Ozone, once again, i never said anything about performance parts........re-read the posts! I was simply stating that the dealership has trained tech's to fix ford vehicles.
You can go on and on about your family working at ford dealers, but when it comes to warranty work and all other repairs of that nature, the dealer has to have someone trained on that specific vehicle before they can work on the car. for example, when the new 6.0L diesel came out, you couldnt submit any warranty repairs unless you had a tech with 6.0L diesel certification working on it. thats not to say that all techs are senior master techs, but they have ford specific training, whereas joe schmoes repair has some guys with good knowledge, but most of them just know a little about cars and that gets them by-OR they used to work on old school muscle cars, and cant do **** with todays electronically controlled cars.
i realize many people come here for advice, and thats fine. im sure there are plenty of ford techs on here as well, and i will always support the work of ford certified techs AND good customer service-NO matter the cost compared to some fool who does oil changes and brake jobs for $10 less per hour. i want someone who knows the car, and the trained techs get their training through the dealer-since its only available through the dealer. look at all the mustang monthly magazines you want, but you gotta go to school to get the real training these guys have. not tryin to start ****, just tellin the truth!