Fords Demise ??

Sadly its a matter of time as Ford will be in a foreign companys control- if it isnt already

Nissan better??? Bahahaha. You couldn't keep rear ends in the original Titan's. Now they are rebranded Ram's.

AMEN JW, when a contractor shows up at my place in a $85K loaded King Ranch (that never get's worked and is just for show), pretty safe to say his quote will be the highest every time!

DiyDave wrote: FREEDGUY wrote: steve(ill) wrote: FORD sell MILLINOS of trucks and FreeGas is worried about 2 clowns in a monkey suit that switch to rice burners ?   They deserve it !! You sir are missing MY post ENTIRELY  title="Wink" /> !! And these "CLOWNS" are the hardest working, White, NON -UNION people that I've been around in a LONG time   !! Did I mention they "WERE" die hard Ford guys ???? Why would race have anything to do with car ownership?title="Confused" />

Yes exactly ???

Lars(wi) wrote: We have two separate topics going here, 1. Who makes a better product 2. Which is a better run company In my mind, if a company has to go begging to the govt hat in hand, crying the blues, they need help from the govt to survive, a pox on that company, and the govt for helping. Regardless of the quality of their product, if a company can’t stand alone and survive, I’ve got no time for them. GM is dead to me.

Years back I kinda liked the Ford Rangers but the quality was so bad I bought a Mazda instead.

HD6GTOM wrote: A fiduciary told me ford was deeply in debt. They were in deep trouble.

Did you get this from your fake ‘dealer website?’ Give it up.

Amazing how you guys get a idea in your head it stays forever. I have seen them all sitting on the side the road. Some people can make any of them run. DJ  WE NEED YOU there are dead truck you can get cheap.

FREEDGUY wrote: steve(ill) wrote: FORD sell MILLINOS of trucks and FreeGas is worried about 2 clowns in a monkey suit that switch to rice burners ?   They deserve it !! You sir are missing MY post ENTIRELY  !! And these "CLOWNS" are the hardest working, White, NON -UNION people that I've been around in a LONG time  !! Did I mention they "WERE" die hard Ford guys ????

FORD sell MILLINOS of trucks and FreeGas is worried about 2 clowns in a monkey suit that switch to rice burners ?   They deserve it !!

That's cuz people at auction need truck parts!

I drove Fords religiously since 1977, cars, light trucks and medium duty trucks and was happy for many years, but noticed that the quality and durability were going south in my opinion. The first Super Duty pickups I owned for the business would go 100,000 miles needing nothing but oil changes and tires, the last ones not even close, and drove like a boat if they were anywhere close to max GVW, which is often. In 2015, after looking closely at what everyone offered I switched to Ram and haven't looked back, I have three presently and couldn't be happier, two of them did require warranty repair, one instance each which went flawlessly, the 6.4 Hemi is a fuel miserly beast of an engine, only complaint is the wife hates the ride of the 3500, due to the fact that it rides like a truck. I used to be against foreign products, but regardless of what you buy, there is foreign influence and it's nothing new, Allis imported and sold Fiat products, many of the Ford's I owned were built in Canada, and the GM plants here are surrounded with foreign suppliers. Chevy was never in the running for me since the seventies when every shop in town that did business with GM needed a Chevy truck to deliver there and they all had one of those "bullet proof" 292 sixes hanging in the back of the shop for a spare, then there was the fact that it took them 30 years to figure out how to make a hard camshaft. They might be good for hauling a boat or a camper, but I'll pass for my needs.

I am worried about Chinese imports in the near future. Futon and others are making full size pickups now and will probably be imported into the US at a much lower cost than US models.

Ford work vans are hard to beat and the best selling and has the best resale value. The Nissan excluded, (because I’ve never driven one), Ford has the best seat and ride of all work vans. The Mercedes vans are nice until you have to work on it, super expensive and finding a someone that knows what they’re doing is hard and again expensive especially if he doesn’t. The Dodge vans need pedals to help get up to speed and we traded our diesels before the warranty was up, down time in for repairs was too costly. I got stung by the Ford 6.0 diesel, won’t own another Ford diesel truck but when it comes to work vans, they’ve been number one for a long time and I don’t see that changing soon.
As a side note, if a contractor shows up at my place in a new Mercedes van, I’m probably scrutinizing every penny he’s going to charge me.