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- Peter
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- La/Ventura county line, (CA)
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- Mercury Mariner
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Let me start by saying I'm with you all in that I love this truck, but I really feel like one should test drive any car to really tell if it's right for you. So, drove an XLT and noticed a few things that have me wondering about the quality and durability. 1st, (as someone else mentioned previously) the interior door handle gives a bit if you pull on it. How will this hold up over time? 2nd, it had an acoustic windshield installed (which the website says is not available on an XLT). Why was that necessary? And 3rd, at speeds over 50mph, the edge of the hood (btwn the hood & windshield) in the center was vibrating / bouncing up/down about 1/2 inch from ... wind drag? It was as if the metal was too thin to support it. It wasn't the road, it wasn't a windy day and the hood was fully secured. Would really like to know if anyone else has noticed this or (hopefully) my experience was for whatever reason unique. Understandably corners were cut to keep the price down but at what costs? Even with that said am still keeping my reservation for cactus gray hybrid with lux pkg & moonroof.
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