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I owned 2 Ford Explorers, 1991 and 1994 models, excellent vehicles, kept each almost 10 years and had no work done to them except standard maintenance like oil changes, a new set of tires and I think maybe brakes. Never even had to change the battery on either one.

We are on our second Ford truck, both diesels. First was a 1984 F250 series, we kept it for 11 years, the person who bought it is still using it. It did have some minor problem with the glow plugs, but Ford had some kind of recall and replaced them.

We now have a 1995 F250 diesel, the 7.2 power (super?) stroke or whatever it is called. Another excellent vehicle, pulls 4 horses in a trailer in the mountains, no problem whatsoever. It has manual hubs as did the the 1984 truck. The 1995 model has different glow plugs than the 1984 model and they have never been a problem.

With both trucks, just the normal oil changes and maintenance have been required.

People always approach us wanting to buy the 1995 model. It gets excellent mileage compared to the new trucks and the engine in it is great. No way will we sell, it only has 75000 km on it.