Almost 15 years ago when I bought my Mercury Gran Marquis, I wanted a plain old sedan that rode well and was reliable. I was going to buy a new Avalon. By then, though, it was no longer offered with a front bench seat, something I required. I bought a 2009 that had been traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealership that still uses the blocks on a board display to show how many customers traded up every year. Mine had barely a year of use and has mostly been very reliable except to a blown-out spark plug, which I'm told is an occasional issue with these. Many of the little bits, though, have been disappointing. Weather seals, washer motors, little things like that have worn out or failed sooner than I thought they should.My Avalon...
Almost 15 years ago when I bought my Mercury Gran Marquis, I wanted a plain old sedan that rode well and was reliable. I was going to buy a new Avalon. By then, though, it was no longer offered with a front bench seat, something I required. I bought a 2009 that had been traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealership that still uses the blocks on a board display to show how many customers traded up every year. Mine had barely a year of use and has mostly been very reliable except to a blown-out spark plug, which I'm told is an occasional issue with these. Many of the little bits, though, have been disappointing. Weather seals, washer motors, little things like that have worn out or failed sooner than I thought they should.
Sometimes I wonder if I would have been better off with a used but well-maintained 2004 Avalon with a bench seat.
I had a 2012 Tundra with the 5.7. Great truck, but I used it at it's maximum capacity a few times and found it lacking at it's limit. Probably would have been ok with helper bags on it.yes they do?
Chicken tax, NHTSA, and EPA prevent us from getting anything decent from overseas.Buy better vehicles.
Get away from domestics.
But they ran like spotted apes.View attachment 441464
Remember these? Coolant in the oil.......... ruined. Flawed head mating surfaces.
The Chevy inline 6 250 was pretty bulletproof. Had one in a chevy truck 250 K miles on it the Body rotted out around it from the salt on the roadsSome of the best engineered , reliable gasoline engines I can recall are
AMC 4.0 inline 6
GM 3800 V6
Ford 300 Inline 6
GM 5.3 Vortec
Toyota 5.7 I Force
Toyota 22RE
What am I missing?
Not just GM. All the auto manufacturers are doing this.Here's another reason to hate GM: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...panies-without-drivers-consent-302089793.html
Allegedly - is BS - they are doing it. Basically, they are selling driving habits to a data broker which assigns a risk level of the driver and sends it to the driver's insurance company. And then, yes, I can't believe it, their insurance rates go up!
Mopar Slant 6.Some of the best engineered , reliable gasoline engines I can recall are
AMC 4.0 inline 6
GM 3800 V6
Ford 300 Inline 6
GM 5.3 Vortec
Toyota 5.7 I Force
Toyota 22RE
What am I missing?
Interesting.
Jeep 4.0 I6?Some of the best engineered , reliable gasoline engines I can recall are
AMC 4.0 inline 6
GM 3800 V6
Ford 300 Inline 6
GM 5.3 Vortec
Toyota 5.7 I Force
Toyota 22RE
What am I missing?
I used to dream of a t-bucket powered by that engine, supercharged. Just because I thought it would be neat.Ford 2.3L 4 cyl.