Yeah lol. Fuck Ford. All they seem to do anymore is rip off other car makers designs, while stripping away everything that makes them great. The first gen ford fusion is pretty, but probably only because it's just a 4 door prelude








I couldn't find a car the 2nd gen directly rips off. Probably because no self respecting car company would make a car that hideous.

The 3rd gen?



They seem to have a knack for turning successful sportscars into horribly unreliable sedans. Don't even get me started on the Ford Focus Last Gen Impreza

Found on road dead

First on recall day.
Fast only rolling downhill...

Yeah doing a timing chain job on an explorer starting today, got to pull the engine. 16hr job fml.

Ughhhhhh

Anybody seen an Exploder over 4 years old that still has at even half of the rocker panels left?

I haven't.

Posted by budda Anybody seen an Exploder over 4 years old that still has at even half of the rocker panels left? I haven't.

Move south. Never seen one with any rust.

Posted by budda Anybody seen an Exploder over 4 years old that still has at even half of the rocker panels left? I haven't.

This one is fine body wise (02 I think?) customer just has done 15k oil changes that caught up with then

Posted by budda Anybody seen an Exploder over 4 years old that still has at even half of the rocker panels left? I haven't.

Not here! In fact I don't remember the last time I saw a Jurassic Park generation one here... it's been years.

Posted by jeepdave Move south. Never seen one with any rust.

I just spent a week in South Carolina for work. I saw a Cimmaron in the wild... I haven't seen one of those is a decade up here. Nothing has rust... I even saw a mid 80's Blazer with it's factory rockers intact.

Posted by DelbertGrady I just spent a week in South Carolina for work. I saw a Cimmaron in the wild... I haven't seen one of those is a decade up here. Nothing has rust... I even saw a mid 80's Blazer with it's factory rockers intact.

I have walked away upon seeing a bubble of rust above the rear wheels of a F-150. Because I can find ten more with none for the same price. Here any rust is usually a deal killer.

I saw a Renault Alliance last night- and not even the convertible which two or three people held onto.

Posted by jeepdave I have walked away upon seeing a bubble of rust above the rear wheels of a F-150. Because I can find ten more with none for the same price. Here any rust is usually a deal killer.

i've seen cars up here that were maybe three or four years old that their rockers were gone, bottoms of the doors ate up and the service lines (fuel/brake) bypassed all over the place.

you know how weird it was for me when i lived in tennessee to see 1st gen Cavaliers still in one piece? or dodge daytonas? or even my D50! there wasn't any rust on it and those things rotted on the damn showroom floor!

There is no salt rust in the Pacific NW for the most part and plenty of first generation everything on the road....

The Southwest/Western US is a goldmine for unusual early-generation cars.

All of these were in one parking lot, in Page, AZ.







I didn't see a speck of rust on one car out there.

My dad once had a strange obsession with those toyota vans...

Posted by sleeperspirit My dad once had a strange obsession with those toyota vans...

I as well.

I love my part of the world, but I hate the rust. Current-gen Durangos are rusting already.

To be fair, theyre made with such shitty cheap steel a strong wind will dent them.

Posted by budda To be fair, theyre made with such shitty cheap steel a strong wind will dent them.

This is true