simplemod Posted April 11, 2011 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Posted April 11, 2011 i don't speak up very often, but this is one of my favorite topics. Hehehe. it's Ford that I'll pick every time. Ford owned products period. Have always had good luck with everything except the 2.9 liter v6 that was in the rangers and bronco 2's back in the 80's and early 90's. Had 2 broncos with that engine, one survived well, but the other didn't. But in your case, if the 5.0 is anything like it used to be, it should be a great run. and true that Ford did not take any bailout money. but someone mentioned the 80's products degrading. That was all makes in trucks, GM and Ford both. They did the same thing. As far as the BIG fight over which is better, that is just between the customers. the engineers of GM will call Ford when they can't figure out how to fix a problem, and Ford will call GM if in the same situation. They work together while we argue, LOL. But the biggest thing is luck, you could get either one and have a ton of problems with it, but had you picked the truck right next to it on the lot, you may never have a single problem. They all make great trucks, and all make a lemon once in a while too. Personally I have never bought a new rig, only used, that way you get an overall idea of what to expect. My last buy was 2003 F150 4x4 Sport, with the 4.6L V8, reason was all the mechanics in the shop were saying that they were averaging 400K and more before giving trouble of any sort, but the 5.4 were tiring out around 100K. I probably didn't help you in a decision much, but I had to throw in my thoughts anyway. Good Luck. PS, one of these days I hope to get my hands on a Ford Raptor, baja ready from the factory.
Sweatnbullets Posted April 12, 2011 Member ID: 213 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 820 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 521 Achievement Points: 5654 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 06/06/1963 Device: Windows Posted April 12, 2011 My coworker just had his three years old F150 motor blow at 90,000 miles 8 large to repair...out of warranty Get the Chev Awards
THOR435 Posted June 18, 2011 Member ID: 2050 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 14 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 360 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 193 Achievement Points: 2359 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 3, 2016 Birthday: 03/10/1952 Posted June 18, 2011 Hell I didnt even know Citreon made a truck.......who would have thought. BTW what is all this green/ brown stuff in the pic above???????????????
Bomber Posted June 28, 2011 Member ID: 1070 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 79 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 6 Achievement Points: 663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/30/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 9, 2015 Birthday: 01/01/1975 Posted June 28, 2011 I bought a Ford in '04 when they brought in the new body style. It's the 5.3 Supercrew FX4 model. No problems to report, still looks like new. If I was to buy a new truck tomorrow it would have to be the 6.2 Raptor SC in "Tuxedo Black" ( minus the digital mud...horrible graphics package ).
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