Ping Steve Firth. Ford Explorer info.

Yeah, good comeback mate.

I thought this was supposed to be the creme de la creme of diesels?! What are it's issues then? (I don't know much about this particular engine at all, but was interested to see how it'd do when it was released to great PR-fanfare.)

OK cheers. Don't think he'd be bothered about that gearbox then, he's fixed a few of them, so I'm sure there's nowt to worry about.

Yeah, as I found out when I looked around after the thought hit me!

Can't think why... plenty of third party specialists about. There was a time that Subaru UK were sniffy about selling parts for use on grey imports, but eventually they realised it was daft turning money away when it was on offer.

Fords do not come back. They al;wasy break down. Fix Or Repair Daily. Found On Road Dead.

they might do now, but my Cortina Mk3 ran for 13 years without any major failures.

Not according to those who actually know what they are talking about:

Or slightly more up to date

That's a group that will never include Drivel. FWIW in 12 years of driving the Explorer covering 300.000 miles it has been utterly reliable.

Biggest load of crap I've read from you and that's saying something. I've had many several Fords in the past couple of decades and they've been just as good/bad as anything else.

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.

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.

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

Bill

You made that up. Only Essex Chavs bought Fords.

Wow" A media-Ford web site. Wow! Essex and Ford deserve each other.

Emphasis on bad!

I do not believe that.

Look at Toyota & Honda.