I just bought a new truck,,,

[Beerfish]

Had my good old toyota matrix since 2006.  Had decided long ago to buy a new truck just after I retired.  Very tough decision as everyone makes pretty good trucks these days and the salespeople were actually really good and not assholes which I feared.

I ended up buying a Ford F150 4x4 extended cab dark blue.

 

[The Crimson King]

3 hours ago, Beerfish said:

Had my good old toyota matrix since 2006.  Had decided long ago to buy a new truck just after I retired.  Very tough decision as everyone makes pretty good trucks these days and the salespeople were actually really good and not assholes which I feared.

I ended up buying a Ford F150 4x4 extended cab dark blue.

 

congrats !

you can fit a Toyota Matrix in the bed of that thing .  

nice color choice BTW

 

[Beerfish]

Looks like this....

 

[joewilly12]

Nice good luck a pickup truck is pretty fancy these days enjoy it. 

One major rule I have with my pickup is no loading over the sides, everything put in the back is via the open tailgate. 

[Bombdirt]

Nice. I just got rid of my Chevy Silverado a few months ago. bought it near-new and I loved it, but after about five years it started rusting and falling apart. I had all kinds of mechanical issues with it too. Definitely would not get that make/model again. 

I do miss having a truck, though. 

[Thai Jet]

2 hours ago, Beerfish said:

Looks like this....

 

Noticed that the front lights are in the shape of a J . Is that for Jets ?

[JiF]

12 hours ago, Beerfish said:

Looks like this....

 

I love my F150. I got the all black Sport addition.  No 4x4, not really necessary in Florida.  This is the one I have: 

[Beerfish]

10 hours ago, Thai Jet said:

Noticed that the front lights are in the shape of a J . Is that for Jets ?

No J for Jamal Adams

 

[Kleckineau]

Congrats on a fabulous choice...........................until friends family start asking you to help move things.

Ask me how I know ?

Kidding aside Ford and Toyota make the best pick ups by far.

More expensive but if you keep vehicles longer than 4 years worth it.

Ram and Chevy GMC.......... pffffffffffffffffft

Ask around and you will see.

[chirorob]

1 hour ago, Kleckineau said:

Congrats on a fabulous choice...........................until friends family start asking you to help move things.

Ask me how I know ?

Kidding aside Ford and Toyota make the best pick ups by far.

More expensive but if you keep vehicles longer than 4 years worth it.

Ram and Chevy GMC.......... pffffffffffffffffft

Ask around and you will see.

I have a 3 year old Tundra.   The only mechanical issue it has had is a tail light bulb went out.

Once you have the truck, it's hard to go back.

[Thai Jet]

3 hours ago, Beerfish said:

No J for Jamal Adams

 

Cool ! Good luck with the truck.

[southparkcpa]

On 5/17/2018 at 5:52 PM, Beerfish said:

Had my good old toyota matrix since 2006.  Had decided long ago to buy a new truck just after I retired.  Very tough decision as everyone makes pretty good trucks these days and the salespeople were actually really good and not assholes which I feared.

I ended up buying a Ford F150 4x4 extended cab dark blue.

 

That’s nothing compared to SARS leased BMW ?

[batman10023]

as a spin off (someone mentioning friends asking for help moving stuff) - There should be an UBER type product for this.  

often people need this type of help but don't need man with a van  easily could charge $50 bucks an hour.

man with a van is one of the best deals around.    

[Fantasy Island]

My 2000 4x4 Green Nissan Frontier still running great at 172000 miles.

[jetrider]

I owned five F150s, all 4WDs, all brand new. My first was a '97 flareside reg cab. Owned all cab configurations: regular, supercrew, supercab. After my second supercrew I switched back to supercab. It was my fave because you can fully open the cab all at once. There are certain things in life you must buy American: trucks, tires, surfboards, guitars, and footballs. Ford trucks are #1 for a reason. Had no mechanical issues with any of them except after 100K miles on my '09 the rear diff exploded. The $6 pin bolt that holds spider gears to the shaft severed off and set everything free. A few shakes and a loud bang. One gear shot thru the metal case and the driveshaft twisted off the u-joint as I entered a freeway. Ford wanted $3800 + tax to fix it but parts were on back order. Took it to a rear end specialist that fixed it in half a day. Dropped it off at 8am, picked it up before 2pm. $635 out the door. They stocked all parts, Ford dealer didn't. Differential internals require so much micro-precision I didn't want some inexperienced shop help attempting it at a dealership. No idea what an extended warranty might've cost, but for $635 and no other repairs I can't complain. This is the super rare '09 short bed SuperCab FX4 that became the first generation Raptor.

