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Even though the JD Power studies may be flawed and some folks are reporting bad MPG as a "problem" why would Nissan owners report more of these "problems" as compared to Ford during a JD Power survey? If there are errors, they're probably spread evenly across all makes and models, unless you think that Nissan owners like to complain a lot?
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Replying to: bobw3 (Jul 24, 2007 1:49 pm) |
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3 pages of American car bashing. Then someone posts studies that show factual evidence that the quality of Ford for instance is better than Nissan and now we have 3 pages of about how the numbers don't mean anything. Incidently, even though the current Focus is on the way out, sales are up. http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/FREE/70716005/1024/L- ATESTNEWS Mark
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Replying to: mschmal (Jul 29, 2007 6:09 am) First off someone came on to the Versa Board and started bashing the Versa saying that the Focus is much better car. When in fact it is not. Maybe the reason why the sales are up is the hefty rebated, LOW APR and the fact that Ford Motor Credit is taking on some risky customers to move the Focus out of inventory. I was in Detriot last week and saw lots of 08 Focus sitting in a lot waiting to be shipped. I'm sure Ford wants to move as many of the 07 Focus's before they start shipping the all new 08's... |
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Replying to: mschmal (Jul 21, 2007 6:18 am) Just checked recalls at /www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov. 2005 Ford Focus has three recalls, but only one really counts as two of them are actually for aftermarket problems. The Ford problem is perception that they said they had fixed their quality problems before. But those earlier fixes weren't true. Remember "quality is job 1"? Lots of people just don't believe them anymore. Ford really is making better cars and trucks than they did. But the competitors are improving too. BL |
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I'm not sure number of recalls is an accurate representation of anything one way or the other. What the recalls are for is much more important. There's a big difference between a recall for possible fires (Mazda 5 comes to mind) and a recall about power window regulators like I had on my Altima. But thanks for tickling my warped brain and giving me an idea for a future blog enrty!  Alternate Route |
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I'm a newbie here and having browsed only a few pages back in the messages, I see a number of posts about the Focus. I sold my 2000 Focus SE just yesterday after 7.5 years of very satisfied ownership. I must say I was extremely disappointed in the number of recalls on that car. Seems like every other week I was getting a letter from Ford about yet another recall. I only had the most serious ones completed and never had one out-of-the-ordinary problem with the car. I was almost sad that it was time to sell it but I like to buy a new car every 7-8 years once it hits the high 90's in mileage. I've had Fords for the past 22 years (an '85 EXP, '92 Explorer, and the Focus... none of which gave me any trouble) so going with a Nissan is quite a change for me. Time will tell if my new little Versa turns out to be as good of a car as my Focus was. I've had it a just over a week now and so far, I love it.  Pics here, including one of both cars... http://www.pbase.com/fotogrfr/new_car |
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| I've driven M/T all my life but now looking at '08 SL Hatch CVT because I want to stay married. I'm familiar with overriding the shift points on a traditional A/T by manually selecting gears other than "Drive," or by using the now-available paddle shifters on some models. But how does an active driver tell the CVT to give him more torque than it would be programmed to give? Or is that fuhgedaboudit? | |
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Replying to: zombietom3 (Oct 09, 2007 9:24 pm) The New Rouge has a the CVT but also have "shift Paddles" the CVT has 6 different shift points when you use the paddles. That sounds like something you should look into. They are a great SUV and sounds like something you are looking for. Tony 23K miles on my Versa and loving it. |
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