Why are you a FORD person

[Ranger850]

When I was a kid I had a Ferrari Testarossa AND a Lamborghini Countache.....poster on the wall and I new they were fast. I didn't know how pricey they were. Jump a few years and I was getting ready to learn how to drive. Told my dad I wanted an Acura. They were new at the time and he had never herd of Acura. He told me we were Ford people, and I asked why. He said,"Because your Granddad was a Ford mechanic", and I knew my Uncle Bruce was a Ford Mechanic at the time," and if you want it to get worked on cheap, it has to be a Ford". We had a Ford Areostar and a '83 Ranger ('82 production date) the time. I eventually got the ranger and my dad got a Mercury Lynx (ford escort) wagon for my mom. The only NON-Ford vehicle we had was Pontiac Bonneville. That thing sucked and got traded for a new 99 Taurus.
My first car was a 72 Maverick, traded my dad for the Ranger, at the age of 15. Drove the Ranger all through high school, constant upgrades over the years.
So when it came time for me to buy my first car from a dealer, I naturally went to a Ford dealership for my first real world purchase, a 98 Taurus. Only 2 years old and 16k on the dash. I drove that thing all over the SE united states. From North Carolina over to Arkansas, down to Miami, Up to Tennessee. I never really got into any other Brand of vehicle, drove a few Chevrolets, and Nissans, but the Ford Layout has always felt more familiar to me.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Ive owned a bit of everything over the years. The blue ovals always treated me best.

My first truck was a 75 F150, i loved that truck. I fell in love with the dentside (73-79) trucks and it contiuned from there.

Heres a list...
1- Twin I beam.
2- 351M/400.
3- C6.
4- 9 inch rear.
5- 2150 2bbl.
6- 2.9L.
.....i could go for days.

However, Mopar will always be king for performance/muscle cars in my book.

GM, eh, easy to wrench on. Only real good thing i can say.

Plus....Ford built the Crown Vic. One of the most untapped potential vehicles ever built. They are totally bad ass when done right.

 

[JamesH]

My first ride was an 85 Nissan 4x4 that I had for 2 weeks. After my divorce,and thumbing it for a year or so,my mom gave me her 76 c20. I loved that truck, until I tried to fix it and snapped an easy out in the head doing g exhaust work. Being cheep and lazy, I traded for my first Ford, 89 Bronco 2, that needed a clutch. I don't know what happened,but I fell in love with it. Had to sell it a few months later,and started hunting for another one. Fast forward a few years, cars and kids, I have my 2nd B2, an 88. And I love it, I can drive it for days and not hate on it. Had it just over a year and only done basic maintenance on it and it's running strong. PS I was taught cars by a Chevy tech ( my stepdad, still at the dealer)

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[alwaysFlOoReD]

Habit.

 

[Curious Hound]

Easier to spell.


Ok. Seriously. I just like what I like. My '88 F150 was the best vehicle I have ever owned. I've had some others. I don't hate any brand. Currently looking to replace my wife's CR-V with a BMW when we find the right one. She also hated my old Mercedes. It's a 1985 300SD and got 27mpg going to Knoxville last week. But anyhow, I want either a Mustang or Corvette to replace that. Has to be 8 cylinders and a manual transmission so it's fun to drive. The Ranger is here to stay for a while. I like it.

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[CUracing]

I like fords because that is what I was around while growing up. Yep my dad is a ford man, he did own a few non ford vehicles, 64 impala conv, he started restoring it and didn't like working on it so he traded it for 64 1/2 mustang conv. Then years later he bought my mom a used 84 cutlass supreme. Never had any problems with it. My first car was a 64 1/2 mustang coupe, I bought it in 1986 from dad. Drove it with the straight 6 for a few years then swapped in 289 then fixed the rust and painted it. After I finished school in '90 I wanted something else to daily drive so bought my first ranger, an '85, 2.8 5sp standard cab long bed. Needless to say the motor didn't last long so my first v8 swap took place and the love of RBV's began.

 

[mikkelstuff]

I started out of high school with a '55 Mercury, 292 Y-block. The car came out of the junk yard with a rod through a cylinder wall. Dad rebuilt that car in his shop and I drove it another 8 years until the frame rusted in two.

Then it was a 1965 Comet Caliente, 302 cid eight - also from the junk yard. Served me will till 1975.

Then a brand new 1975 Ranchero GT 460 cid which I still own. Gave up and rebuilt the 460 at 250,000 miles though it still had great compression and used no oil. Ok, leaked more oil and antifreeze than it ever burned.

Now mostly drive a 2002 Ranger 4WD 3.0L XLT I inherited when my Dad passed away. A fine truck.

So why would I want some other POS?

 

[sgtsandman]

Outside of a 1980 Mercury Lynx, Ford has been pretty reliable for me.

We used to be a GM family until the product quality went down the old poop shoot.

We never had good luck with Chrysler or Dodge. Transmissions being the big thing.

Toyota is too expensive, even though they generally make rock solid vehicles. Not necessarily exciting but they will get you there.

Nissan is decent from what we have seen.

Honda has been fantastic but they don’t sell body on frame or real 4X4 vehicles.

The final clincher, outside of a friend of mine being a salesman for Ford is that what I’ve bought has been built in the U.S.

I’m glad I was given the choice on a Ford though. The dependable Honda CR-V hits 20 this January and is starting to have more body work issues than I want to deal with. Plus, it is no longer meeting my needs and needs to be replaced. Ford timed this one right in my case. If Ford hadn’t of come out with a mid-sized crew cab truck or waited another year, I probably would have went with a Frontier. Still built in the U.S. and their reliability has been good. A full sized truck is just too big and expensive.


EDIT: I forgot a big reason, call it senility setting in, being too rushed, or whatever. Now this NOT meant to start a political debate in anyway. So, if you disagree, great. You agree, great. Whatever. Lets not beat the horse more in a place where is shouldn’t be.

With that out of the way, Ford was the only domestic vehicle manufacturer not to get a government bailout. That means a lot to me. Especially since it was bailout number two for Congressional Motor Corporation. To add salt to the wound, they either sold themselves or got bought out by Daimler-Benz not long after and even they could only take the cash hemorrhaging for so long.

Government Motor corporation didn’t seem to learn a thing.

Now Ford did take some government assistance but it got paid back, not something to prop up a bankrupt, private company.

Agree, disagree, or indifferent, that is my take on it.

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[bobbywalter]

why.....










i dont know.





really....





i do know.....but i dont want to tell...

 

[fangotango306]

It was beaten into me as a child. Lol.

 

[chewy012]

My dad bought a '99 f250 with a 7.3L when I was nine, first time I ever heard and felt a turbo spool up. Sold.

Never liked the column shifters on chevys, and never felt like I could see out of them. Although I love driving my 1990 GMC vandura.

I don't know anything about dodges that isn't 5.9.... I do like those 90s dodges.

Fords..... I just turned to it when I had to park the ol yota cause its what I knew growing up. And because their trucks are sick as f***.

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[Ranger850]

sgtsandman, you had a Lynx too. Wow. I was a ford guy before the Bailouts, and them NOT taking it made me even more proud to be a Ford guy.

 

[Andy D]

I'm not a Ford guy. I'm a Ranger guy.

 

[sgtsandman]

sgtsandman, you had a Lynx too. Wow. I was a ford guy before the Bailouts, and them NOT taking it made me even more proud to be a Ford guy.

Thankfully, I didn’t let a one off make the decision on a brand. Owning the Lynx was a maintenance nightmare. I wasn’t the original owner, so it may have been whatever they did or didn’t do to it that was the problem. The idea was solid but the execution was horrible.


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