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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on December 15, 2011, 10:25:27 AM
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No mention whatsoever about your products in the Most Reliable Trucks article.
Naturally, Ford is #1 in the past 10 years. :banana:
http://comcast.vehix.com/articles/top-10-list/five-to-drive-used-trucks-built-to-last/2?cid=800
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:aok
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I bought a Tundra in 2001. Thus far the only thing that broke on it has been one of the dashboard illumination lights on the far right, so it is a bit harder to see my AC controls at night.
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Im still running a 1985 dodge ram every day, coming up on either 90000, or 190000 either way still running strong, by the way its a truck.
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Im still running a 1985 dodge ram every day, coming up on either 90000, or 190000 either way still running strong, by the way its a truck.
Well that settles it. Because your truck is a good one, this alone trumps all research by Vehix and it's data.
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Well that settles it. Because your truck is a good one, this alone trumps all research by Vehix and it's data.
I'll take real world any day. Never heard of vehix... sorry.
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I drive a 05 dodge ram. I had to have the water pump replaced about 5 months ago. It cost me around $200 replace, including labor. I also have a 1999 1 ton dodge with v10. Next time it breaks down, i'm going to have it smashed! The 03 plain jane 3/4 ton dodge with Cummings and standard transmission hasn't cost me a dime, other than when one of my dummies put gasoline in it ($3,600 fix).
The 03 1 ton ford diesel has done ok. It's had some strange things break on it, but they didn't cost much, and it's fun to drive.
Also have a 1994, big ugly brown 4 door 1 ton Chevy with one of the weak gasoline converted to diesel engines. It won't die. It knocks, smokes and everything else. It hasn't really seen the highway it's whole life. It was a farmers hay truck, then I put it in a oil refinery about 6 years ago.
My last personal truck was a 3/4 ton 4x4 chevy. It was a money pit.
Rash
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I also have a 1999 1 ton dodge with v10. Next time it breaks down, i'm going to have it smashed!
Rash
instead of smashing it, shoot me a PM, I would be interested in the drivetrain ( engine/transmission/etc..... ) or the truck as a whole...... since you going to smash it or junk it
I own a 2001 Dodge Laramie SLT quadcab 4x4 play truck....... and a 2003 Dodge Ram SLT 4 Door 4x4, I use for everyday use.......
cheers
TC
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Dad has had his 2001 F-150 until now, its now mine, its never been in need of repairs, nothing about it is new, everything is stock except batteries and oil and gas of course. Still runs like new, I'm a Ford fan forever :rock
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instead of smashing it, shoot me a PM, I would be interested in the drivetrain ( engine/transmission/etc..... ) or the truck as a whole...... since you going to smash it or junk it
I own a 2001 Dodge Laramie SLT quadcab 4x4 play truck....... and a 2003 Dodge Ram SLT 4 Door 4x4, I use for everyday use.......
cheers
TC
Will do TC, but if it catches on fire again, no promises. Installed a new engine about 3 years ago.
Rash
PS. it does have one of those handy 500lb lift gates.
PS1 it's a 4x4
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I'll take real world any day. Never heard of vehix... sorry.
This.
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People get paid to write those articles dude...
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What is the deference between a dodge truck and jehovahs witness?
You can shut the door on a jehovahs witness. :rofl :rofl :bolt:
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Q: How do you ruin a perfectly good Cummins diesel?
A: Wrap a Dodge truck around it.
Fords suck too.
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You know how I know you're an idiot?
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At least my dodge hasnt caught on fire like my buddys ford did.
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At least my dodge hasnt caught on fire like my buddys ford did.
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Duramax FTW!
I don't care about what you Dodge or Ford junkies have to say. Your trucks both fall short of the almighty Chevy.
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noone for the "GMC" (great mountain climber) truck line......... ???
I have had 2 ford trucks before in my past a 79 3/4 ton Ford, was a workhorse, the 2nd ford was based on those mazada 2000 models, I never drove it 1 inch, gave it to my dad and told him to do what he wanted with it.....
