Fords Demise ??

I've recently worked with 2 separate sub contractors that "USED" to be die-hard Ford guys until these abortions (their words) . One contractor went NISSAN , the other went MERCEDES. The Nissan guy said he wished he would have test driven them both (Ford/Nissan) BEFORE the Ford purchase, the Nissan is 3 times the vehicle Embarrassed

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Well, if what you say "three times the vehicle" is true, then Ford might be in trouble. However, I highly doubt that Nissan will ever outsell Ford when it comes to trucks.

Couple years ago, wifey and I took a vacation flew to Lost Wages, drove to Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam, and drove down to Phoenix, rented a Nissan pickup for all the driving. Was not a bad vehicle at all, wife really liked. The only knock was the turning radius took a bit getting used too. Seemed like you needed a lot of acreage to turn around.

I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.

A fiduciary told me ford was deeply in debt. They were in deep trouble.

Ford’s demise has been talked about many times since 1903.

It's the color tractor my grandpa had!

sparky wrote:

Ford’s demise has been talked about many times since 1903.

Yes, and in that time, how many times has GM declared bankruptcy?

I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.

Ford work vans are hard to beat and the best selling and has the best resale value. The Nissan excluded, (because I’ve never driven one), Ford has the best seat and ride of all work vans. The Mercedes vans are nice until you have to work on it, super expensive and finding a someone that knows what they’re doing is hard and again expensive especially if he doesn’t. The Dodge vans need pedals to help get up to speed and we traded our diesels before the warranty was up, down time in for repairs was too costly. I got stung by the Ford 6.0 diesel, won’t own another Ford diesel truck but when it comes to work vans, they’ve been number one for a long time and I don’t see that changing soon.
As a side note, if a contractor shows up at my place in a new Mercedes van, I’m probably scrutinizing every penny he’s going to charge me.

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I am worried about Chinese imports in the near future. Futon and others are making full size pickups now and will probably be imported into the US at a much lower cost than US models.

Same with Large Agriculture tractors China is making.

I think they have made off with so much of our designs and tech that they will eventually flood our markets.

Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

I drove Fords religiously since 1977, cars, light trucks and medium duty trucks and was happy for many years, but noticed that the quality and durability were going south in my opinion. The first Super Duty pickups I owned for the business would go 100,000 miles needing nothing but oil changes and tires, the last ones not even close, and drove like a boat if they were anywhere close to max GVW, which is often. In 2015, after looking closely at what everyone offered I switched to Ram and haven't looked back, I have three presently and couldn't be happier, two of them did require warranty repair, one instance each which went flawlessly, the 6.4 Hemi is a fuel miserly beast of an engine, only complaint is the wife hates the ride of the 3500, due to the fact that it rides like a truck. I used to be against foreign products, but regardless of what you buy, there is foreign influence and it's nothing new, Allis imported and sold Fiat products, many of the Ford's I owned were built in Canada, and the GM plants here are surrounded with foreign suppliers. Chevy was never in the running for me since the seventies when every shop in town that did business with GM needed a Chevy truck to deliver there and they all had one of those "bullet proof" 292 sixes hanging in the back of the shop for a spare, then there was the fact that it took them 30 years to figure out how to make a hard camshaft. They might be good for hauling a boat or a camper, but I'll pass for my needs.

That's cuz people at auction need truck parts! Wink

FORD sell MILLINOS of trucks and FreeGas is worried about 2 clowns in a monkey suit that switch to rice burners ? They deserve it !!

Like them all, but love the "B"s.

FREEDGUY wrote:

steve(ill) wrote:

FORD sell MILLINOS of trucks and FreeGas is worried about 2 clowns in a monkey suit that switch to rice burners ? They deserve it !!

You sir are missing MY post ENTIRELY Wink

!! And these "CLOWNS" are the hardest working, White, NON -UNION people that I've been around in a LONG time LOL

!! Did I mention they "WERE" die hard Ford guys ????

Of the 3 (stooges), your coming up to be the ring leader REALLY fast as far as a nomenclature (MOE) Wink

Amazing how you guys get a idea in your head it stays forever. I have seen them all sitting on the side the road. Some people can make any of them run. DJ WE NEED YOU there are dead truck you can get cheap. Wink

They all cost way to much for me to even look at any of them.

Hope none of you are out sitting on the road blocking traffic. LOL

HD6GTOM wrote:

A fiduciary told me ford was deeply in debt. They were in deep trouble.

Did you get this from your fake ‘dealer website?’ Give it up.

Tbone95 wrote:

That's cuz people at auction need truck parts! Wink

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