Who do you think got paid here?

11-28-07, 07:41 PM

Ford Motor Company has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits claiming its Explorers are prone to rollovers.

Why would any thinking person do this?
Under the settlement, vehicle owners can apply for $500 vouchers to buy new Explorers or $300 vouchers to buy other Ford or Lincoln Mercury products.

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=35692

SUBMAN1 · 11-28-07, 08:21 PM

Crap! GM will give you that for simply owning a past GM car! They call it customer loyalty - Worth $500. Guess we know that we need to buy GM in the future. You don't have to have your tires blow up and you can still get the $500!!!

Great move Ford - that is if you are planning on closing your doors in the near or semi near future.

-S

Peto · 11-28-07, 08:36 PM

Yep. But there's a lot of happy lawyers.

11-28-07, 08:42 PM

I'd repeat all of the FORD acronyms but I'm sure everyone's heard them before...

For the hell of it, this driver didn't return on foot, I own a Pontiac and I love it

11-28-07, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peto

Yep. But there's a lot of happy lawyers.

BINGO!! The lesson is, never, never become part of a class action suit. Go to trial on your own. The victim will always win!!

Kapitan_Phillips · 11-28-07, 08:53 PM

I like Lincolns. I'd have one.

jumpy · 11-29-07, 01:08 AM

I have to add my thoughts to this:
Ford Explorer is a 4x4.
Four wheel drive vehicles have a higher centre of gravity due to the increased ground clearance and have a higher position of the motor and transmission, ergo they are inherently more unstable than any other vehicle with a lower centre of gravity ...can you see where I'm going with this yet?...
I drive a '97 landrover discovery 300tdi. It's a top heavy 4x4 and not a lotus Elise and I drive it accordingly - they don't like to go around corners too quickly, or sudden changes in direction and despite the latest innovations in abs/traction control or whatever, they don't like emergency braking at motorway speeds in anything other than a dead straight line, and even then it's a bit iffy; if it was a case of running a kid over then I'd go for it, otherwise if it were an animal I wouldn't bother with emergency breaking.
How many incidents of 'rollover' are due to driver error and failure to take into account that high centre of gravity? All of these bling suv's are treated like oversized sports saloons, which they are most certainly not.
On the other hand if these incidents are down to tyres blowing out, then surely the tyre and not the vehicle is at fault?

Newsflash! all vehicles with a high centre of gravity are prone to 'rollover' if not driven with propper care and attention! :hmm:

11-28-07, 07:41 PM	#1
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Who do you think got paid here? Ford Motor Company has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits claiming its Explorers are prone to rollovers. Why would any thinking person do this? Under the settlement, vehicle owners can apply for $500 vouchers to buy new Explorers or $300 vouchers to buy other Ford or Lincoln Mercury products. http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=35692

11-28-07, 08:21 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Crap! GM will give you that for simply owning a past GM car! They call it customer loyalty - Worth $500. Guess we know that we need to buy GM in the future. You don't have to have your tires blow up and you can still get the $500!!! Great move Ford - that is if you are planning on closing your doors in the near or semi near future. -S __________________

11-28-07, 08:36 PM	#3
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Yep. But there's a lot of happy lawyers. __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.

11-28-07, 08:53 PM	#6
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I like Lincolns. I'd have one. __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

11-29-07, 01:08 AM	#7
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I have to add my thoughts to this: Ford Explorer is a 4x4. Four wheel drive vehicles have a higher centre of gravity due to the increased ground clearance and have a higher position of the motor and transmission, ergo they are inherently more unstable than any other vehicle with a lower centre of gravity ...can you see where I'm going with this yet?... I drive a '97 landrover discovery 300tdi. It's a top heavy 4x4 and not a lotus Elise and I drive it accordingly - they don't like to go around corners too quickly, or sudden changes in direction and despite the latest innovations in abs/traction control or whatever, they don't like emergency braking at motorway speeds in anything other than a dead straight line, and even then it's a bit iffy; if it was a case of running a kid over then I'd go for it, otherwise if it were an animal I wouldn't bother with emergency breaking. How many incidents of 'rollover' are due to driver error and failure to take into account that high centre of gravity? All of these bling suv's are treated like oversized sports saloons, which they are most certainly not. On the other hand if these incidents are down to tyres blowing out, then surely the tyre and not the vehicle is at fault? Newsflash! all vehicles with a high centre of gravity are prone to 'rollover' if not driven with propper care and attention! :hmm: __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

11-28-07, 08:42 PM	#4
-SWCowboy. Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'd repeat all of the FORD acronyms but I'm sure everyone's heard them before... For the hell of it, this driver didn't return on foot, I own a Pontiac and I love it