Wrong one..

[blazer74]

Wouldn't trade my square away buuuuuuuut, that doesn't mean I can't like others.

I could be wrong tho I haven't seen a motorcraft part with the word China on it the package.

No government bail out for Ford either.

Otherwise I'm ok with all three at least with the older vehicles spells American.

[philo_beddoe]

For todays chevys, i would only buy a truck. If i bought a new sports car, well, the challenger is pretty nice. I have not seen the new camaro up close yet.  Dont like the new mustang.

I dont see how anyone on this forum would snub their nose at any 60's or 70's muscle car. Old classic vehicles are really cool, period. Even the non muscle,,even a pacer,,,,,even a gremlin! Lol

However, there is one ford i would use for target practise. Yup, the 79 pinto runabout. The 79 mustang was pretty embarassing too.

Were there any goofy looking chevy's?

BTW, that 67 shelby gt500, sells for about 1 m.  Just sayin.

[timthescarrd]

Were there any goofy looking chevy's?

Yes, yes there were

[roundhouse]

No way I'd buy a new Chevy
I have a 07 3/4 ton 4wd as a company truck and it's the roughest riding pickup I've have ever driven

Just as bad as my 77 K-10
And worse than most all of my 18 wheelers
And it rattles and squeaks , transmission shifts horribly
Clanks and clunks , takes almost 3 seconds to go into gear when you drop it into drive

The Tundra I had before that , wow.  Now that was a nice truck
Rode like a car   
Trans was smooth as silk
No squeaks or rattles

Light years better than ford or GM




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[LTZ C20]

You mean you would pass up a 1967 Shelby GT500?

And I wouldn't even regret it one bit.

[LTZ C20]

You mean you would pass up a 1967 Shelby GT500?

If I was going to cross the line it would be a MOPAR

I would too, if I had too, dodge before ford any day.

[LTZ C20]

No way I'd buy a new Chevy
I have a 07 3/4 ton 4wd as a company truck and it's the roughest riding pickup I've have ever driven

Just as bad as my 77 K-10
And worse than most all of my 18 wheelers
And it rattles and squeaks , transmission shifts horribly
Clanks and clunks , takes almost 3 seconds to go into gear when you drop it into drive

The Tundra I had before that , wow.  Now that was a nice truck
Rode like a car   
Trans was smooth as silk
No squeaks or rattles

Light years better than ford or GM




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If you're having those kinds of issues, you have something wrong with the truck. I've driven tons of newer trucks, both personal and company vehicles, they only have issues when they aren't cared for. The brand new trucks ride and run amazingly smooth.

[roundhouse]

No way I'd buy a new Chevy
I have a 07 3/4 ton 4wd as a company truck and it's the roughest riding pickup I've have ever driven

Just as bad as my 77 K-10
And worse than most all of my 18 wheelers
And it rattles and squeaks , transmission shifts horribly
Clanks and clunks , takes almost 3 seconds to go into gear when you drop it into drive

The Tundra I had before that , wow.  Now that was a nice truck
Rode like a car   
Trans was smooth as silk
No squeaks or rattles

Light years better than ford or GM




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If you're having those kinds of issues, you have something wrong with the truck. I've driven tons of newer trucks, both personal and company vehicles, they only have issues when they aren't cared for. The brand new trucks ride and run amazingly smooth.

I assume the $65K ones ride nice.    This is the plastic seat rubber floor can't adjust the mirrors work truck

But it's still a total POS
Whatever corners Chevy cut to make it a cheap work truck would keep me from ever buying a Chevy pickup of any kind
Fortunately this one belongs to my employer

I'm gonna try to remove some leafs from the springs and get them to swap the tires

Hopefully the company will buy a new one before too long and maybe I can talk them into a tundra instead of a Chevy


I haven't sen any indication that it has not been maintained ,
I do t see how skipping maintenance could make it ride worse than a dumptruck
That's just crap design or GM slapping on really stiff springs to call it a 3/4 ton
I suppose

