Just rolled 57k on our 2.0 Ecoboost Fusion. I haven't seen any performance drop or mileage drop (other than when my leadfoot wife drives it). I use only 91 octane branded (Shell usually) gasoline, so maybe that has a lot to do with it. I also use a high quality synthetic oil. I'm willing to be a lot of the issues are from crap, cheap fuel, and extended crap oil changes. I refuse to believe that during development of the engine line that not one person at Ford said "Hey, think we should run these out to 80,000 miles and see what it looks like?"
I agree wholeheartedly.
Like I had said a few times.
I put the owner first.
Premium is about $.51 more than 86 here.
A lot of people don't run it.
The lines at the wal mart pumps are always packed seeing it's usually around $.10 less than average.
The engines I saw come through were caked with dirt.
Many times however, the interiors were very very clean.
There's little to no care here.
Granted we were always busy, couldn't complain about that.
I've shown people my engine bay, and they swore it was garage kept and a weekend toy.
It sits in the elements and rarely do I not drive it.
But I make it a point to spend a day once a month cleaning it.
I've no doubt Ford didn't put them through paces.
What are we talking about Chrysler or GM?
But they also did the basics when doing said endurance testing.
People generally only seem to care when something goes wrong.
They use quick lube or any other cheap place, using the cheapest oil, fuel, anything you can think of.
Then when it goes bad, they blamed us at the dealer...rather Ford.
So like I said, I'm not against these motors in the least.
Looking at my car vs a new one, mine seems ancient.
Rather my point was, based on what I've seen, and all the warranty work I've done.
I'm wary of them.
We all like ford. Or I doubt we'd be on this forum with such cars. But bottom line to them is profit.
Hence the influx of 3VIN cars (Mexico cars)
They can build it, sell it, and warranty it for so long.
But the market speaks for itself and cars are having shorter owner spans.
So Ford knows as much as you or I.
How many owners is this vehicle most likely going to have?
At some point the warranty will dry up
"Not our problem then"
But we'll still fix it for you later...at our prices.
Everyone is caught up in the "keeping up with the Jones's"
While I cannot speak for the rest of the country where you all reside.
I can tell you around here, aside from old timers, people here have a nasty tendency of running cars into the ground.
Also, there's a big tendency to take it to so and so, who "knows about cars"
So now you've the new systems being tinkered on by people who have little to no clue what's actually doing what.
Then after a few of these bargain mechanics, they'll finally bring em into Ford.
$500 dollar engine rebuilds, "no matter what make or engine" $400 paint jobs.
Or just hop down to Juarez or so and pay pennies on the dollar for repairs.
Seen and heard it all around here......
So yes, totally agree about owners vs the actual product.
Sorry about the rant.
It just pains me when a GT500 comes in, and the engine looks like it's been offroad.
