Last I remember, you didn't have to own an ST to be a member of this site. The only former members are those that have been banned or choose not to participate.
I owned two STs and did enjoy driving them. I have a lot of knowledge to share with new members about the upgrades/repairs I made and the information I learned from the members of this site. I even have two projects that are part of the archives Rich has set up for the benefit of all members.
The members here are like a family. With any family there are disagreements, and different likes/dislikes.
Big D has made the statement that if you don't own an ST then maybe it is time to leave the site. That would be a lot of people leaving. Tiger, Darin, myself and many others that post on a daily basis no longer own STs. If we leave there will be a loss of ST knowledge for certain.
As long as I am here, I will give honest advice and opinions, and treat people with respect. If someone asks a direct question about the quality or reliability, or my experience with my own STs, I will not lie to them and say that my STs were flawless just to make some other member happy. I also won't tell them I got 20 mpg when I only got 12-15. My driving habits don't allow that sort of mileage in a truck, unless it is a hybrid.
I think it would be very sad if those folks no longer owning STs left the site. I also think it would be sad if honest opinions of our Ford products were squashed just because they are critical of Ford's quality or service.
Perhaps my opinion of Ford is jaded. I have never been one to buy a car just because of its brand name. Because of that, I have owned Chevys, Fords, Toyotas, a Hyundai and a Datsun. Not all of them were new.
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Here is my unsolicited experience with all of my vehicles:
1973 Ford Maverick -- my first car. I paid $100 for it. It had over 100K miles on it when I bought it. I drove it for four years and wrecked it with over 200,000 miles on it. It never broke down on me for the four years I owned it. I sold it because I wrecked it on an icy road. A friend of my dad's bought it from me for $100, drove it for six more months before he killed it by rolling it upside down in Texas.
1977 Chevy Monza -- Chevy had the stupid idea of putting a 305 V-8 in this crap car. I couldn't keep it aligned because the suspension was too weak to hold up the engine. It would fly, but had no rear traction. I kept it two years, and sold it. Two weeks after selling it, the right front wheel fell off it's spindle. Truly the worst car I ever owned.
1987 Chevy Spectrum -- my first brand new car. I paid $5000 for it. I put over 100,000 miles on it in four years. Reliable and economical transportation. I just put tires and oil in it, and it was trouble free. I traded it for the next car, so I could get something with an A/C.
1991 Toyota Corolla -- I drove this car for 10 years and only changed the brake pads and radiator, beside routine scheduled maintenance. I always had this vehicle serviced at Toyota dealerships. I took this car to Turkey and Portugal. Toyota service departments in these countries exceeded the excellent service I received in US departments. Once the base in Turkey got a bad batch of gasoline, and all my co-workers cars stopped running (all but one had american-made cars, the other had a Honda Passport). My car continued to run on the bad gas, and I drove them to and from work until they could get new fuel filters from the US. I would probably still have this car if I hadn't rolled it upside down in a ditch in Portugal. I walked from the vehicle with only a half-inch scratch on my right shin, even though the passenger-side roof was smashed down to the headrest. The best car I ever owned. Toyota service has left me permanently jaded towards Toyota service<