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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskey City" data-source="post: 1779810" data-attributes="member: 18640"><p>I'm the one with the empty gun<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>Year-1 cars do tend to have some bugs. Just bought the wifie an '05 Odyssey Van with a crappy ABS module. It has this all-new stability wizzbang that, well, fell flat on it's face. It's back in the shop for the third time in less than 30 days. They think they've got it licked now. We'll see. The good thing is that they are taking care of it with free rentals, etc.</p><p></p><p>One thing I have learned about year-1 cars that you may not have thought about though is that they are usually the versions loaded with expensive materials, electronic features, paint jobs and noise reduction stuff. It's usually sometime midway through the second production year that the Cost Reduction Engineers emerge from their hole and swarm all over the vehicle. The Explorer has been cost reduced by thousands/vehicle since it's launch in '01. Most of it the customer never "sees" but believe me, when they cut costs, some quality goes with it.</p><p></p><p>I can tell you for an almost absolute certainty that the Mustang will be cost reduced, especially in the NVH area, some time before the '07 model. That particular vendor has lots of $/vehicle that are like a ripe plumb to the C/R Vultures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whiskey City, post: 1779810, member: 18640"] I'm the one with the empty gun:-p Year-1 cars do tend to have some bugs. Just bought the wifie an '05 Odyssey Van with a crappy ABS module. It has this all-new stability wizzbang that, well, fell flat on it's face. It's back in the shop for the third time in less than 30 days. They think they've got it licked now. We'll see. The good thing is that they are taking care of it with free rentals, etc. One thing I have learned about year-1 cars that you may not have thought about though is that they are usually the versions loaded with expensive materials, electronic features, paint jobs and noise reduction stuff. It's usually sometime midway through the second production year that the Cost Reduction Engineers emerge from their hole and swarm all over the vehicle. The Explorer has been cost reduced by thousands/vehicle since it's launch in '01. Most of it the customer never "sees" but believe me, when they cut costs, some quality goes with it. I can tell you for an almost absolute certainty that the Mustang will be cost reduced, especially in the NVH area, some time before the '07 model. That particular vendor has lots of $/vehicle that are like a ripe plumb to the C/R Vultures. [/QUOTE]
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