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Ford trying to patent system that reports speeding vehicles to police
(www.local12.com)
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You won't buy a Ford because it'll rat you out to the cops
I won't buy a Ford because they're dog shit vehicles
We are not the same
With how rarely Toyota's break down, I hesitate to consider any other car company. Ford is near bottom of the barrel.
Hondas are fine
Funny enough my girlfriend and I just got Toyota's, so we should have reliable vehicles for the next 30 years
Lol, fuck yeah!
Still make sure to do basic maintenance on them
My Toyota is old enough to vote, and the only issue it has ever given me was a seized brake caliper. I’m convinced that it’s going to outlive the heat death of the universe.
Yup! Wanna change your battery?
"FUCK YOU, GO TO AND PAY A DEALER CAUSE WE BURIED THAT SHIT INSIDE THE FUCKING ENGINE COMPARTMENT!" -Ford
I can't believe no one has sued them for this anti-consumer bullshit. I don't know anything about cars, but even I have been able to change the battery in every vehicle I have ever owned.
I rented a Ford focus once and it really was a dog shit vehicle. Every other vehicle could easily interface with my iPod but this piece of shit would need to scan the iPod for 5-10 minutes (making the head unit completely unusable in the meantime) at which point it would start playing some random song from the iPod that it bizarrely determined was first. That was the most obvious shitty design flaw, but literally every thing about the car was piss poor. If I hadn't been against Ford already because they knowingly killed people with those defective Firestones, I would've completely turned against them from that one rental experience. Fuck Ford.