Would this concern you on a used purchase?
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Just because it has "new tires" on it doesn't mean it has "good tires" on it. Dealers tend to throw the cheapest tires they can find on a used vehicle just so they can legally claim it has new tires. Remember, not all tires are created equal. And Fuzion tires are pretty pathetic.
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What you have here is evidence of a good ole' fashion cost reduction by Ford. The last year of a vehicle platform is when the manufacturer often gives the buyers heavy discounts off msrp. The mfg can do this because cost reductions are required every year after the 1st year of a new platform. By the time the platform gets to the end of it's "cycle", some of these cost reductions become evident to the vehicle owner. Sometimes the result is something insignificant like surface rust on parts that no longer get protected for aesthetic reasons. Others can be worse like component failures, or premature body panel corrosion. (I know this one 1st hand!)
Last edited by white elephant; 12-27-2015 at 12:11 AM.
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What you have here is evidence of a good ole' fashion cost reduction by Ford. The last year of a vehicle platform is when the manufacturer often gives the buyers heavy discounts off msrp. The mfg can do this because cost reductions are required every year after the 1st year of a new platform. By the time the platform gets to the end of it's "cycle", some of these cost reductions become evident to the vehicle owner. Sometimes the result is something insignificant like surface rust on parts that no longer get protected for aesthetic reasons. Others can be worse like component failures, or premature body panel corrosion. (I know this one 1st hand!)
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