I have had 2 Chevy trucks in my younger years.... 1st was a 1969 Chevy C-10 shortbed painted Carolina Tarheel blue, with a vette 327 out of a 63 vette, sooped up a bit..........
my 2nd Chevy was a 1977 scottsdale shortbed, that I put my 1971 350 built mouse motor in, it was slammed to the ground ( well lowered really low ) had dropped spindles, d-arched leafs on the rear, had auburn posi unit 3:73 gears had a manual valve body in the Turbo 400 trans and self tweaked shift kit for Strip use...... motor put put 422 bhp..... I took 4 days vacation from work to do a complete overhaul on the engine, custom fab my exhaust, tranny work, lowering & shocks, install the differential........ was one wicked little gogetter..... I had a one-off custom paint mized for it using 3 types of white colored paint , the paint cost me nearly 370+ for a gallon...... I put alotof money into this truck, but the Truck itself was given to me for free, my uncle owned it and was moving, he said if you want this blowed up chevy, you can have just come tow it home..... gosh how I miss that Truck, and all the sweat and tears and busted knucles scrapes/cuts etc I got from doing all that work to make it what it was........
I sold it to my very close friend ( btw we were as close as brothers, I lost him this past Sept 10th....... ) he did not have it 2 weeks before it got away fromhim and ended up wrapped around a big arse oak tree.......
I have always been a Mopar person, always will be since my dad's 64 plymouth sport fury with the 426 wedge w/ 4 speed he bought at the county Sheriffs auction back in the 60's..... it was the Sheriff's daily driver/patrol vehicle...... all the deputys had 4 door furys..........lol
but I will drive most anything as long as it gets the job done, and gets me from point A to point B.......
sorry for the ramble on there......
I am happy with my Dodge Trucks these days, they are paid for and I have no car payments....... it works for me.....
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Duramax FTW!
I don't care about what you Dodge or Ford junkies have to say. Your trucks both fall short of the almighty Chevy.
Disagree strongly. GM's weak point are Instrument Clusters and Transfer Cases (I take around 15-20 phone calls a day on these two items alone Nationwide). My Uncle designed the M1 Abrams transmission and the Chevy/GM Transmission for Allison. He has been with them since 1980.
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2 Silverados here(2500 series) 2005 and 2010 (4dr 4wd)
2005 has 134k on it with no issues, regular maintence done on it religiously though.
Only repairs its needed in 134k miles is 1 set of brakes and a headlight bulb :aok
2010 seems to be on the same track ;)
TC that Scotsdale sounded sweet, Id love to find one for me and my boy to work on.
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At least my dodge hasnt caught on fire like my buddys ford did.
i'd like to know, what the hell he did to start his truck on fire?
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you can buy two trucks at the same time same make same model same year of man. one can run for 15 years no prob, one will blow a head gaskit 2 miles from the lot. this goes with anything.
i'd like to know, what the hell he did to start his truck on fire?
i belive the alternator's on the fords caused the fires, very common with trucks. but i think they fixed it.
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Im still running a 1985 dodge ram every day, coming up on either 90000, or 190000 either way still running strong, by the way its a truck.
my 85 ford has over 300k. granted, she's on her second transmission....or is it the third? but original engine.
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I'll take real world any day. Never heard of vehix... sorry.
real world is that there are more ford trucks/vans on the roads than anything. they're more commonly used in fleets, and for towing. :aok
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Dad has had his 2001 F-150 until now, its now mine, its never been in need of repairs, nothing about it is new, everything is stock except batteries and oil and gas of course. Still runs like new, I'm a Ford fan forever :rock
Make sure the neighborhood gang doesn't seal and burn it...
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real world is that there are more ford trucks/vans on the roads than anything. they're more commonly used in fleets, and for towing. :aok
This is true.
I've towed lots of Ford trucks out of the mud :devil
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At least my dodge hasnt caught on fire like my buddys ford did.
aahh..the famous ford recall. had he had the recall done, perhaps that wouldn't have happened. i had it done to our entire fleet here in nj wing. we've got 14 vans and a bronco. and we just got a brand new expedition.
of those vans, one is a chevy,one is a chevy mini van, and we have a town and country(2010). of all of these, everyone's afraid to drive the dodge. the chevy minivan rattles its brains out. the full size chevy is ok. not a single problem with the fords. even the 94 bronco.
