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[kz]

Unfortunate that you feel this way but try not to communicate your rash negativity towards a company that survived the recent horrific recession without declaring bankruptcy. I have had many Ford vehicles since the early '90's and have had much better luck than my buddies with their foreign prima donnas.

I have no negativity towards them, it's more being realistic about it. Company I work for (way way bigger than Ford) that makes products that have much more critical applications has a bunch of unionized and non-unionized shops so I _exactly_ know what I'm talking about.

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[vernonator]

Unfortunate that you feel this way but try not to communicate your rash negativity towards a company that survived the recent horrific recession without declaring bankruptcy. I have had many Ford vehicles since the early '90's and have had much better luck than my buddies with their foreign prima donnas.

This - I have owned fords since the mid-80's and except for a paint issue on my '87 mustang (when EVERYONE was having paint issues) I have never had any serious problems. Sure the odd rattle but their quality is comparable to anything anyone I know has and better than alot of others.

My '16 GT was perfect off the lot - no panel issues, no rattles, no paint defects, nothing. So quit reading the 0.01% of people that have issues and post on the internet and go enjoy a great car.

 

[GT Pony]

It is a special order car so it'll be new, can't quite remember the mileage but I'm sure it hasn't been beaten up. I'll be sure to have the dealer do that when we go see it on Monday as far as the oasis report.

As others have said, look everything over cosmetically with a fine toothed comb, and be sure to test drive it well, meaning in the city and definitely on the highway above 70 MPH. So was this car special ordered by someone else and then they decided not to purchase?

 

[v8440]

A few weeks ago, I took my '14 fiesta ST to get an oil change, and rolled out with a '16 ecoboost mustang. I only have 1100 miles on it so far, but I can't say I've found a single thing wrong with it, no matter how small. The body panels look fine to me, as does everything else. It's amazing quiet inside compared to many cars. In my opinion, ford seems to have really gotten this platform right. I would not lose any sleep over your purchase decision.

 

[WindveilNJ]

Unfortunate that you feel this way but try not to communicate your rash negativity towards a company that survived the recent horrific recession without declaring bankruptcy. I have had many Ford vehicles since the early '90's and have had much better luck than my buddies with their foreign prima donnas.

If you include a '94 Mazda B2300 pickup (Ford Ranger made in the now closed Edison NJ plant), this will be my 4th Ford product and no complaints so far. But let's not engage in revisionist history - one reason that Ford did not need the bailout is that it had already restructured. Indeed, the Edison plant was a casualty of that restructuring. It is not that Ford was in better shape - arguably it was in worse shape and, fortunately for all of us, dealt with it earlier.

That said, I agree Ford has consistently made better products than other US manufacturers. And, they have been at least as reliable and much less costly to fix than European versions. Still not as good as Japan - as long as you don't suddenly accelerate!:ford:

 

[GoBlues38]

Unfortunate that you feel this way but try not to communicate your rash negativity towards a company that survived the recent horrific recession without declaring bankruptcy. I have had many Ford vehicles since the early '90's and have had much better luck than my buddies with their foreign prima donnas.

I think his point is, you are not buying an $80k BMW or AUDI. The standards are relaxed because of the bang for your buck.

I am the most anti union person I know. After 10+ years of only imports, what brought me back to buying 3 fords since 2013 is the quality of work, technology, and the fact that they did it all without a govt hand out. I have nothing but respect for the Ford management, and Ford union employees. They seemed to have found the correct balance in good for the company and good for the worker.
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[DJ_Vorticees]

As others have said, look everything over cosmetically with a fine toothed comb, and be sure to test drive it well, meaning in the city and definitely on the highway above 70 MPH. So was this car special ordered by someone else and then they decided not to purchase?

Went to look at it today (didn't purchase because the truck was late getting the car here and my dad had to go to work and I'm not signing papers until he goes over the car and test drive with me), but yes that was the case on the special order. The car only has 43 miles on it so perhaps the person test drove it once or twice and didn't buy it? Who knows. I made a stupid mistake of not seeing that the car has the nickel wheels and not the ebony ones :headbonk: but I still like it as a whole. Might do a wheel swap, not too sure yet.

 

[GT Pony]

^^^ Best of luck, and hope it passes the test for you.

 

[NHMustang]

One of the reasons I bought my Certified pre-owned 2015 was because I could inspect it closely for panel fit and any cosmetic defects, nevermind that I scratched the black trunk panel on day 1! :frusty: ( Have buffed 90% of the scratches out so far).

I drove it and got a good feel for the manual transmission and overall feel of the car.

I LOVE this car. It's a blast to drive!

 

[70monte]

I think the most important thing is whether or not you can find a dealer that will take care of any issues that may come up. That has been my problem with my 14 GT. This is my first new Ford vehicle and I can say that I'm not impressed with the warranty aspect of my ownership.

Some things I had no problems getting covered under warranty, under a couple of others, they blamed me for the problem. I did eventually get one of those covered after 4 months of hassle and the other one I never did.

My current issue is with some type of constant driveline/tire noise, not sure what it is and they don't want to try to find out. They just want to blame it on tire noise and want me to buy new tires.

I guess I'm going to try and go somewhere else to see if I can get some help. I would like to stay with one dealership for warranty and service work but I guess that's not possible.

Bottom line is I don't think there are any glaring problems with this version of the Mustang. Just buy it and deal with things as they come.

Wayne

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