Why are you brand loyal?

[check]

I have no brand loyalty, either. However, I have had four F150s in a row. Mainly due to the amazing lease deals, and the really large backseat. Also, minimal repair problems.

Oh, yeah. The F150 ride is very smooth, and very quiet. Drove my father-in-law up to the cottage a couple of days ago, and he was amazed at how quiet it was inside.

For the family SUV, it has been one '03 Toyota 4runner, which was an amazing vehicle, and two Honda pilots, because they have more room than the other midsize SUVs. The Toyota people were at noxious when it came to repairs, and the Honda people have been great.

Would have loved to get the Sequoia, but it's just too expensive and a little too big for my wife to drive.

A big item for me now, is the rear view camera. Both of my last 2 F150s had it, and our next SUV will have it as well.

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, we had two Mercedes ML 320s, and they were crap. Amazing and very advanced technology, but all the other SUVs have the same stuff now. But everything on the ML 320s kept breaking. Many days in the shop, and I will never buy another Mercedes again.

 

[oldpilgrim]

The highest percentage of vehicles over 200,000 miles, is the Ford F-250. There was no other vehicle even close to it. The study included cars. Most of the top 5 were suv's and trucks, not cars.

I'd like to see the percentage of those over 300k. I think I know what I'd find.

 

[farm boy00]

I'd like to see the percentage of those over 300k. I think I know what I'd find.

Here is two websites for highest vehicle. I only went through the truck section and suv

High Mileage Vehicles You Should Buy

Top 10: Cars That Last Over 300,000 Miles - Oscaro


On both of those if you go to truck/work vehicle ford will be on more then once

One website didn't even list Chevy/gmc for work.

We do have a 2500gmc duramax tho that is clocking around 420,000miles. Won't quite no matter what but we want to get rid of it before the value goes to nothing

 

[Btown]

I'd like to read that study. I can believe quantity but percentage not so sure about. Since there is such a large volume of those on the road, especially fleets and the like, it would make sense they have the most exceeding 200,000 miles. Don't get me wrong, I don't know all F-250 owners but those that I do know never came close to 200,000 miles and still had a truck that could be a daily driver.

The 20 longest-lasting vehicles - News and reviews - Boston.com

 

[tcreeley]

I buy what I can afford and what has a good repair record. For cars it used to be Nissan 510's and Sentras. Then I switched to Hyundhia. I buy new and drive it until 170,000 miles, then my son would get it, or we'd give it to a neighbor. I had a dodge slant 6 pick up. Nice truck but electronic ignition needed a rebuild every 40,000 mi, like clockwork. I'm on my 2nd chevy pu. Current is a 2500HD work truck. I like it, but the abs sucks- hard to find anyone to set it right. But I would buy it again. Strong truck.
Around here rust kills faster than wear and tear on the engine.


re long lasting trucks- no one buys this truck - Ford F-250 Super Duty- who can't afford to maintain it! I imagine that contributes to the vehicles on the road after 200000 mi!

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Ford trucks, Kubota tractors, and Makita tools. Done.

 

[Btown]

I buy what I can afford and what has a good repair record. For cars it used to be Nissan 510's and Sentras. Then I switched to Hyundhia. I buy new and drive it until 170,000 miles, then my son would get it, or we'd give it to a neighbor. I had a dodge slant 6 pick up. Nice truck but electronic ignition needed a rebuild every 40,000 mi, like clockwork. I'm on my 2nd chevy pu. Current is a 2500HD work truck. I like it, but the abs sucks- hard to find anyone to set it right. But I would buy it again. Strong truck. Around here rust kills faster than wear and tear on the engine. re long lasting trucks- no one buys this truck - Ford F-250 Super Duty- who can't afford to maintain it! I imagine that contributes to the vehicles on the road after 200000 mi!

ABS should not need to be set. I had some issues with my 2004 GMC Yukon with the wheel bearings. That is where the ABS sensors are on them. The darn thing would kick traction control in when you were taking off from a start and hit a bump and when you were stopping when you got to 5 mph the ABS would kick in. The Yukon had less than 60K on it when this happened. Is your truck doing this?

 

[tcreeley]

ABS should not need to be set. I had some issues with my 2004 GMC Yukon with the wheel bearings. That is where the ABS sensors are on them. The darn thing would kick traction control in when you were taking off from a start and hit a bump and when you were stopping when you got to 5 mph the ABS would kick in. The Yukon had less than 60K on it when this happened. Is your truck doing this?

Something like this. Couple time the abs would kick in down the road at 45. Start shaking and I'd come to a stop -then everything was fine. Mostly I can hear the brakes kicking in when I slow to a stop going 5 mph. Local place did a bunch of brake work, new lines, pads but the brakes ground when I left, I took it to the dealer. Much better, but not as good as new. The brakes hold well. Now I am starting to hear the extra noise when I slow down and creep to a stop. I read on the internet that this was a problem with chevy pu/s during 2003.
130,000 mi on the truck.

 

[jlgurr]

The 20 longest-lasting vehicles - News and reviews - Boston.com

No offense intended, but any person could have written that article. There are no data sources cited so does that mean the author of the article him or herself witnessed the odometer readings on these vehicles? How would they know what the mileage is on vehicles? I see the report more as entertainment than fact, unless there are data sources or data collection processes cited which I could not find. Some of the reader comments suggest the report is lacking in credibility also.

 

[Btown]

Something like this. Couple time the abs would kick in down the road at 45. Start shaking and I'd come to a stop -then everything was fine. Mostly I can hear the brakes kicking in when I slow to a stop going 5 mph. Local place did a bunch of brake work, new lines, pads but the brakes ground when I left, I took it to the dealer. Much better, but not as good as new. The brakes hold well. Now I am starting to hear the extra noise when I slow down and creep to a stop. I read on the internet that this was a problem with chevy pu/s during 2003. 130,000 mi on the truck.

Sounds like a wheel bearing. A mechanic has to hook it up to a tester and check the wheel rotation. I had one that read zero when the vehicle was going 5 mph. The other 3 read 5 mph. I'm going to guess the road was bumpy at 45 mph. Mine would kick in traction control if I hit a pot hole at speed. Have your wheel bearings checked and get a good replacement one. There are some bad replacement ones out there.