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Are Simple/cheap pickup trucks gone forever?
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You can still get a commercial or work truck model however they are way down on features sometimes don’t even look the same in ford you can get special duty and police duty Ford F1 50s and they’re pretty awesome trucks.
Upgraded brakes rubber floors the only really luxury things they have are power windows and locks surprisingly they came with nice alloy wheels as well.
About $35,000 with the big ecoboost ,4 doors and the Fx4 suspension. 4x4 with AWD
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Upgraded brakes rubber floors the only really luxury things they have are power windows and locks surprisingly they came with nice alloy wheels as well.
About $35,000 with the big ecoboost ,4 doors and the Fx4 suspension. 4x4 with AWD
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I’ll stick to buying 10-20 year old vehicles with reliable mechanicals and few electronic modules.
I’m a dodge loving freak but I love the reliability of Ford vehicles.
I currently have a 2007 E 250 van with the 4.6L v-8.
I drive it like I stole it and it has never let me down.
I had a Ford Ranger 4cyl 5 Spd I should have kept because it was a reliable gas sipper but my needs exceeded the size of the small ranger.
I truly hope a company comes around and starts building simple trucks for the working man and sells them cheap like hot cakes.
This will force the big car companies to follow suit.
Haha.....would love to see them wage a war on who could build a truck with the greatest dependabilities and least creature comforts.
Of course all I ask is that it has 4wd capabilities, a five speed manual transmission, ABS brakes, heat and two cup holders for me and a helper.
They take those electronics and stick them.
I have a 2008 Honda Odyssey that has been an awesome vehicle despite some oil leaks and every time I’m at the dealer for whatever reason the salesman try to sell me a new model.
The last time I looked at one I sat in the car with the salesman, he told me to put it in gear but instead of the manual shift lever it had an electronic shifter.
I tapped the button back into park and said “No friggin way am I EVER buying a vehicle with an electronic shifter.”
He asked why and I told him “I’m a mechanic and I can’t tell you how many customers I get that get stranded when these stupid $800$1200 shifter modules fizzle out because they’re bolted to the side of the transmission.”
I told him I do t have enough time to tell you how much over engineered planned obsolescence is stuffed into these vehicles.
But a salesman’s remedy for everything is simply buy a new car and continue your debt when it breaks.
I’m a dodge loving freak but I love the reliability of Ford vehicles.
I currently have a 2007 E 250 van with the 4.6L v-8.
I drive it like I stole it and it has never let me down.
I had a Ford Ranger 4cyl 5 Spd I should have kept because it was a reliable gas sipper but my needs exceeded the size of the small ranger.
I truly hope a company comes around and starts building simple trucks for the working man and sells them cheap like hot cakes.
This will force the big car companies to follow suit.
Haha.....would love to see them wage a war on who could build a truck with the greatest dependabilities and least creature comforts.
Of course all I ask is that it has 4wd capabilities, a five speed manual transmission, ABS brakes, heat and two cup holders for me and a helper.
They take those electronics and stick them.
I have a 2008 Honda Odyssey that has been an awesome vehicle despite some oil leaks and every time I’m at the dealer for whatever reason the salesman try to sell me a new model.
The last time I looked at one I sat in the car with the salesman, he told me to put it in gear but instead of the manual shift lever it had an electronic shifter.
I tapped the button back into park and said “No friggin way am I EVER buying a vehicle with an electronic shifter.”
He asked why and I told him “I’m a mechanic and I can’t tell you how many customers I get that get stranded when these stupid $800$1200 shifter modules fizzle out because they’re bolted to the side of the transmission.”
I told him I do t have enough time to tell you how much over engineered planned obsolescence is stuffed into these vehicles.
But a salesman’s remedy for everything is simply buy a new car and continue your debt when it breaks.
I hear ya. I buy em used after some jackwagon that would have been just as well served driving a Honda decides it is time for an upgrade. Had an interesting conversation with a recent ex employee. He wanted me to buy his truck from him, his one truck was worth more than my entire company fleet and families cars to boot. I had 9 serviceable trucks for the value of his one. I make money off mine and he is losing money on his.
Can the general public buy these with no restrictions?
Police duty?
I believe they can Fords always offered their fleet vehicles to the public best thing is to get leftovers that aren't scarfed up for departments at the year end.
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It's the bennies paid to retirees that drive the cost of a truck through the roof. I read back in the early 2000's that a typical Ford truck included about $5000 in costs associated with retirement benefits packages paid to former employees.
