Comments on: Changes on operating issues and VEBA trust help Ford remain competitive. http://social.ford.com/what-were-doing/our-plan-progress/changes-on-operating-issues-and-veba-trust-help-ford-remain-competitive/ The Ford Story Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:42:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Joan http://social.ford.com/what-were-doing/our-plan-progress/changes-on-operating-issues-and-veba-trust-help-ford-remain-competitive/#comment-1093 Joan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:44:11 +0000 http://local.fordstory.com/?p=247#comment-1093 I owned a Ford Aspire until it had 289,000 miles on it. Now my son's mother in law has the car and it has 350,000 miles on it. She hasn't done much more than I did and that is to change the oil every 1,000 miles and buy new tires when needed. She just recently had a part replaced. That car got 42 miles per gallon It was replaced by the Ford Focus which I found uncomfortable, and got less mileage than the Aspire. Why can't you build another compact with the same mileage as the Aspire. I finally went with a Toyota Echo which also gets 42 miles per gallon. I would have bought another Ford, but I was looking for mileage because at the time I was travelling 325 miles per week to and from work in the mountains of Colorado. I am retired now and cannot afford a new car, so I will keep the Toyota as long as I can. I owned a Ford Aspire until it had 289,000 miles on it. Now my son’s mother in law has the car and it has 350,000 miles on it. She hasn’t done much more than I did and that is to change the oil every 1,000 miles and buy new tires when needed. She just recently had a part replaced. That car got 42 miles per gallon It was replaced by the Ford Focus which I found uncomfortable, and got less mileage than the Aspire. Why can’t you build another compact with the same mileage as the Aspire. I finally went with a Toyota Echo which also gets 42 miles per gallon. I would have bought another Ford, but I was looking for mileage because at the time I was travelling 325 miles per week to and from work in the mountains of Colorado. I am retired now and cannot afford a new car, so I will keep the Toyota as long as I can.

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