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#1854 of 1858 Re: five hundred [dhanley] by lilengineerboy Oct 15, 2006 (6:32 pm)
Replying to: dhanley (Oct 15, 2006 4:53 pm) The 500 has a lot of things going for it. It has a high seating position. This gives a lot of people a better view of the road and feels more "commanding" to them without going to a glorified stationwagon SUV thing. It offers AWD as well. Another good thing about that seat height is it really helps the ingress and egress of some older folks. Its very easy to drive (if not exciting) and it has very simple easy to read displays. The radio doesn't have 1000 tiny buttons. It gets reasonably fuel economy. Its kind-of based on the outgoing Volvo S80, a very premium car. The 3.0l that is in there now is a stop gap until Ford was happy with the 3.5. I think that will do a lot to address its major shortcoming. I also thought I heard they are switching from the CVT to the GM/Ford 5spd auto. Perception is a fickle thing.
#1855 of 1858 I may be missing the by marsha7 Oct 15, 2006 (6:52 pm)
mark on this, but somehow, deep in the recesses of many of us, me included, we all WANT Ford/GM to come out with great products that we are proud to buy, run well, last long (at least as long as the imports seem to have the reputation for going), but many of us see the imports as better because of friends or personal experience... I had two Hondas, both 1988s, that lasted 165K and 180K respectively, both with basic maintenance, oil, tires, brakes, and the major tuneups every 75K miles...I am sols on Honda... Yet, I have been buying American since 1998...a Regal, Intrepid, Sable, and now Crown Vic and Ram 1500...they are good vehicles, altho the Regal was not, and I do feel that import dashboards do not look like they are from the 60s, because they did not exist in the 60s, whereas my Crown Vic could be updated at least to the 90s, if not the new millenium... I will probably stay American, altho the Santa Fe/Veracruz SUVs do intrigue me...but after my Honda experience, I can truly see why folks who try Toyota or Honda desert the Big 3 forever...
#1856 of 1858 Ford Five Hundred by mschmal Oct 16, 2006 (2:42 am)
This car is about a B- when Ford really needed an A+ Mark
#1857 of 1858 Some Ideas for the Ford 500 by lweiss Oct 16, 2006 (4:34 am)
The excitement that existed with the Ford Taurus from 1986 until the disasterous re-style of 1996 will not happen with the current Ford 500- too plain vanilla. But I always thought that it would make a swell taxicab or fleet vehicle- heck, maybe a police car. At some point the old Crown Vic has to die, I doubt if Ford wants to replace it with another big V8 rear drive car. But the room and trunk space of the Ford 500 would make it seem like a fleet dream car.
#1858 of 1858 Recall woes by kirstie_h HOST Oct 16, 2006 (6:25 am)
Let's talk more specifically about Ford's most recent issue in our Ford Recall Woes discussion. This one's gotten a bit general, but specific new topic ideas are welcome!

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