New from Arkansas
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New from Arkansas
I'm new to this forum, and really enjoy reading some of the threads.
My first experience in doing my own auto repair was on a '52 Ford sedan, when I was 14. We lived on a farm nine miles outside of town, and that car was the only transportation for my mother and the four of us kids.
When the transmission crunched, it was up to me to change it out. I quickly learned that obscenities really help ease the pain of busted knuckles.
After that, I've done most of my own repairs for the last 50 years.
Somehow, I've been partial to Ford products. They seemed to last longer and were easier to repair. I've never forgiven GM for a Chevy 3/4-ton van they built in 1983; the poor engineering that went into it and the lousy support behind it soured me to this day.
We have an '02 Taurus and an '01 F-150 and they are both great vehicles, well engineered, and utterly reliable. Previously, I had a '92 Escort that had 285,000 miles on it when I (very reluctantly) sold it. The only time it had ever failed me was when it threw an alternator belt on a long trip at night, forcing me to stop and wait for daylight. When I sold it the car still got 32 miles per gallon, used no oil between changes, and drove like a new car.
I guess you could say I'm a Ford man.
My first experience in doing my own auto repair was on a '52 Ford sedan, when I was 14. We lived on a farm nine miles outside of town, and that car was the only transportation for my mother and the four of us kids.
When the transmission crunched, it was up to me to change it out. I quickly learned that obscenities really help ease the pain of busted knuckles.
After that, I've done most of my own repairs for the last 50 years. Somehow, I've been partial to Ford products. They seemed to last longer and were easier to repair. I've never forgiven GM for a Chevy 3/4-ton van they built in 1983; the poor engineering that went into it and the lousy support behind it soured me to this day.
We have an '02 Taurus and an '01 F-150 and they are both great vehicles, well engineered, and utterly reliable. Previously, I had a '92 Escort that had 285,000 miles on it when I (very reluctantly) sold it. The only time it had ever failed me was when it threw an alternator belt on a long trip at night, forcing me to stop and wait for daylight. When I sold it the car still got 32 miles per gallon, used no oil between changes, and drove like a new car.
I guess you could say I'm a Ford man.