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Disagree strongly. GM's weak point are Instrument Clusters and Transfer Cases (I take around 15-20 phone calls a day on these two items alone Nationwide). My Uncle designed the M1 Abrams transmission and the Chevy/GM Transmission for Allison. He has been with them since 1980.
oh yea!!! well icepac has written the diagnosis on the poor design of your uncles transmission. yeaaa....dats da ticket!! :devil :neener:
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i'd like to know, what the hell he did to start his truck on fire?
ford f-series trucks and e series vans from 94 to 2004 had a recall for cruise control wiring. there was a problem with the routing, and with the cruise control staying on, even though the vehicle was off.
this caused the wire harness to overheat. this harness was up against the master cylinder reservoir, which as on most vehicles today is plastic. it melted the reservoir, the brake fluid ignited, and burned the truck down.
the fix was simple, and could be done in about 10 minutes.
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you can buy two trucks at the same time same make same model same year of man. one can run for 15 years no prob, one will blow a head gaskit 2 miles from the lot. this goes with anything.
i belive the alternator's on the fords caused the fires, very common with trucks. but i think they fixed it.
negatory. cruise control wiring harness overheat. i can pull the tsb if ya want.
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oh yea!!! well icepac has written the diagnosis on the poor design of your uncles transmission. yeaaa....dats da ticket!! :devil :neener:
Not really.........but I did have to pull a transmission out of a very new mustang this week that was grinding after only 1 trip to the drag strip. (warranty denied by ford likely because of aftermarket tune or equipment).
I checked on synchros and shift fork prices and found that the transmission is made in china.
We may well be replacing it with a tremec.
Go easy on your high rpm shifting.
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Not really.........but I did have to pull a transmission out of a very new mustang this week that was grinding after only 1 trip to the drag strip. (warranty denied by ford likely because of aftermarket tune or equipment).
I checked on synchros and shift fork prices and found that the transmission is made in china.
We may well be replacing it with a tremec.
Go easy on your high rpm shifting.
already had a couple hi rpm shifts without incident. the 2011's had an issue. supposedly fixed for the 012's. so far, about 32 complaints. only 2 tsb's so far for 2011's. many more for a certain chevy/holden. :devil
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ford f-series trucks and e series vans from 94 to 2004 had a recall for cruise control wiring. there was a problem with the routing, and with the cruise control staying on, even though the vehicle was off.
this caused the wire harness to overheat. this harness was up against the master cylinder reservoir, which as on most vehicles today is plastic. it melted the reservoir, the brake fluid ignited, and burned the truck down.
the fix was simple, and could be done in about 10 minutes.
I saw the repercussions of this first hand on 2 occasions. Both were house fires that started in the garages. The causes were exactly this, one was an Expedition, and the other was a minivan. Our subrogation dept was able to recoup over 400k on one loss and 200k on the other.
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I saw the repercussions of this first hand on 2 occasions. Both were house fires that started in the garages. The causes were exactly this, one was an Expedition, and the other was a minivan. Our subrogation dept was able to recoup over 400k on one loss and 200k on the other.
yea....it can turn bad. a guy 3 doors down from where my brother used to live had a house fire from this.
ford sends out the letters, they make it clear that it's imperative to get this done, and people ignore them.
like i said.....we've had all of our vans and our bronco updated with that recall.
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i'd like to know, what the hell he did to start his truck on fire?
Ya we arnt sure what the story is with that one, we yhink he did somthing under the hood but cant be sure, also that same weekend the news said there was another truck that caught on fire, about the same year, if i still had tlhe photos on my phone i would post a couple.
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Ya we arnt sure what the story is with that one, we yhink he did somthing under the hood but cant be sure, also that same weekend the news said there was another truck that caught on fire, about the same year, if i still had tlhe photos on my phone i would post a couple.
