The last Ford I owned was a 1981 Escort, which self-destructed in a cascading failure driving up Christiansburg Mountain in Virginia on I81. The waterpump seized, shredded the timing belt, and then the pistons drove the valves through the head. I towed it to the junk yard and have never been in a Ford dealership since.
Since then I have driven Toyotas an average of 200,000 miles between trade-ins.
Attachment 79320Banzai!