Axl Rose's house in background behind trees ^. Note how shot the BFG KM2s are. Replaced them with Toyo Open Country MT and new rims.

 

 

 

[joewilly12]

FORD 

FOUND OFF ROAD DEAD 

[Kleckineau]

First

On

Race

Day

9 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

FORD 

FOUND OFF ROAD DEAD 

 

[joewilly12]

Just now, Kleckineau said:

First

On

Race

Day

 

FIX OR REPAIR DAILY

[Kleckineau]

3 hours ago, joewilly12 said:

FIX OR REPAIR DAILY

Formula 

One 

Reality 

Dose

GT40 the Ferrari slayer look it up

[joewilly12]

[jetrider]

For Only Real Drivers

2018 Ford GT

[Kleckineau]

10 hours ago, joewilly12 said:

Circle this.....

If I remember correctly, it was only 10 years ago, with our money, the US Gov had to bail out bankrupt  GM, Chrysler and and and and oh wait..that was it ...just GM and Chrysler but not Ford.  Ford vehicles were still selling well enough to keep them solvent during the worst economy since the depression and declined any gov assist. At the highly publicized congressional testimony by the CEOs of the big 3. Mr Mullaly, Ford CEO arrived to the testimony from Detroit by car while the other two used their bankrupt companies private jets further adding to the negative public image of the bankrupt and mismanaged companies they led. As long as you leave out the Detroit Lions, Ford is a terrific company with great products and is the most likely suitor to eventually buy / merge with Tesla.

 

boom drops mike done see ya☺

[joewilly12]

10 hours ago, Kleckineau said:

Circle this.....

If I remember correctly, it was only 10 years ago, with our money, the US Gov had to bail out bankrupt  GM, Chrysler and and and and oh wait..that was it ...just GM and Chrysler but not Ford.  Ford vehicles were still selling well enough to keep them solvent during the worst economy since the depression and declined any gov assist. At the highly publicized congressional testimony by the CEOs of the big 3. Mr Mullaly, Ford CEO arrived to the testimony from Detroit by car while the other two used their bankrupt companies private jets further adding to the negative public image of the bankrupt and mismanaged companies they led. As long as you leave out the Detroit Lions, Ford is a terrific company with great products and is the most likely suitor to eventually buy / merge with Tesla.

 

boom drops mike done see ya☺

Dude/dudette calm down I'm busting balls whatever works for you drive what you can afford and makes you happy. Its all good. 

[Kleckineau]

23 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

Dude/dudette calm down I'm busting balls whatever works for you drive what you can afford and makes you happy. Its all good. 

Hey I was just trying to one up ya honestly yes it is all good. 

Maybe I over did it.?

PS Love the Fords really do have both an F150 and .... lol a Corvette (true)

I do try to by the USA stuff as if that even truly exists anymore.

[Beerfish]

Ha here is a good one after a few days it gets hot here so i turn on the A/C and it does not work worth sh*t.  thus i had to book in a warranty visit which will take like 10 days for them to get it in.

I gave them a good customer review on the survey they sent me before this issue.  I think i will send their customer service rep an email about this though.

 

[Thai Jet]

12 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

Ha here is a good one after a few days it gets hot here so i turn on the A/C and it does not work worth sh*t.  thus i had to book in a warranty visit which will take like 10 days for them to get it in.

I gave them a good customer review on the survey they sent me before this issue.  I think i will send their customer service rep an email about this though.

 

10 DAYS ! That's unreal. You'd think with an expensive, brand new truck they'd bend over backwards to keep you happy. I know my Jeep dealer triple checked with me that I was happy with it before I did my JD Powers survey. I would definitely email the CS rep. 

[jetrider]

4 hours ago, Beerfish said:

Ha here is a good one after a few days it gets hot here so i turn on the A/C and it does not work worth sh*t.  thus i had to book in a warranty visit which will take like 10 days for them to get it in.

I gave them a good customer review on the survey they sent me before this issue.  I think i will send their customer service rep an email about this though.

