Ch 7 Coming Round to Ford
In 2008 when the US had to bail out the auto industry, I kind of liked the way Ford refused a handout.
Years later I started watching “Alaska State Troopers” and I was amazed and impressed by the intrepid endurability of their Ford Crown Vics.
Then my oldest son got a job with Direct TV. They gave him a 10 year old Ford van with 250,000 miles and sent him every day from Leander to places like Bastrop, LaGrange, Columbus and Katy.
The kid drove the van like a mofo. Down dirt roads to rural homes. Through the woods to even more rural homes. Every evening he’d sit and wonder why the OBS Chevys he drove required so much loving maintenance while this damn Ford van just went and went and went.
The final straw was an overheating problem with my last GM vehicle. I replaced the radiator, hoses, water pump, thermostat, everything- nothing worked. But there was one wickedly placed bolt on the thermostat housing that could only be unscrewed a mm at a time. About the 50th I put it back in and it still overheated I said that’s it. Screw GM.
I bought 3 Fords in the fall of 2016 and haven’t been this happy since I had my Toyota truck.