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Originally Posted by lari2001
Here is a perfect example of someone who is being unreasonable. If you want to switch brands because Ford doesn't offer a stick then go right ahead, I heard dodge won't be soon either. Go ahead and lose the capacity you would get with ford.
You also said you wished ford would have a forum for us to post on so they would listen to us but right here in this quote above you disagree with someone elses comments (you don't think the 2011 truck is hideous like the other guy). How do you think Ford would react to a billion different opinions? How do you build a truck off of all those opinions? The other guy would want the 99-04 headlights, you kinda like the 11 headlights, okay, what's ford supposed to do there? Some people don't like the big grill, some don't like the big oval on the tailgate, I happen to love that stuff, are they going to listen to me or you?
have fun in your dodge.
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well Lari, I am not being unreasonable. ford is running themselves into the ground trying to please the speed demons. every ford mechanic i have talked has said the same thing. too many yuppies out there that want to drive a truck and really have no "work" reason for it. its just to look good or cool, and yet still be fast. trucks have also turned to having to be family oriented too, in order to get the compromise needed in many house holds to allow for the kids, etc. so this massive "conversion" to it being a more "all around" vehicle has got it much more sissy-fied. and many of these newer truck buyers can not drive worth a crap, and all they can think about is more power, more power that will get the job done.
we used to have many more individual options, not all these packages and rules and crap like that. no reason on this planet any truck with any trim can not have a garage door opener, or the navsystem, or the folding telescopic mirrors. no reason for it at all. the parts there and it really makes no difference to the machines builoding the trucks. same goes for trannies in trim levels too. i like that ford has increased their options, but not that they have restricted them. they are packaging them mostly to make up for the dealers that really have no idea how to order trucks. the dealer closest to me has about 12 superdutys. all are shortbeds. they have had them for a pretty good while now. they had a gray xlt long bed, it sold pretty quick. another dealer closer to the job, had four long bed f350 so far this year, all sold. and their shorties are just sitting there. so are the black trucks. and the white one with that butter colored tan interior. i see this because instead walking in the park or on the beach i walk the delaer lots, its just more fun for me than the park. i watch these things. ford like so many companies in so many ways IS CATERING TO THE IDIOTS OF THE WORLD. you can disagree if you want and say the dodge won't pull as much, and all that. I had two dodges. they pulled just fine. and got a tad bit better mileage while doing it. infact the two trucks i had that were lacking in the pull dept were my 05 srw auto and my drw auto. i had to get a 450 with more power and 4.30 gears just to get it to pull like the sticks i had. ford or dodge. never had a chevy diesel of my own don't like them.
dodge is the best choice right now under the circumstances, mostly because it does not have any urea crap or the like. the ford can be the greatest truck, but if it breaks down alot, or enough, so it then becomes a bad choice. i do not like it anymore than you do. i am a die hard ford guy, but not going to go down with the ship, if thats where its headed.