Never had any A/C issues. If you bought from a genuine Ford dealership you might wanna notify Ford directly. Sounds like the dealer didn't follow proper prep inspection procedures before releasing the truck to the buyer. Ford would love to know about bad dealers. I always check that stuff on a test drive but it's really their job to catch any issues. The 10 day deal is also outrageous. Hope it has oil! 

[batman10023]

On 5/23/2018 at 6:04 AM, Kleckineau said:

Circle this.....

If I remember correctly, it was only 10 years ago, with our money, the US Gov had to bail out bankrupt  GM, Chrysler and and and and oh wait..that was it ...just GM and Chrysler but not Ford.  Ford vehicles were still selling well enough to keep them solvent during the worst economy since the depression and declined any gov assist. At the highly publicized congressional testimony by the CEOs of the big 3. Mr Mullaly, Ford CEO arrived to the testimony from Detroit by car while the other two used their bankrupt companies private jets further adding to the negative public image of the bankrupt and mismanaged companies they led. As long as you leave out the Detroit Lions, Ford is a terrific company with great products and is the most likely suitor to eventually buy / merge with Tesla.

 

boom drops mike done see ya☺

i believe Mr. Mullaly also flew on private jet.

the ford family would not have liked for them to file BK would have been not great for them.

Ford raised a TON of money in 2006 if memory serves me correctly.  was a great move.  

I also believe that the US Govt made money on their GM investment.  

[Beerfish]

3 hours ago, jetrider said:

Never had any A/C issues. If you bought from a genuine Ford dealership you might wanna notify Ford directly. Sounds like the dealer didn't follow proper prep inspection procedures before releasing the truck to the buyer. Ford would love to know about bad dealers. I always check that stuff on a test drive but it's really their job to catch any issues. The 10 day deal is also outrageous. Hope it has oil! 

The dealer really has a stellar rep.  I did send another email a few hours back so we will see if they say anything.  It's tough to test out every single component of a truck before you take possession but I should have made a check list.  we'll see what happens,

[jetrider]

22 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

The dealer really has a stellar rep.  I did send another email a few hours back so we will see if they say anything.  It's tough to test out every single component of a truck before you take possession but I should have made a check list.  we'll see what happens,

F150forum.com is extremely helpful and a very fun forum. You'll get fast answers to many questions there.

I assume you checked the manual and pressed Max A/C and separate fan+ button

[Kleckineau]

1 hour ago, batman10023 said:

i believe Mr. Mullaly also flew on private jet.

the ford family would not have liked for them to file BK would have been not great for them.

Ford raised a TON of money in 2006 if memory serves me correctly.  was a great move.  

I also believe that the US Govt made money on their GM investment.  

True and both GM and the Feds left the old GM shareholders holding worthless shares.

[batman10023]

4 hours ago, Kleckineau said:

True and both GM and the Feds left the old GM shareholders holding worthless shares.

That’s what bankruptcy is for.  

I bought a good chunk of gm bonds at 10 cents on the dollar and sold them for 40 cents on the dollar after they came out of bankruptcy.  Was a good investment. 

[Beerfish]

4 hours ago, jetrider said:

F150forum.com is extremely helpful and a very fun forum. You'll get fast answers to many questions there.

I assume you checked the manual and pressed Max A/C and separate fan+ button

Yes I tried about every possible action and also showed the sales rep so there is an issue.  The good news is that the polite email i sent got some results and I will be able to get the truck in this monday instead of a week later and they will give me a substitute truck for a few days until they get it fixed.

[Kleckineau]

7 hours ago, batman10023 said:

That’s what bankruptcy is for.  

I bought a good chunk of gm bonds at 10 cents on the dollar and sold them for 40 cents on the dollar after they came out of bankruptcy.  Was a good investment. 

I prefer when money is made the old fashioned way like going to the bank................with a gun.

All kidding aside nice buy / sell.

[joewilly12]

On 5/25/2018 at 9:50 AM, Beerfish said:

Ha here is a good one after a few days it gets hot here so i turn on the A/C and it does not work worth sh*t.  thus i had to book in a warranty visit which will take like 10 days for them to get it in.

I gave them a good customer review on the survey they sent me before this issue.  I think i will send their customer service rep an email about this though.

 

OUCH that sucks.