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Originally Posted by pj67coll
They built bigger less efficient vehicles because that's what the people wanted. The problems only started for them when the combo of the recession plus the apparent inability of folks to pay about 4 bucks per gallon hit.
- Peter.
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Yes and no in my humble opinion. The marketing departments CONVINCED "you"(collective not you personally) that you needed a 6,000lb vehicle to drive you back n forth to work. And "you" fell for it. In it's production time, the Excursion had the highest profit margin in the business. There was no real development involved. They took an F250 and enclosed it the same way they took an F150, enclosed the bed, threw some leather at it and called it an Expedition. Can you imagine that something the size & weight of an Expedition, wearing 265/70R17 balloons called for factory tire pressure specs of 29 psi ?!?! Why ? Because when your wife drives it and it bounces all over the road, she's gonna say: Honey, it rides like a truck !! At 29psi and 10 inches of sidewall, it's gonna "float". See Honey ? It's not that bad !!
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Sharing my partner's 2012 Forte 5dr SX til I find my next 123 or 126..
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Do I miss being a service advisor ???
