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I dunno, all the tubes I've seen removed came out by "hand". Maybe a pair of vice grips to grab onto it, but it was twisted and pulled out by hand. It's not THAT tight of a press fit.

Courtesy wipe is one delayed wipe, after you use the wahser fluid. So you hit the washer button, the fluid comes out and the wipers go until you let go. Then about 1 second later, there is one more wipe to clean up any "runs". Works fine, unless you are driving in salt spray on the highway. All it does is smear new salt all over your freshly cleaned windshield. If you know what I'm talking about, you know what I'm talking about.

You can remove the tube- not sure what that entails with removal of other parts (depends on the engine), but the tubes are typically just press fit into the block.

Nobody is missing your point. Look at it this way- at what point is it OK for something to be hard to replace? Should everything be a 5 minute job that requires no disassembly? How much more are you willing to pay for a vehicle that is super easy to service? Everything is a compromise in the design of a new vehicle. it has to meet all the safety regulations, look attractive, function correctly, and not be so expensive that everyone buys the competing product instead. 99% of people people buying new cars don't give a crap about how easy or hard it is to service. They will buy a new car and leave the headlight replacement to the next owner.

Mechanics/dealers ALWAYS double the price on parts, that's just one of the ways they make money. If they didn't, their labor rate would be even more. You could always buy the lamps yourself, then twist a few wrenches and screwdrivers if you don't want to pay someone else to do it. It's not difficult to do, but you probably want an assistant to help take the bumper off and put it back on without scratching the paint though.

That's kind of the way it goes. You will get more features in a new car for the same money with the Ford vs the Toyota. However, the Camry will hold it's value better due to a reliability gap over the Ford. Even buying a used car, it's easy to get upside down in the first couple of years if you buy one that's not beat up. A good used car commands a premium over the typical beat up crap that's for sale. However, book pricing assumes you bought one that's got curb rashed wheels, swirled paint, damaged bumpers and dried out rubber- since that's what 98% of the used cars out there for sale are like. If you finally manage to find the unicorn, the dealers know a good one when they see it and you have to pay more for it. Cars are huge money pits no matter how you look at it, and buying new is for sure the quickest way to dig that pit deep. There are some upsides to buying new, and I've bought 2 vehicles new- but the last three I've bought have all been used. Let someone else take the $10k to $20K in depreciation for 30 to 50 thousand miles of usage.

Demand for used cars is low. Cheap gas means everyone wants a truck, SUV or CUV. I don't blame them. Just pay it off and don't worry about it.

My recommendation would be to buy non-chrome parts to replace the chrome parts and get them painted. You can paint over chrome- it takes time, effort, skills, and the proper materials. I did the grille on our Edge and it's held up fine. It was all spray paint- but it was all high quality stuff with plenty of sanding in between coats with a 2K Spraymax clearcoat over the top of everything. I have one small chip after about 25K miles.

Yea, we were originally looking more in the $6K or less range, but it's all total crap in that price range. High miles, worn out tires, all 4 wheels ruined by curbs, dented panels, rust, scratched paint, cracked bumpers, dirty interiors, smokers cars, crappy repaints to cover up damage- it just never ended. It literally seemed like blind people who drove by feel were the previous owners. My daughter tends to take care of her things, so I figured we'd go a bit higher on the price and find her something that wasn't totally ragged out yet. I came to the conclusion the only good used cars are either 1) private sales (and most of those were still total crap) or 2) used cars on a new car dealer's lot. All the good trade-in cars stay at the dealer and are sold in their used lot. All the crap trade-ins go to auctions and end up on the the small independent used car dealer lots. Ours came from a large Toyota dealership nearby. I think this one was traded in for a new car because it had worn out tires and the brakes needed work. I don't think the previous owner wanted to dump a few grand into it so they just traded it in. On the Carfax, it showed new brakes and tires installed at Tire Discounters 20 miles before we bought it, which was likely paid for by the Toyota dealership. They didn't fix the driver's rear caliper that was dragging though- so the new pads & rotors went in the trash and I replaced everything in the rear. Hoses, calipers, rotors and pads. $325 in parts for the good Raybestos stuff. I'll probably do the front brakes over again as well soon- I prefer the coated rotors that aren't totally covered in rust, and the pads they installed "grunt" every time you let off or fully come to a stop. At least they put decent tires on it, Pirelli P7s. If my daughter demonstrates that she can keep it off the curbs, I'll put some nicer wheels on it when it comes time to replace those tires.

I'd pull the plug going to the motor and check the voltage. You should see it vary as you change fan speeds to confirm your resistor is working. If you are getting the right voltage to the motor, I'm guessing you just need a new fan/motor.

Hey everyone. Just bought a 2010 SEL V6 a few weeks back. It's going to be my daughter's car at some point, but she's still "in training" so I'm driving it for the most part for now. The car has 62K miles on it and we paid 10K for it. This was by far the nicest used Fusion we'd seen after looking at about 30 of them. It's truly amazing how badly nearly every used car is beat up. They all had curbed wheels, scratches and dents and had clearly lived their entire lives outside- probably washed twice a year if that, and certainly never waxed. This once had some wheel rash, and a couple small door dings, but otherwise was in pretty good shape. The dealer will do PDR on the dings and wheels are easily replaced down the line. A few of you will recognize my user name from the Edge forums, we have a 2010 Edge Sport as well. My wife drives the Edge. I also own a 2013 F150 Raptor and a 2003 Mustang Cobra. Some pics after I cleaned it up a bit.