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Originally posted by swade:

and now im going to get a real good laugh down from my neighbors with fords and tahoes when they find out i need, exaust manifolds, pull tranny for rear main seals, if the steering starts leaking give it up...i'll surrender.
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Look, I just bought my X 3 days ago. Granted it's used, but never the less, it's an X. I've wanted one since the day they came. My previous vehicle, a ford explorer had 172K miles on it and didn't burn a lick of oil. Only thing I ever replaced was the clutch. Then I was in an accident and explorer got totaled.

I expect to get 200k miles if not more out of my X. Here's my point. We all buy certain vehicles for our own reasons. Parts are going break, it's bound to happen. But if you truely love your vehicle, you will do whatever it takes to keep them on the road.

I'm new to this forum (1st post), but it seems like every X owner in here, has nothing but love for their X and no matter what breaks or the cost of the replacement part, they make the repair and keep on truckin! Who cares what other people think, drive, or what your vehicle looks like, as long as you love your ride, that's what matters.