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To: taildragger
Do you think they would take that risk of low durability and warantee issues given their current economic situation?

Actually, I do. The F150 has been the best selling truck for a very long time. It has a reputation as being built to be a work truck. They have a reputation of being reliable and durable. The big parts have not historically broke. There have been some off years, however where Ford tried some "value engineering" and paid for it. Ask anyone who owned and F-150 built in 1992-1996. They made the drums and rotors smaller to save weight and you couldn't keep brakes on them. They had a simiar problem with tailgates for a while on older models. They have stayed pretty much on course to cater to their customers of late. But yes, given the declining sales of the F150 and the advance of Toyota on their "turf", it would not surprise me to see Ford try something "bold" to reinvent their product. Quite frankly, I think Toyota is winning lots of appeal because of the advertising. I know I am curious. They have more HP in their LD line and those commercials are awsome. Many F150 owners do not want the bells and whistles that come easier with Chevy trucks but want tough, rugged, durable long lasting machines with low maintenance. Chevys ride nicer and have better creature comforts than most Ford trucks. But F150 has outsold them still. Ford is nervous about losing market share in with their strongest product. It would not surprise me to see them get desparate. Look what happened to the Mustang in the late 70s and 80s. Yikes.

44 posted on 01/09/2008 10:19:04 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (Racism? There are more than a million people in the world that want me dead because I am American!)
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To: Tenacious 1
My 1999 F150 4x4 has 29,000 miles on it. I don't drive it much, but it crawls through the snow just fine. It hauls my lawn equipment to my rental each week. I purchased it in August 2003 with 22,500 miles on it. The big V8 gets ahead of an icy morning much faster than lesser engines.
114 posted on 01/09/2008 11:10:09 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: Tenacious 1

I’m on my second F-150. My first was a white 2001 standard short bed XL with a 6 and a rubber carpet. After a bad accident that snapped the front driver’s wheel off and twisted the frame and deployed both air bags- truck was totalled-and I walked away with just a sore chest I became a BIG fan of the truck. I found a Black 99 with 85K miles automatic, long bed with a nicer interior. I love these trucks. Added a aluminum tool box behind the cab. Need to get step rails so my girlfriend can climb in easier and maybe some fender trim. The only thing I would change is that it has the paddle type mirrors and not the fuller round ones that are more common.


177 posted on 01/09/2008 11:50:15 PM PST by ffusco (Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
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