RE: Irrational beliefs
July 26, 2014 at 10:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2014 at 10:19 pm by vorlon13.)
I bought the Mustang and while I don't remember the interest rate on the loan, it was high, I had $350/mo payments for 4 years. I think 1 year into it they changed the tax code and interest on a car loan was no longer deductible. I was really POd since I was paying so much.
The bank didn't like my attitude about their sending me my statements postage due (really) (I had to stand in line at the post office to pay 17 cents to get my bank statements, once for nearly a 1/2 hour!) and they closed out my checking account. (yes, they can do that) My anger was due in part to those damn $350 payments.
Even before the car was paid off, it started having BIZARRE problems. Engine electronics were awful back then and it seemed I was buying modules all the time. And every time it blew one, it had to be towed. It had extremely fragile wheel bearings, and sometimes they didn't put in the replacements very well, and that got me towed several more times.
It felt like it would try to jump into all gears at the same time, no idea what that was.
It was near a building that burned down one night, and much to my HORROR, it was the closest car to the building that did NOT burn up. It just melted the bumper cover. My insurance had to pay that, not the arsonists.
When the engine bearings crapped out the service manager wasn't thrilled with my bad attitude, and informed me I knew it was a Ford when I bought it.
Kinda odd remark from a Ford employee. Summed up things nicely though, never bought another.
I know it was random coincidence, but that fucking car was cursed.
Years later there was a class action lawsuit about some of the engine electronics. I had my copies of the receipts, and sent them in. 2 years later, CLAIM DENIED. They claimed the receipt was for far more than the amount I should have paid for the repair. I think the dealership fucked me, and then I got fucked again on the class action suit.
Fuck FORD in the ASS with a barbed wire wrapped FIST.
The bank didn't like my attitude about their sending me my statements postage due (really) (I had to stand in line at the post office to pay 17 cents to get my bank statements, once for nearly a 1/2 hour!) and they closed out my checking account. (yes, they can do that) My anger was due in part to those damn $350 payments.
Even before the car was paid off, it started having BIZARRE problems. Engine electronics were awful back then and it seemed I was buying modules all the time. And every time it blew one, it had to be towed. It had extremely fragile wheel bearings, and sometimes they didn't put in the replacements very well, and that got me towed several more times.
It felt like it would try to jump into all gears at the same time, no idea what that was.
It was near a building that burned down one night, and much to my HORROR, it was the closest car to the building that did NOT burn up. It just melted the bumper cover. My insurance had to pay that, not the arsonists.
When the engine bearings crapped out the service manager wasn't thrilled with my bad attitude, and informed me I knew it was a Ford when I bought it.
Kinda odd remark from a Ford employee. Summed up things nicely though, never bought another.
I know it was random coincidence, but that fucking car was cursed.
Years later there was a class action lawsuit about some of the engine electronics. I had my copies of the receipts, and sent them in. 2 years later, CLAIM DENIED. They claimed the receipt was for far more than the amount I should have paid for the repair. I think the dealership fucked me, and then I got fucked again on the class action suit.
Fuck FORD in the ASS with a barbed wire wrapped FIST.