1999 Ford F-150 5.4L, GAS, Vin L, Eng Cfg V8
NHTSA Campaign # 05V388000
Vehicles:
Make/Models: Model/Build Years:
FORD/BRONCO 1994-1996
FORD/EXPEDITION 1997-2002
FORD/F-150 1994-2002
FORD/F-250 1994-1999
LINCOLN/BLACKWOOD 2002
LINCOLN/NAVIGATOR 1998-2002
Defect: ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
Component Affected: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Corrective Action: BY LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, OWNERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN THEIR VEHICLES TO THEIR DEALERS TO HAVE THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DISCONNECTED. OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATED ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND ADVISED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RECONNECT THE SPEED CONTROL BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2006. OWNERS WHO DID NOT HAVE THEIR SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATED ARE BEING NOTIFIED TO HAVE THEIR SYSTEM REMEDIED BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 2006. OWNERS ARE URGED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE FREE DISCONNECT SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FIRE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FORD AT 1-800-392-3673. (NOTE: ALSO SEE RECALLS 05V017 AND 06V286)
Consequence: A FIRE AT THE SWITCH COULD OCCUR.
Mfr. Campaign #:
Mfr. Involved: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
# Vehicles Affected: 4500000
File Date: 09/07/2005
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At the Paratransit company I used to work at the Chevy vans cost three times as much to operate as the Ford's due to mechanical issues, particularly the transmissions.
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real world is that there are more ford trucks/vans on the roads than anything. they're more commonly used in fleets, and for towing. :aok
Don't think so in Texas.
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I saw the repercussions of this first hand on 2 occasions. Both were house fires that started in the garages. The causes were exactly this, one was an Expedition, and the other was a minivan. Our subrogation dept was able to recoup over 400k on one loss and 200k on the other.
And strangely, this thread is about Ford Trucks, 2001-2011.... :confused:
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Disagree strongly. GM's weak point are Instrument Clusters
Quoted for extreme truth. I had a 2003 Duramax before getting my 2008. The speedo would just stop working, and then at times the cluster would just fail completely. The warranty was up and it was just one of those things I never got around to fixing as it was intermittent, but after getting service done at a GM dealer, a letter came in the mail saying it was a factory recall and they would fix it for free for me, which they did. From what I understand it is a most UN fun job to do.
As for the everlasting Pickup truck supremacy debate, it'll go on forever.
I spent a year working around Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta. Yes, that place, where all you Americans get your oil from. That dirty, in the ground, tarsands, makes environmentalists cry place. There are 60,000 oil workers there and all 4 of the major sites lease trucks for around one year due to the harsh conditions. The place I worked, Suncor, would switch brands nearly every year between Dodge, Ford, and GM. Mostly Gm and Ford though, and the common consensus was that the Fords since 2000 (the last ten years) endured the hardships better. Having to work for a year in brutal conditions from -50 to 100 degrees F through a year bouncing over extremely rough roads that get torn up by 1.5 million pound haul trucks is likely the best place in the world to test a truck for toughness. They all fail pretty badly within a year of very hard use.
I will say I've been happy with my 08 Duramax, but my next truck will be a Ford for sure, probably the Raptor OR an F150 with that V6 Turbo ecothingamabob in it.
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(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3008/fordg.jpg)
Oooooooooo BABY
Edit, woops thought it was raptor with a cap.
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That's pretty sweet Helbent. I'd drive it even though the radio would probably sound like it's from 1983 and the AC would be crap in it.
This HD Suburban concept has a 310 hp 4.5 Duramax in it. Me likey.
(http://image.dieselpowermag.com/f/9104978/0802dp_01_z+diesel_chevy_suburban_hd+left_view.jpg)
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i gotta admit, although i'm a ford nut, i'm not at all unhappy with my dakota. 318 5 speed, infinity stereo. that stereo is the best i've ever had in a car, and i haven't heard any 90's fords or gm's match it. power isn't what it could be for the engine though..but she's still fun to drive.
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i gotta admit, although i'm a ford nut, i'm not at all unhappy with my dakota. 318 5 speed, infinity stereo. that stereo is the best i've ever had in a car, and i haven't heard any 90's fords or gm's match it. power isn't what it could be for the engine though..but she's still fun to drive.
Duramax with a tune are excellent. My truck is just over 108000 miles now and still on original brake pads.
