, but the day when Ford is able to compete with Toyota on a vehicle to vehicle basis, is not yet here.
Before you call me an import owner, an import lover or worse, I have never owned a Toyota (but I have rented plenty when my domestics were in the shop).
4th Dec 2009, 21:04
Thank you for the kind words about my comment. I'm one of the very few young ones that understands how a car should be built: body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive, and north-south layout torquey V8 engines. As for the cop chasing someone in a Camry, I'd hate to even contemplate the horrors of what would happen if one tried to take off at pursuit speeds... It would probably fall to pieces and look like a model car! Oh wait, model cars are made from higher quality materials!