Wall Street Journal
The lousy economy is making planned obsolescence obsolete in the car
business.
The auto industry is geared up to sell you a new car every four or five

I've broken the crank handle off of my driver's side door.  Does
anyone know if this part is generic enough that I could take the
handle from one of the other three doors and replace it?  Anyone have
any advice?

93 Taurus wagon 3.8L 150k miles
Engine stutters/hesitates under nearly all driving conditions
Pulled the codes
114 Haynes says Air Charge Temp sensor out of range

Recently tried to do my own oil change on my Escape. I tried to unbolt
the plug drain (15 mm bolt) and found that I couldn't budge the bolt.
I will bring it back to the mechanic who did the last oil change and
ask why this bolt needs to be torqued so high. This is an aluminum pan

I can't believe that a dealer would give a buyer say, $4,000 in hard
cash, AFTER the sales purchase agreement is signed and finalized.
Anyone ever gotten such a deal?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/business/buyers-cash-in-on-offers-to-keep-car-
sales-strong.html

Dunno if you guys have seen the front page of the Corporate Infotainment
Paper with all their Corporate Bullshit they spew out.
Well, the Government is saying that low gas prices are guaranteed for the
next two years ... WHY ???

My wife's 1996 Mystique (V6, 4 wheel disk brake, ABS and all-speed
traction control) has decided to turn on the ABS and traction control
lights just about every time you start to drive.
It's passing it's self test (lights go out a few seconds after

Ford's ready-made electric car
http://tinyurl.com/cps3uo
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Ford is preparing to sell an electric car
developed almost entirely by an outside supplier. While that may cut

I have a 1998 Ford Taurus.  It runs great but has a problem with
cooling.  I can drive for five miles or two hundred miles and the car
temperature stays below the half way mark on the temperature gauge.
But when I stop and idle like at a redlight, the temperature goes up

That's why owners shouldn't replace catalytic converters without
checking sensors first:
Feb 2009 Motor.com article:
http://www.motor.com/magazine/pdfs/022009_02.pdf

IM VERY CURIOUS.....LET ME KNOW....HERD THE STS WAS REAL QUICK.....BUT
I THINK MUSTANG WILL WIN  RIGHT?.....LET ME KNOW..

HOW YOU DOING TO ALL...

Hi...
I have a 1998 Ford Windstar,  3.8,  with about 102K miles.  I have
disassembled and cleaning everything such as the TPS, ISC, PCV, etc and
still having issues.

Hey guys.
I have been trying to find out how much it cost's us to have the Obamabush
Illegal Alein Program going on all the time, as they jump the fence and wet
back on up here.

Recently bought this vehicle. Overall fairly happy with it; but the
brake light drives me nutts in the dark!
When the brake is applied the lights come on almost immediately, as
they should.