It ride like my dads leaf spring jeep wrangler
Plus all the squeaks and rattles are just typical big three poor quality
  They can brag all they want about how high quality their new vehicles are
   Of course they are.  All brand new vehicles are nice
The real quality test is when it's ten years old and has 170K miles on it

[LTZ C20]

The problem we see with the base model work trucks are just that, they are work trucks, owned by a company and driven by an employee. Most employees don't care about how they treat it, work trucks have a tendency to get over loaded companies view them as 200,000 mile disposable tax write off's. We have a few companies that bring there fleet trucks to us for service, one company has well over 100 trucks in the best 10 years and all these companies love there trucks and most of them are all 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with gas and diesel engines.

[philo_beddoe]

I just cant see a 2016 truck having issues, then again, a friend who is a ranger with the govt. has a new govt issued chevy truck and the tranny just crapped out bad on a road trip, barely made it home. But, how many cases of bad trucks are there for the tens of thousands sold?

[philo_beddoe]

You mean you would pass up a 1967 Shelby GT500?

And I wouldn't even regret it one bit.

Why would you pass up a million dollar american classic muscle car? Wait, is it a Cali thing? Lol

[roundhouse]

The problem we see with the base model work trucks are just that, they are work trucks, owned by a company and driven by an employee. Most employees don't care about how they treat it, work trucks have a tendency to get over loaded companies view them as 200,000 mile disposable tax write off's. We have a few companies that bring there fleet trucks to us for service, one company has well over 100 trucks in the best 10 years and all these companies love there trucks and most of them are all 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with gas and diesel engines.

That's what makes them great indicators of the true quality or lack thereof of the vehicle

Every vehicle is nice when it's brand new and or never used
    What it's like after 8 years and 170k miles is its true character showing thru

If their work truck is a worthless squeaky clunky rough riding POS after 10 years why would I lay out big $$ for a nice version if it's gonna be in the same condition in 10 years ??

[roundhouse]

You mean you would pass up a 1967 Shelby GT500?

And I wouldn't even regret it one bit.

Why would you pass up a million dollar american classic muscle car? Wait, is it a Cali thing? Lol

I didn't want one when they were worn out worthless gas guzzlers and don't want one now

Most people only want cars because everyone else wants it

My fave is a 66 Thunderbird town coupe or town landau

They have never been worth much and won't ever be worth much
But Ive owned 5 and will buy another one one of these days

I've regretted selling every old car I've ever had
Not because they are valuable and desirable now
But because I thought  they were cool then and only sold em to fund the next one
   I've had a 70 Trans am cost me $1200 in 1992
A 69 Mercury cyclone cake Yarbrough edition $275 in 1981
A 66 thunderbird 428 $600 in '1980
A 69 thunderbird 4 door 429. $400 in 1981

Etc etc
Never cared much for mustangs

[LTZ C20]

You mean you would pass up a 1967 Shelby GT500?

And I wouldn't even regret it one bit.

Why would you pass up a million dollar american classic muscle car? Wait, is it a Cali thing? Lol

No, cuz it's still a ford, don't care how priceless or rare it is, it might be cool but it's still a ford.

[LTZ C20]

The problem we see with the base model work trucks are just that, they are work trucks, owned by a company and driven by an employee. Most employees don't care about how they treat it, work trucks have a tendency to get over loaded companies view them as 200,000 mile disposable tax write off's. We have a few companies that bring there fleet trucks to us for service, one company has well over 100 trucks in the best 10 years and all these companies love there trucks and most of them are all 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with gas and diesel engines.

That's what makes them great indicators of the true quality or lack thereof of the vehicle

Every vehicle is nice when it's brand new and or never used
    What it's like after 8 years and 170k miles is its true character showing thru

If their work truck is a worthless squeaky clunky rough riding POS after 10 years why would I lay out big $$ for a nice version if it's gonna be in the same condition in 10 years ??

We have customer with an 04 GMC Sierra, original engine and trans, looks brand new inside and out, almost he's got to be getting close to 500,000 miles.