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q96/Shuff_photos/045.jpg)
There are some on youtube running in the 10s. lol
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i gotta admit, although i'm a ford nut, i'm not at all unhappy with my dakota. 318 5 speed, infinity stereo. that stereo is the best i've ever had in a car, and i haven't heard any 90's fords or gm's match it. power isn't what it could be for the engine though..but she's still fun to drive.
I did like the stereo in my 2000 Ram 3500. Hell I loved the truck till 37,000 miles and then it fell apart. Dodge had an interesting approach to customer service too. "Pound sand". Speaking of stereos the Bose in my Chevy is the best thing I've ever had in a vehicle.
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2004 F150 FX4X4.. Mine runs a Edge Programmable Perfomance chip, just turned 68,000 and will cook the tires off the rims, next ugrade is a stage 2 roush supercharger when money allows for it.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/fordtruck.jpg)
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Duramax with a tune are excellent. My truck is just over 108000 miles now and still on original brake pads.
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q96/Shuff_photos/045.jpg)
There are some on youtube running in the 10s. lol
the only way i'd buy a diesel powered truck, would be for towing. otherwise, they're just not for me.
i keep looking at the older ford 350 series, with the 7.3 in them. those things just don't die.
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What year is that Shuffler, an 03? The went to different mirrors here in Canada in 2004, kinda like 2 seperate mirrors and 2 arms, where the 2003 was a single arm with power extension options. I didn't change my brakes out on mine until 206000 km, around 125k miles too, hah.
(http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/9eb07a5c0b6bb5df5b8a527c04778613d0aed820a483842f7530a9f7e158aa0d6g.jpg)
This is my new(er) Durmax, I'm up to 90k Miles on it. It's chiped and tuned up pretty well as well, although not running 10's like the ones you saw. I usually have it in economy mode except when towing either 18' Seadoo boat/dirtbikes/seadoos. I can get 850kilometers per tank if I don't drive it hard. I haven't had ONE single problem with it, I think I've replaced a taillight bulb and that's it so far other than regularly scheduled maintenance
Since getting my new mustang I've decided like I said before that my next truck will be a Ford. After riding in a Toyota recently, I really appreciated the build quality - shutting the doors was like a Lexus experience they were so smooth...but this just felt wrong to me for a truck...almost to much refinement. No sir, it'll be either the Raptor or an F150 with the ecoboost. Diesel isn't that important to me like Cap said as well, I just don't haul anything heavy enough to justify it anymore.
Also, 68Zoom that's a nice looking rig there. Those mid 2000 model Fords can still pass for almost new on the road still if you ask me. It's hard to believe that's an 8 year old truck now.
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What year is that Shuffler, an 03? The went to different mirrors here in Canada in 2004, kinda like 2 seperate mirrors and 2 arms, where the 2003 was a single arm with power extension options. I didn't change my brakes out on mine until 206000 km, around 125k miles too, hah.
(http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/9eb07a5c0b6bb5df5b8a527c04778613d0aed820a483842f7530a9f7e158aa0d6g.jpg)
This is my new(er) Durmax, I'm up to 90k Miles on it. It's chiped and tuned up pretty well as well, although not running 10's like the ones you saw. I usually have it in economy mode except when towing either 18' Seadoo boat/dirtbikes/seadoos. I can get 850kilometers per tank if I don't drive it hard. I haven't had ONE single problem with it, I think I've replaced a taillight bulb and that's it so far other than regularly scheduled maintenance
Since getting my new mustang I've decided like I said before that my next truck will be a Ford. After riding in a Toyota recently, I really appreciated the build quality - shutting the doors was like a Lexus experience they were so smooth...but this just felt wrong to me for a truck...almost to much refinement. No sir, it'll be either the Raptor or an F150 with the ecoboost. Diesel isn't that important to me like Cap said as well, I just don't haul anything heavy enough to justify it anymore.
bolded.......and where are the pics of this alleged new mustang? hhmm? :devil
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(http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i382/Gmansig220/gt500.jpg)
There, happy now?! :O :eek: :rock :t :t :t I only have a couple of other pics I'll put them up in the other thread, it's in storage next to the snake until spring, but then I'll be daily driving it much to the wife's chagrin as it was supposed to be "her" car, hahah. I'll be busy with it hunting tards in the WRX'x, EVO's (hundreds here in Calgary), and my favorite, the blingbling Represent/KeepItReal asian exhuast and pssssh-t shifting Hondas that have overrun this city like the Chinese army heading south in the Korean War.
