Thread: The REAL auto thread!

You can learn from broad surveys. GM as a whole is struggling with reliability. This reflects institutional and production-line qualities. Some designs and vehicles are great, some are bad. It's still fair to say the US hasn't internalized or fully embraced the important lessons Wyoming good 'ol boy Deming introduced to the Japanese during their quality revolution. Or, if they have, they are still far behind. It's disappointing, and I'm disappointed in the engineers and financiers of my country that they allow this.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

You can learn from broad surveys. GM as a whole is struggling with reliability. This reflects institutional and production-line qualities. Some designs and vehicles are great, some are bad. It's still fair to say the US hasn't internalized or fully embraced the important lessons Wyoming good 'ol boy Deming introduced to the Japanese during their quality revolution. Or, if they have, they are still far behind. It's disappointing, and I'm disappointed in the engineers and financiers of my country that they allow this.

Worst car i ever owned was a Cadillac. Done with GM since.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Worst car i ever owned was a Cadillac. Done with GM since.

If everyone looked at cars like this there wouldn’t be any car companies left. Worst car I ever owned was a Ford, worst car I’ve ever been forced to work on was a Lincoln. I would still buy a Ford if I liked it and reliability ratings were at least average.

Originally Posted by Davii

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Worst car i ever owned was a Cadillac. Done with GM since.

If everyone looked at cars like this there wouldn’t be any car companies left. Worst car I ever owned was a Ford, worst car I’ve ever been forced to work on was a Lincoln. I would still buy a Ford if I liked it and reliability ratings were at least average.

Bro things broke on this car that i have never heard of breaking before. It was a miserable experience and taught me a lot. Best GM i ever owned was a Camaro. I had a few Pontiacs too. I had a few Nissans and Chryslers.

After driving a few Lincolns and Fords i was so impressed with the differences i never went back. First Ford was a Town Car.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Bro things broke on this car that i have never heard of breaking before. It was a miserable experience and taught me a lot. Best GM i ever owned was a Camaro. I had a few Pontiacs too. I had a few Nissans and Chryslers.

After driving a few Lincolns and Fords i was so impressed with the differences i never went back. First Ford was a Town Car.

Worst car I ever owned was a Lincoln. Things broke on that car I never heard of breaking before.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Bro things broke on this car that i have never heard of breaking before. It was a miserable experience and taught me a lot. Best GM i ever owned was a Camaro. I had a few Pontiacs too. I had a few Nissans and Chryslers.

After driving a few Lincolns and Fords i was so impressed with the differences i never went back. First Ford was a Town Car.

Worst car I ever owned was a Lincoln. Things broke on that car I never heard of breaking before.

Sure you did.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Sure you did.

2001 Lincoln Continental. Rode great. When it was running. Before the air ride went out. I should have sold to you for parts.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Sure you did.

2001 Lincoln Continental. Rode great. When it was running. Before the air ride went out. I should have sold to you for parts.

All the air suspension pumps go after about 10 years. The pump is cheap. 2 bolts. 2 or 4 little hoses.

I had a 2005 Ford Escape Limited. Worst car I’ve ever had. Did all scheduled maintenance but once it hit 100,000 miles it fell went to shit.

My 2006 Honda Pilot blows it away.

Had 380,000 miles on a 1990 3.0L V6 Toyota 4x4 King Cab before I bought the Escape. That truck was a beast.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Sure you did.

We talked about that Lincoln many years ago. He’s not bullshitting or trolling. That car was hot garbage and I was CONSTANTLY fixing one that was a pile of shit. Air ride suspension going out left and right, electronic problems galore, warped head, coolant leaks, and finally the transmission was the nail in the coffin. I was ecstatic when that car finally died (with just over 80k miles) because I never had to work on it again.

Beef's Lincoln is a well known tale on this site.

Originally Posted by Davii

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Sure you did.

We talked about that Lincoln many years ago. He’s not bullshitting or trolling. That car was hot garbage and I was CONSTANTLY fixing one that was a pile of shit. Air ride suspension going out left and right, electronic problems galore, warped head, coolant leaks, and finally the transmission was the nail in the coffin. I was ecstatic when that car finally died (with just over 80k miles) because I never had to work on it again.

Holy hot sht wow. Maybe it was made on a Monday morning or something.

I have nothing but fond memories of my Conti was a great ride. Sold it at 130k. Ran beautiful and was a rocket. Air suspension went BUT I was ready! Got a used pump and left it in the trunk when i got the car after my exp with the TC.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

Holy hot sht wow. Maybe it was made on a Monday morning or something.

I have nothing but fond memories of my Conti was a great ride. Sold it at 130k. Ran beautiful and was a rocket. Air suspension went BUT I was ready! Got a used pump and left it in the trunk when i got the car after my exp with the TC.

I don’t doubt your affinity for Lincoln’s. I hated mine. I traded it in for a Scion.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

All the air suspension pumps go after about 10 years. The pump is cheap. 2 bolts. 2 or 4 little hoses.

By the way you’re a couple spark plugs short of a V5.