148k miles - Ford Contour vs. Forester - Page 2

sirwilliam · 07-24-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pleiad7

I have never seen that one. Will have to keep that in my archive.

dirteemac · 07-24-2008, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by problemcat13

And yes, DirteeMac, I am still on the original struts (soon to be replaced).

not bad.

MudRunner · 07-24-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by guzzla

Don't try to convince Aussie Holden Commodore owners with the 5.7 Gen3 V-8 of that. Talk about a load of grief those have caused - oil use and piston slap.

Now, I wasn't saying that they are without their problems... our Suburban burns a slight amount of oil on startup, and under very hard acceleration. I think that's due to the wear on the piston rings though. I just top it off every so often. Both of ours are the oldschool T.B.I. models, non-vortech.

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