How's your Mustang doing Cap? Do you get much snow roundabouts your area this time of year? Jersey isn't it? Can you drive year round, or at least most of it?
Sorry for the complete and total thread hijack, I promise to only talk about trucks, and mainly Ford's from this point forward.
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the only way i'd buy a diesel powered truck, would be for towing. otherwise, they're just not for me.
i keep looking at the older ford 350 series, with the 7.3 in them. those things just don't die.
I have a 22', 28' float and a 26' lowboy (all gooseneck). I have a popup ball in the bed.
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What year is that Shuffler, an 03? The went to different mirrors here in Canada in 2004, kinda like 2 seperate mirrors and 2 arms, where the 2003 was a single arm with power extension options. I didn't change my brakes out on mine until 206000 km, around 125k miles too, hah.
(http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/9eb07a5c0b6bb5df5b8a527c04778613d0aed820a483842f7530a9f7e158aa0d6g.jpg)
This is my new(er) Durmax, I'm up to 90k Miles on it. It's chiped and tuned up pretty well as well, although not running 10's like the ones you saw. I usually have it in economy mode except when towing either 18' Seadoo boat/dirtbikes/seadoos. I can get 850kilometers per tank if I don't drive it hard. I haven't had ONE single problem with it, I think I've replaced a taillight bulb and that's it so far other than regularly scheduled maintenance
Since getting my new mustang I've decided like I said before that my next truck will be a Ford. After riding in a Toyota recently, I really appreciated the build quality - shutting the doors was like a Lexus experience they were so smooth...but this just felt wrong to me for a truck...almost to much refinement. No sir, it'll be either the Raptor or an F150 with the ecoboost. Diesel isn't that important to me like Cap said as well, I just don't haul anything heavy enough to justify it anymore.
Also, 68Zoom that's a nice looking rig there. Those mid 2000 model Fords can still pass for almost new on the road still if you ask me. It's hard to believe that's an 8 year old truck now.
'05 I opted for these mirrors as they auto tilt down when backing and you can power them in for passing through narrow openings.
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Got a '98 Chevy 1/2 ton - 48k on the clock when I bought it (for the grand total of 4500). Moves me from a to b, swapped out the stereo so I can listen to mp3's via aux (mp3 player) or off of a disc.
Aside from that, not made any changes. V6 so gas useage isn't "that" bad - around the 21 mpg or so. Moves my dirt bike from where I am to where I ride with ease, comfortable enough - bought a camper shell for $50 from a local, so good to go.
Recently had to move a friends 4 x 4 from where he'd got it stuck (he had no tools, water, anything useful and decided to go off road with it. Got it bogged down to the shell. Dug it out, hitched it up, and pulled that daft sod out)
Maintenance wise, oil change every 3k seems excessive, so I do mine every 5 - any problem with that? Not had to change anything out yet - thats what shops like Cap's are for, as I'm mechanically challenged lol.....
Wurz
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'05 I opted for these mirrors as they auto tilt down when backing and you can power them in for passing through narrow openings.
Ah, I see. Nice truck, reminds me of mine, which was my first Diesel truck and probably my favorite because of all the fun times I had with it. It was the perfect vehicle for my line of work and lifestyle back in the day. It had a good size box and great towing ability, but the interior of an Escalade pretty much. Great leather seats up front, rear DVD system with wireless headphones, which was pretty cutting edge back in 2003, and I added a slaved DVD lcd screen up front as well and a sub system behind the rear bench. On long trips you cruised at super low RPM, got SICK mileage if you had the chip set to economy mode, and could watch and listen to movies like you were in a mini home theater room.
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(http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i382/Gmansig220/gt500.jpg)
There, happy now?! :O :eek: :rock :t :t :t I only have a couple of other pics I'll put them up in the other thread, it's in storage next to the snake until spring, but then I'll be daily driving it much to the wife's chagrin as it was supposed to be "her" car, hahah. I'll be busy with it hunting tards in the WRX'x, EVO's (hundreds here in Calgary), and my favorite, the blingbling Represent/KeepItReal asian exhuast and pssssh-t shifting Hondas that have overrun this city like the Chinese army heading south in the Korean War.
