Ping Steve Firth. Ford Explorer info.

Certainly a shaft of wit.

I don't believe you.

You're a proven liar and fantasy merchant. Why does what you believe have any more value than the shit in your pants or the straw in your hair?

Look at me give a toss.

Ahah. A target drone.

That's only because Ford parts are tuppence ha'penny for just about anything. You need an awful lot of replacement parts on most Fords to really impact the TCO... even though it's a PITA with all the regular replacements needed ;)

I was rather surprised when I walked into a local generic car parts place looking for a brake cylinder hone to try and sort out the master cylinder on my Ford pickup (it's 45 years old this year) and they said they can do me a replacement for $35 (I'm guessing somewhere around 20UKP). There's a lot to be said for keeping the engineering simple and reasonably standard across many years, even if it's not necessarily particularly

cheers

Jules

Since 1983, I've not replaced more than a dozen non-service parts on all the various Fords I've owned.

Example: the last Focus had a VSS, a gearlever spring, and an under- bonnet hose that was a precautionary change. In 10 years...

Chris

Ford s**te is Ford s**te.

Says the man who owns cars with increasing power to weight ratio.

Our 156 has no rust, our last one didn't either.

Which is more than can be said for many similar era Fords. Early MkII Focuses and MkIII Mondeos are starting to bubble around some of the blot on plastic parts and along the bottoms of the doors.

HTH.

sort of

You mean you think drivel was being towed through the sky for our boys to shoot at? He'd have a piss-poor glide angle, though, wouldn't he?

Latrine digger? Cheaper alternative to using a dog to detect land mines?

Go on, explain what you think you were doing. I could do with a laugh.

a droning target, then?

Hmm, the steering on my (earlier) Grand Cherokheap isn't bad, although it took me about 5 minutes to adjust it properly. It is numb, but not dangerous at all. Mine handles better than a good P38a Rangie, I had both recently and the Jeep felt like a GTi in comparison.

I'll agree with the Jeep being small.