Life Long GM Guy....New Ford

[fordmantpw]

yes, anecdotal evidence at best.

Exactly! Just like yours.

 

[herm0016]

Exactly! Just like yours.

yes, i was saying that about all of it. sometimes though, its all we have to go off of when we are making a decision.

 

[Jstpssng]

Why would anyone be a lifetime whatever guy? Sounds like the Charactor in Rain Man, who could only wear Hanes underware purchased from a particular K-Mart.

That sounds like a former coworker who had to drive the boss company Ford while his Chevy got a new frame. He seemed to think that driving a Ford was the root of the world’s problems, including male pattern baldness. At the time my company truck was a Ford while my personal was a GMC; so he asked me one day which I liked best and was shocked when I said the Ford. I pointed out 3 major advantages; the Ford was 7 years newer and rode a lot better; it had 200K miles less on it, so was in a lot better shape. Then I pointed out the third and most important thing; I drive it and somebody else pays the bills. What is there to not like about that?

 

[MickeyDBC]

the fords look good, but everyone i know with newer super duties are having lots of problems with them, electronics, suspension being major issues and they have trucks that are less than 2 years old. my work mates truck has been in the dealer for something or another more than once a month since he bought it, but never the same thing 3 times for lemon law. my GM has had the weeping trans cooler lines. replaced one wheel bearing a couple weeks ago and had an AC hose blow. 102k on it.

i need shocks. my work mates truck had death wobble with less than 30k miles. he put all fox 2.0 shocks and an expensive steering stabilizer on it, fixed it. cost him a bundle though.

I bought a 2019 F350 in January and have 24K miles on it and other than an instance of death wobble (need to take it in and get the alignment update done) it has been trouble free. Regularly tow 20K pounds with it and it is a beast. By this mileage point my previous Ram had already spent a month plus in the shop for recalls/repairs.

 

[gsganzer]

I bought a 2019 F350 in January and have 24K miles on it and other than an instance of death wobble (need to take it in and get the alignment update done) it has been trouble free. Regularly tow 20K pounds with it and it is a beast. By this mileage point my previous Ram had already spent a month plus in the shop for recalls/repairs.

I took a brand new 2019 Ford F350 SRW for a test drive and it had the steering wheel shimmy as soon as I got on the highway. It did recover when the road smoothed out and I hit a certain speed. I also took a new 2019 Ram 3500 SRW for a test drive and it threw a fault code and we limped back to the dealership. I was also surprised the ride of the Ram wasn't as good as I expected.

I was down on the 2019 GM's (see my thread about "GM Trucks have slipped") and they really were lacking compared to the 2019 Ford and Ram's. It looks like they played some catch-up with the 2020, but some of the things are gimmicky. I guess that's part of my issue with GM, they seem to have lost their innovation and are always playing catch-up. At least they figured out the proper place to locate the DEF fluid fill nozzle and added rear air vents to the console. I will say one thing for the GM trucks though, the ride is far superior to the other two, surprisingly so.

 

[herm0016]

I took a brand new 2019 Ford F350 SRW for a test drive and it had the steering wheel shimmy as soon as I got on the highway. It did recover when the road smoothed out and I hit a certain speed. I also took a new 2019 Ram 3500 SRW for a test drive and it threw a fault code and we limped back to the dealership. I was also surprised the ride of the Ram wasn't as good as I expected.

I was down on the 2019 GM's (see my thread about "GM Trucks have slipped") and they really were lacking compared to the 2019 Ford and Ram's. It looks like they played some catch-up with the 2020, but some of the things are gimmicky. I guess that's part of my issue with GM, they seem to have lost their innovation and are always playing catch-up. At least they figured out the proper place to locate the DEF fluid fill nozzle and added rear air vents to the console. I will say one thing for the GM trucks though, the ride is far superior to the other two, surprisingly so.

and it wont try to kill you if you hit a rough spot in the road!

 

[kf4uda]

Just thought I would give a 5K mile update on the 2019 F150 3.5L. I am happy to say that I have absolutely nothing negative to report so far. I am very pleased with this truck and especially the 3.5L Ecoboost engine. It has used no oil. It has not hiccuped once or done anything odd and it even gets a little better fuel economy than the V8 did.

I have only towed a little over 5,000lbs with it so far and only hauled a few hundred lbs in the bed so no towing or payload challenges for it yet.

I have had the the bed sprayed, installed a retractable bumper step, and swapped out the standard mirrors for tow mirrors.

Hopefully the rest of the miles will go as good as the first 5K.

 

[buck12]

It’s never too late to get a good truck. Just Kidding. I had my doubts about the 3.5 when we bought my wife’s Expedition in 2015. I wanted a v8 but the only engine was the 3.5. It is now pushing 80,000 miles and has had zero problems. It has never had trailer hooked to it but I think it has plenty of power.

 

[Deere Dude]

I took a brand new 2019 Ford F350 SRW for a test drive and it had the steering wheel shimmy as soon as I got on the highway. It did recover when the road smoothed out and I hit a certain speed. I also took a new 2019 Ram 3500 SRW for a test drive and it threw a fault code and we limped back to the dealership. I was also surprised the ride of the Ram wasn't as good as I expected.

I was down on the 2019 GM's (see my thread about "GM Trucks have slipped") and they really were lacking compared to the 2019 Ford and Ram's. It looks like they played some catch-up with the 2020, but some of the things are gimmicky. I guess that's part of my issue with GM, they seem to have lost their innovation and are always playing catch-up. At least they figured out the proper place to locate the DEF fluid fill nozzle and added rear air vents to the console. I will say one thing for the GM trucks though, the ride is far superior to the other two, surprisingly so.

Last week I tried out the three in diesel duallies to replace by 02 GMC dually. After the rides I decided to keep my old one because the rides didn't seem much better and the Ford had a lot more steering vibration than the Chev and Dodge. All three had plenty of power but the Chevy seemed more refined and urban friendly. Just a quick morning truck shopping.
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[Cat_Driver]

I gave up on GM for two reasons. My 04 and 05 Duramax both overheated from day one. The service manager told me to my face that it was NORMAL for diesels to overheat and spew coolant out of the cap.
Took normal GM owners to come up with an actual fix to make them run cooler.

The next thing that made me wash my hands of GM was when someone damaged my vehicle while I had GM vehicle insurance and left the scene.

I had $1,000 deductible to reduce payments. The GM insurance estimator came out and estimated the damage to my vehicle because it was a hit and run and the other driver didn't have insurance. They said the damage was $900.00 - so they were not going to pay since I didn't meet my deductible.

The police found the driver eventually and all of a sudden he had insurance. (confusing)

Then the guy that damaged my vehicle came out to appraise the damage and said the damage was $3,600 and wrote me a check and said if the damage came in higher let them know and they will cover that also.

I IMMEDIATELY canceled my GM insurance and purchased the insurance from the same company as the guy that damaged my vehicle.

Bottom line I purchase 2019 Ford F250 Lariat diesel and this is one of the finest vehicles I have ever owned. 900FP of torque will set you back in your seat when you lay into it. The first week I owned it I did two dozen FULL LOADS of a 16' x 4' sides dump trailer to the landfill.

She pulls every bit as good as the F450 I replaced.

For me, this is the Cadillac of trucks.