How's your Mustang doing Cap? Do you get much snow roundabouts your area this time of year? Jersey isn't it? Can you drive year round, or at least most of it?
Sorry for the complete and total thread hijack, I promise to only talk about trucks, and mainly Ford's from this point forward.
that's sweet dood.
we don't normally get too much snow around here till jan/feb. the last 2 years were different, but now we're falling back to normal. hell....it was nearly 60f last night as i washed her.
i've got her parked in the garage right now, but have been able to do some driving, although mostly work rush hour. i'm driving my mom down to my uncles on sunday, and may take some back roads. she's been having heart skips or something where the docs wanna jump start her heart. i figure a nice twisty road should give her that jump start, and let me have some fun. :devil
once they put anything on the road surface like brine or salt, my baby's parked till march.
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I remember doing an oil change on '98 f150. The guy was 30k overdue, and when i drained the oil...there was maybe one quote of it at most. I was very surprised, usually 30k overdue is enough for engine to make all sorts of strange noises but this one ran smooth, no knocks, squeaks...it was amazing. And other thing, it seems Ford frames don't get corroded as bad as other US truck manufacturers. Of course its nothing new for Cap but for me being a German car tech it was sort of mind changer towards Ford product.
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Got a '98 Chevy 1/2 ton - 48k on the clock when I bought it (for the grand total of 4500). Moves me from a to b, swapped out the stereo so I can listen to mp3's via aux (mp3 player) or off of a disc.
Aside from that, not made any changes. V6 so gas useage isn't "that" bad - around the 21 mpg or so. Moves my dirt bike from where I am to where I ride with ease, comfortable enough - bought a camper shell for $50 from a local, so good to go.
Recently had to move a friends 4 x 4 from where he'd got it stuck (he had no tools, water, anything useful and decided to go off road with it. Got it bogged down to the shell. Dug it out, hitched it up, and pulled that daft sod out)
Maintenance wise, oil change every 3k seems excessive, so I do mine every 5 - any problem with that? Not had to change anything out yet - thats what shops like Cap's are for, as I'm mechanically challenged lol.....
Wurz
bolded......i generally recommend 5k when highway driven, and 3k for "around town" driven........i just had a car in the shop that went 10k+ without an oil change. i'll be posting a thread about it soon. suffice it to say it isn't pretty.
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Thanks Cap, how about 4k then? I can do 3, but I do a mix of highway and around town kinda deal. Yeah, I'm cheap me.
:D
Wurz
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Thanks Cap, how about 4k then? I can do 3, but I do a mix of highway and around town kinda deal. Yeah, I'm cheap me.
:D
Wurz
if you put that much mileage, mixed, you're probably ok. i have a fleet customer that puts nearly 5k a month on all 7 of their cars. they'd be almost twice a month if we did 3k, so we keep them at 5k. so far, no problems.
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After an enormous limb from a Maple tree fell on it, I thought my 87 Chevy was toast. I fired it up and drove it out from under the limb.
It's on it's second motor, tranny, front and rear end. Many dents and dings, but only minor rust. Terrible gas mileage. It's loud, filthy, rides horrible and generally pisses me off on a regular basis.
But something in me just won't let it go. Perhaps because it fires up first time, every time.
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/saucie1/crashbangboom030.jpg)
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It's on it's second motor, tranny, front and rear end. Many dents and dings, but only minor rust. Terrible gas mileage. It's loud, filthy, rides horrible and generally pisses me off on a regular basis.
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb362/saucie1/crashbangboom030.jpg)
Sounds like my buddies ex wife :D
I had a 79 Dodge power wagon just like that....described it to a "T" loved that old piece of junk :aok
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annnnndddd right on the heels of this..........wanna guess what the safest vehicles are? what's top rated? FORD baby. dodge and chevy trucks don't even make the list.
http://autos.aol.com/photos/2012-iihs-top-safety-picks/?icid=maing-grid7|maing8|dl3|sec1_lnk1%26pLid%3D121065