Ford sans 4th gear

[james accordino]

In my local used car rag, there's a 16 yr. old MB 420
SEL selling at the same price as an '00 Chrsyler
Cirrus.  Merc. has 5 times the mileage as well.  I
KNOW it cost much more initally, but still.  I bet it
rattles and whistles less also.

Jim Accordino
89 200q (junkyard refugee)-not much rattling or
whistling

--- "Michael L. Riebs" <michael at 1stchoicegranite.com>
wrote:
> Wait....
> You are already Audi owners, right???
> Well, you should have known better than to buy
> American cheapo's then. Or
> Japanese rice boilers. There's such a thing as
> "planned obsoletion", which
> is what keeps Americans replacing their stuff every
> 2 - 5 years. If you want
> a quality, long-lasting product - buy German or
> Swedish (of course that's
> American too, now...)
>
> Michael Riebs
> Grand Rapids, MI
> '90 V8Q (#7)
> '98 A6Q Avant (#6)
> Only 6 & 7 remain.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Duane USG" <duane at hunch.zk3.dec.com>
> To: "Buchholz, Steven"
> <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>; "Quattro List"
> <quattro at audifans.com>;
> <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] RE: Bose recall
>
>
> > Hairy green toads from Mars made Buchholz, Steven
> say:
> >
> > > It seems like the government is already in the
> process of working out a
> > > recall with Audi.  I really wonder how many
> people here have shared
> their
> > > concerns with the NHTSA using the standard
> reporting method.  I suspect
> very
> > > few folks here actually have ... and if that is
> the case, who else cares
> > > about fixing a problem on an old Audi?
> >
> > Well, don't hold your breath.
> >
> > Recently, we bought a car for our daughter, who is
> 16.5, and just
> > getting her license. Actually, she made her first
> solo drive
> > yesterday!
> >
> > Anyway, based on the fact that it got good safety
> ratings, and is
> > about the most sold car in the world, we bought a
> recent Ford Taurus.
> > They've sold 25 million of these, they have to be
> decent, right???
> >
> > Well, it turns out that since 1992, the automatic
> trannies Ford
> > and Mercury has been putting into these cars and
> others like them
> > have suffered a 20% mortality rate! There is a TSB
> about them
> > losing 4th gear. Just disappears due to an
> internal fault that
> > Ford has known about for 8 years!
> >
> > Recall? Hardly! Help with the repair? Must be
> dreaming!
> >
> > $2100 for a new tranny in a 5 year old car :-(
> >
> > So, we're pursuing the last remedy we have, a
> class action lawsuit.
> >
> > Sorry, it's in the shop today getting the new
> tranny, and I had to vent.
> > This is the first Ford we've ever bought. Count on
> it being the last.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane at zk3.dec.com
> > Compaq Computer Corporation (603)-884-1294
> > 110 Spit Brook Road
> > M/S ZKO3-3/U14
> > Nashua, NH    03062-2698
> >
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