That never occured on any Rolls-Royce, including the revered Silver Ghost.
Yep, story - just like the above mentions sealing is......how can the manufacturer "seal" anything. If the dealer can take it apart, so can I. Getting parts may be rough for a while tho......
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If ever the time comes that drive trains are sealed, I hope the warranty gets better.
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Yep, story - just like the above mentions sealing is......how can the manufacturer "seal" anything. If the dealer can take it apart, so can I. Getting parts may be rough for a while tho......
Cars are never going to be easier to work on again. I for see a day that the hoods will be locked and can only be openned by the dealer. The goverment doesn't want any engine tampering with the emissions. I would be satisfied to buy a ranger with manual tranny, t-case and lockout hubs again. They say soon the manual tranny will be gone from the super duty. Not fords doing, but what the people are buying. People are getting lazy'er and lazy'er, so they are looking to build cars that will drive them selve's, so people will buy them. Most of what we complain about, we have brought on our selve's with what we buy or won't buy. In 97, the last year the ranger had a manual t-case and lockouts available, only 9% of 4x4 rangers were ordered that way, 91% were ordered with the electric shift t-case and autohubs. A lot of the high cost of vehicles is due to goverment regs on emission standards and safty. I know a lot of us old school boy's long for vehicles from the good old days. Thats why I buy old jeeps to play with. Just bare bones, go anywhere, easy to work on vehicles. Even so, I still love my FX4 off road ranger with it's manual tranny, peppy 4.0, rancho shocks and torsen gear driven lsd. The mariner 4x4 is perfect for my wife, it's comfotable, rugged and she doesn't have to think. If it detect wheel slipage, it kicks it's self into 4wd. My 07 mustang gt I had looked really retro and ran as fast as most of the muscle cars I had back in the day. My fusion I had was a very classy car, it was a sharp car and over all impressive. The new fusion hybrid gets 52 mpg in mixed driving. I think ford is doing a good job and doing thier best to give people what they want, except some old dogs like us who live in the past ha ha. I agree with Rick, ford should strive to be #1 and lead the way with modern tech and old school know how as they have built some of the best cars and trucks to ever hit the american roads over the last 100 years. They haven't totally forgotten thier roots, with vehicles like the shelby mustang, the ford gt and the soon comming F-150 raptor. For the econobox lovers, there's the new fiesta that gets 48 mpg with a 118 hp duratec 4 and 6 speed manual tranny option. Ford is going to one set of cars and trucks for the world market, instead of different vehicles for different markets. A 2012 world ranger that will bring us a 4 cylinder diesel. Even all thier performance programs from around the world has been brought under one roof in detroit and has a new manager from the UK, I forget his name, but it's on blue ovel news. I believe ford is staking thier claim as the worlds best automaker, but there's still a lot of work to do.
You hit the nail on the head.
I do have to wonder how many people would choose to tamper with the locks on the hood simply because the don't have the money to pay a dealer.
Well, #1, I'm not buying a vehicle that has the hood locked . ..no way, no how....I'll vote with my pocketbook. Since I'm an old codger already, don't think I'll live to see govt. mandated locked hoods. (Hopefully). Anyway, my SuperDuty should be good for another 15 years, after which I probably won't care!
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Getting parts may be rough for a while tho......
