Well He Treated Himself With Something Nice....
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Originally Posted by Baldy' date='Jun 22 2004, 12:12 PM
oooOOOooo, I like the tribute. The wife test drove one at the rev it up event, she said the new one is much nicer than the original (which wasn't too bad in the first place).
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Originally Posted by Baldy' date='Jun 22 2004, 03:12 PM
oooOOOooo, I like the tribute. The wife test drove one at the rev it up event, she said the new one is much nicer than the original (which wasn't too bad in the first place).
Tribute has 8 recalls and 62 tech. service bulletins for 2001 model release year!
Compare that to 4 and 14 for the "troublesome" 1993 RX-7!
Focus may be "Da Chumpeen!" with 13 and 262! LOL
Honourable mention to the GMC Envoy with 12 and 184!
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Originally Posted by TYSON' date='Jun 22 2004, 12:34 PM
They had lots of problems.
Tribute has 8 recalls and 62 tech. service bulletins for 2001 model release year!
Compare that to 4 and 14 for the "troublesome" 1993 RX-7!
Focus may be "Da Chumpeen!" with 13 and 262! LOL
Honourable mention to the GMC Envoy with 12 and 184!
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Tribute has 8 recalls and 62 tech. service bulletins for 2001 model release year!
Compare that to 4 and 14 for the "troublesome" 1993 RX-7!
Focus may be "Da Chumpeen!" with 13 and 262! LOL
Honourable mention to the GMC Envoy with 12 and 184!
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Since you're so up on the Tribute's then I don't have to waste my time telling you what changes were made to the vehicle since the 2001 model year. It usually isn't a good idea to buy the first model year of a vehicle.... cough, cough RX-8?
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Originally Posted by phinsup' date='Jun 22 2004, 03:48 PM
LOL are you honestly comparing the reliability of the Tribute to the 3rd Gen RX-7?
Since you're so up on the Tribute's then I don't have to waste my time telling you what changes were made to the vehicle since the 2001 model year. It usually isn't a good idea to buy the first model year of a vehicle.... cough, cough RX-8?
Since you're so up on the Tribute's then I don't have to waste my time telling you what changes were made to the vehicle since the 2001 model year. It usually isn't a good idea to buy the first model year of a vehicle.... cough, cough RX-8?
But if they've just redesigned it.......
I'm sure it will be fine. I think Ford went hog wild on the reliability after the Focus and Escape were SO bad out of the gate.
I did think it was alittle funny that the Tribute actually had 1 more recall than the Escape.
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Originally Posted by TYSON' date='Jun 22 2004, 12:55 PM
LOL
But if they've just redesigned it.......
I'm sure it will be fine. I think Ford went hog wild on the reliability after the Focus and Escape were SO bad out of the gate.
I did think it was alittle funny that the Tribute actually had 1 more recall than the Escape.
But if they've just redesigned it.......
I'm sure it will be fine. I think Ford went hog wild on the reliability after the Focus and Escape were SO bad out of the gate.
I did think it was alittle funny that the Tribute actually had 1 more recall than the Escape.
