WilliamBos
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Sterff
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Peacock
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That terrible door chime they use now would keep me out of a new Ford.
CJONE
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I almost hate to admit this but my father in law has a 1/2 ton Dodge pickup with a 360 in it with over 600k miles. Original untouched engine, very very poorly maintained. Oil changes at 10-15k run low on oil quite a few times. Many transmissions. I rebuilt the frontend 3 times. Anyway I consider trucks like this the exception to the rule. Being in the oilfields we have all of the manufacturers diesels run to the limit on mileage and you get a good average as to what to expect for a engine. It seems that the idling is the hardest thing on these new diesels. But no matter what the manufactures say it is a fact of life for these trucks, if they can't do it they get replaced. I do agree it is amazing that so of these truck go so long without getting totaled out. CJ
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Those old Dodge motors could not be killed. My BIL had a seamless gutter business. They had Gruman Aluminum trucks with Dodge 318's in them. Gutless as could be and dripped everything everywhere but you could not kill them.
He knew it was time to add oil when you went around a turn and the pressure dropped to zero. Most of the time it would not even register on the dip stick. He claimed it had been 3 years since he changed the filter, just keep adding oil.
Chris
A million times better than the what Gm used to have. I could not stand that thing blast out the left front speaker.
Peacock
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I agree that one is annoying too, but I can't hear any GM door chime from across our shop.
Edit: I take that back. The chime on the Park Avenues and some other Buicks is quite loud.
It's the tone of the Ford that is grating to me more than anything.
Edit: I take that back. The chime on the Park Avenues and some other Buicks is quite loud.
It's the tone of the Ford that is grating to me more than anything.
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slowzuki
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Re: rust, assuming daily drive on a highway, here if you do absolutely nothing, a new car last about 10 years before rotting out. If you wash it regularly you can get about 12-13 years. If you undercoat every year with a good product you can get 15 years if you're lucky.
Cars that only drive in the city don't rot nearly as bad as the spray doesn't get forced into places. Quite common to find 15 year old city cars.
My 2001 super duty had nothing done, was a shop truck, the bed and cab have had body work done twice for perforation including new bedside, this year the bed is toast, all crossmembers have rotted out. Lower 6" of the doors will be done next year. Front bumper rusted through this spring.
Cars that only drive in the city don't rot nearly as bad as the spray doesn't get forced into places. Quite common to find 15 year old city cars.
My 2001 super duty had nothing done, was a shop truck, the bed and cab have had body work done twice for perforation including new bedside, this year the bed is toast, all crossmembers have rotted out. Lower 6" of the doors will be done next year. Front bumper rusted through this spring.
clemsonfor
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i hate to hear about how the stuff up north rusts!! I love my older reliable vehicles. things ehre in the south run till malfunctions or to costly to repair, then usually someone who can fix it gets it and fixes it! I have a 1990 ranger with just a bit of rust starting to buble up on the rear quarter low near a tire, behind a metal inner fender area where i guess whateve could not get washed out.
CJONE
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Oh sure, rub it in why don't you. We actually go south to find cars/trucks that are not rusted. Just picked up a 02 buick with 60k on it an it looks new underneath! I would love to find a 99-06 ford 250/350single crew cab to throw my 01's drivetrain into. Truck has been washed after every snowstorm and it still is in ok shape but the box will have to be replaced soon. I HATE RUST. CJ