Larry Koch
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Please recycle your aluminum cans, Ford needs the metal.
Who's got a new truck ?
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Yep agree I just like driving for 5 hours without powering up for an hour every 90 miles. Plus I'm a combustion engine guy. Love real engines.
Im not a Ford fan, at all, but I will say, everybody who lives around here with an aluminum body ford, has no rust or corrosion. That is worth alot when a pickup is 8-10 years old and its time to do some major fixing. I know of 2 or 3 f150 with 250k + miles and they are completely corrosion free. One of the f150 is on its 3rd ecoboost engine but that is beside the point.
Buy whatever you like, they all have issues, the newer they are the cheaper they are built in my opinion.
Just my .02
John
Larry Koch
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When your ford pickup dies, its still has a higher recycling value.
So there is that.
So there is that.
CJ6
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Buy a Kenworth. Load them all at once.
I assume you found a new fiance then,,lol. A few years back I found one of those 70's gun racks on ebay - new in box. Unfortunately the rubber coating had degraded and was tacky. They were actually great functional racks.
I dont know if I could afford the tire bills on an electric truck.
redrockranger
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Duct tape works and is so cool.
PhilC
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Nope, in fact, we celebrated our 46th anniversary Nov 15th and the gun rack is still in the truck.
So you got her trained early on. Good for you!
I have 20 Lbs of R-26 and will trade for a 2025 Chevy -3500 HighCountry any color...!
So I bought a new 2022 Chevy HighCountry Silverado w/Z offroad package I can run all my Christmas lights
with it..!
I paid $82.000 cash here in Rexburg,Idaho a few months later after I ordered it they went up again $10.000
Will continue to buy Chevy until my Kid's take my licence from me ...!
Think about it A Middle-class cookie cutter cost a Mil. and a new truck cost $92K Things have gone up since the 50's and 60's you old farts..!
Thank goodness I don’t have to purchase either one. How will the younger generation ever get out of debt with this massive inflation.
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FNSafari
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Possibly some truth in this!
CharlieNC
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Let's hope not, it's the World Economic Forum's mantra for socialism!
jxb
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Sounds like Beer, you know we only rent it...
This past February, I bought a new 2024 GMC 2500 AT4 with the 6.6 GAS motor to replace my 2006 Chevy 2500 Duramax. The old Duramax gave me 17 great trouble free years. When it came time to look at new trucks, I looked at them all. One thing I struggled with was whether to buy another diesel. I didn't tow all the time but at the same time, I DID NOT want a 1/2 ton with active fuel management. That is how I ended up with what I got.
Impressions of the new truck (5K miles on the odo now) are that it has plenty of power. It gets about 16 mpg on the interstate. The metal in all the new trucks are complete crap.....flimsy and thin. I was taking a deer to the processor this Fall and had a deer run in front of me on the way. That rewarded me with my first ding in the truck when the deer's rear leg connected with the front of the bed.
The trucks today aren't worth what they're asking. I searched high and low over the entire country to find the best prices. I ended up buying several states away and had the truck brought in via a hotshot. I've never bought a truck that way but will do it again to find the right price.
Impressions of the new truck (5K miles on the odo now) are that it has plenty of power. It gets about 16 mpg on the interstate. The metal in all the new trucks are complete crap.....flimsy and thin. I was taking a deer to the processor this Fall and had a deer run in front of me on the way. That rewarded me with my first ding in the truck when the deer's rear leg connected with the front of the bed.
The trucks today aren't worth what they're asking. I searched high and low over the entire country to find the best prices. I ended up buying several states away and had the truck brought in via a hotshot. I've never bought a truck that way but will do it again to find the right price.
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