On Aug 2, 7:14 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:57:25 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:01:30 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

Chevy Silverado v. Toyota Tundra v. Ford F-150

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zShwG...%2F%2Fwww%2Emo...

http://tinyurl.com/24exwz

FORD RULES!!!

WHOO HOO!!!

Anybody with a socket wrench and five minutes could easily reverse the outcome
of that dummied up test.

When Ford's start regularly going 200,000+ miles without anything besides minor
routine maintenance, please let me know. That is NOT their present reputation.

What exactly does pickup box bounce indicate, anyway? Maybe Ford needs to do
some homework. It may be an advantage for the mighty oak tree to sway in the
wind, rather than standing firm and breaking. Most competent engineers know
that.

Your way off on that one. Ford's trucks are well known for being able
to take a beating, always have been. And lasting longer than anyone
else. Try beating the Toyota the same way, and you will end up getting
to know their service manager on a first name basis. Take a look
around, if the Toyota is so good, why are their none in any large
fleets that see heavy use? The fleet buyers know what Consumer Reports
doesn't. Their concerned about service life, value and cost of
ownership, their not concerned about resale values that are based on
someone's preception, they have to live in the real world, their jobs
depend on it. The Toyota's just fine for a home owner's trips to Home
Depot, or the guy that never hauls anything, but if it's going to get
abused on a regular basis, it'll end up a very expensive low milage
junker.

My last Ford van I bought about 15 years ago, it was a fleet van, my
brother in law was the fleet director, it had over 150,000 miles on it
(odomiter didn't work), it was about 7 or 8 years old. We did
everything with it, hauled boats, fish, a load of copper, building
materials, you name it, it did it. We didn't pay much for it, I
figured I'd just drive it into the ground. I changed the oil once,
never tuned it, rarely added oil to it. Ran that thing for 10 years,
the body had real bad rust (probably from hoseing it out after hauling
fish), God only knows how many miles it had on it, it just refused to
die. I finally junked it when the rust got so bad you had to watch
where you walked in the back. Motor ran fine, transmission was perfect
when I turned it in. The junk yard guy told me their wasn't much need
for the engines and transmissions, they never go. My brother in law
said that was the reason they bought only Ford vans and trucks, they
held up. He said they wouldn't even think about any other brand.

You've got to go with what you know!