Well, my 2000 Expedition went 390k miles. Service was: Two alternators, installed by me. The usual brakes and tires, half installed by me. Couple of gas cap

Well, my 2000 Expedition went 390k miles. Service was: Two alternators, installed by me. The usual brakes and tires, half installed by me. Couple of gas caps. (Wtf?) Two sets of the bes plugs money can buy because that engine was the one with crazy thin threaded areas where the plugs go. Had the dealer techs do those. And I went to a rural dealer, had a great experience. Water pump, installed by local shop. I would still be driving that rig, but it had an internal engine component failure that costs more than the thing was worth, so I sold it to a family here for a couple hundred bucks. Husband does his own work, has small shop, can profit on the vehicle. Was a great vehicle. I got it from a shady dealer who I out dealt for a purchase 3 percent over invoice, and zero back end contract adders. (Took 6 hours, but literally saved me just south of 15k) I agree with you, all that said. The dealers near me are the worst! That is by far the more common experience. I have family in the rural part of the State and the dealer there is awesome! Would recommend. My Ford driving experiences do not agree with you. But, that is all our own experiences too. One of my favorite Fords was an old 1980 Futura. Box car, 4 cylinder, 4 speed manual trans. That thing got crazy good mileage and was fun to drive. Wonderfully old school black with plaid interior, that old AM radio with center dash speaker, lol. I went 100k in that car. Got it for a song too. Ugly.