First, I don’t mean to offend anybody or anything. Please don’t think of this in a bad way.
Many years ago my dad was supposed to gift me with my first car, he gave me a budget and told me to look. I wanted a 2002 ford laser (called lynx here in southeast asia), specifically a special edition one with modified front fascia, 2.0 inline 4 with a 5 speed manual and was waaaay below the budget he gave me at the time.
He would not allow it, he said he won’t take an american car even if somebody paid him. We had a heated argument about it and weren’t in talking terms for a month, we never talked about cars again. Now that i think about it he never did gift me a first car.
But now, im thinking of buying a used, american, car. Specifically a 2016-17 ford ranger.
Ive always had a liking for american cars (I’d dreamed of having a corvette, drooled over the ford explorer back in 2011) but a lot of people i know only have bad things to say about american cars. some giving ford the acronym Found On the Road Dead and others. I like to keep an open mind and given that those people don’t even currently have any fords or other american cars, I can’t give anyone credibility for critiquing something they don’t even have, or not anymore i dunno.
so, um. hows reliability? I don’t mind having something that needs a little bit more “caressing” so long as i know what im getting into. Any clues why theres such stigma? Were they really that bad before? How about now? Is it worth any risk?
seems very unfair to label a car company, or car companies as garbage because of what might have been a past mistake… look at amd for instance, their older cpus aren’t very good but ryzen is sort of like redemption for them…
would appreciate any input!
Many years ago my dad was supposed to gift me with my first car, he gave me a budget and told me to look. I wanted a 2002 ford laser (called lynx here in southeast asia), specifically a special edition one with modified front fascia, 2.0 inline 4 with a 5 speed manual and was waaaay below the budget he gave me at the time.
He would not allow it, he said he won’t take an american car even if somebody paid him. We had a heated argument about it and weren’t in talking terms for a month, we never talked about cars again. Now that i think about it he never did gift me a first car.
But now, im thinking of buying a used, american, car. Specifically a 2016-17 ford ranger.
Ive always had a liking for american cars (I’d dreamed of having a corvette, drooled over the ford explorer back in 2011) but a lot of people i know only have bad things to say about american cars. some giving ford the acronym Found On the Road Dead and others. I like to keep an open mind and given that those people don’t even currently have any fords or other american cars, I can’t give anyone credibility for critiquing something they don’t even have, or not anymore i dunno.
so, um. hows reliability? I don’t mind having something that needs a little bit more “caressing” so long as i know what im getting into. Any clues why theres such stigma? Were they really that bad before? How about now? Is it worth any risk?
seems very unfair to label a car company, or car companies as garbage because of what might have been a past mistake… look at amd for instance, their older cpus aren’t very good but ryzen is sort of like redemption for them…
would appreciate any input!