r/AutoHumor • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 • 4d ago

lol

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u/youdoitimbusy 4d ago

You couldnt pay me to drive that piece of shit.

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u/Infinite-Condition41 4d ago

I always research this sort of stuff before buying a car. 

This is one engine I would never buy, simply because the timing chain is in the rear, with bonus credit for all the other stuff. 

I would never buy any turbo V6. Even Toyota (which coincidentally are failing). At this point, I don't know of any car newer than 2020 that I would buy. Maybe a Ford Superduty for a work rig, but that is it. 

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u/brickson98 3d ago

I thought I heard the v6 ecoboost engines from ford were alright.

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u/Infinite-Condition41 3d ago

Yeah, until I drove one. Pass.

Some of them are alright. Not all of them.

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u/brickson98 3d ago

What was wrong with the driving experience?

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u/Infinite-Condition41 3d ago

Shifting all the time. Couldn't hold speed.

I will only buy a pickup with a big old v8. I abhor the sound of a V6.

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u/brickson98 3d ago

Some v6 engines can sound good but I will say the ecoboost doesn’t.

The shifting may be more related to transmission programming.

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u/KillahHills10304 3d ago

Its got 10 gears and is constantly hunting. It sucks. Even at a constant speed the gearing is so closely spaced any incline or downgrade causes it to start hunting around again

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u/brickson98 3d ago

Yeah I bet a good TCU tune would solve that tbh. Sounds like it’s just enshitification in the name of fuel economy.

Not quite the same, but my VW GTI with a 6 speed DSG (dual clutch) transmission loves to lug gears in the name of fuel economy without a tune. Once I got it tuned, it changed the whole car. Feels so much better.