I started buying foreign nameplates in 1974 during the mideast oil crisis. I needed better mileage than I was getting on my US branded cars. I switched to European diesels that immediately doubled my mileage, rode and handled better, were better in every way than any US product I had ever had and I had owned some of the top US models, i.e. a brand new '64 Olds 98, new Buick Skylark, new Ford Fairlane 500, etc. In the meantime, GM was dicking around trying to get a diesel engine to work. Here's a company that owned Detroit Diesel but went to Oldsmobile to design a diesel engine for a car. They managed to give diesels a bad name that has never changed. Meanwhile, I had installed two 550s, had the Co-Op deliver diesel fuel and never once stood in a gas line. Because of my personal experience, I never again purchased a US branded (Ford, GM, Dodge) vehicle. I've been pleased and happy with my purchases and while I might look at a Ford occasionally something usually steers me back away. A friend has a Ford F150 with the Eco-boost engine. Oil line to turbo-charger started leaking really bad. Leak was from a connection right at the turbo-charger and was a very inexpensive part that needed replacement. To get to the part they had to remove the front fender and liner which entailed about 12 hours of labor. $900+ and two days later he got his truck back. My last full sized pickup went 400k and I gave it to my son. He drives it every day in his business as well as the previous truck which I also gave him and that one, a 2006, is coming up on 500k. Needless to say, I put a lot of miles on my vehicles, 60k per year, and will not put up with junk. So there! (;>))
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