Ford vs. Toyota

[TAB]

That - and ridiculous depreciation just driving off the lot - are the main reasons I don't buy new.

if you want to write off the cost of a car/truck, it has to be new, other wise all you can do is write off the exps or milage.

it sucks, but thats how it works.

[philw]

Ford...  Hack,  Cough,  Spit 

Holden here      ( long time Aussie  argument here  Holden V Ford   King of the Mountain.    Bathurst 1000  (  it is Holden By the Way)


my next car will be a Toyota  HiLux Dual Cab Turbo Diesel  though  One day 



Ford  =

Found On Rubish Dump,

Fked On Race Day,

Fixed Or Repaired Daily,

Found On Road Dead

Full Of  Rusty  Dents,

Fast Only Rolling Downhill,

Factory Ordered Road Disaster

For Old Retarded Drivers

Favorite Of Redneck Drivers

Driver Returning On Foot (Ford spelled backwards!)

[True_Texan]

If it's older (pre '90s) and Ford, I don't have a problem with them. But like philw says, "Fix Or Repair Daily". I am a Chevy guy, through and through. Got a '98 Z71 with 275K miles on it. Still going strong, no issues but the occasional accessory failure. I will, however, refuse to buy a new Government Motors product.

When/if mine breaks down, I will repair it. Just waiting for the day the 350 goes out and I can replace or modify it to a 383 stroker. No Ford EVER for me and yes Bryan, you may say f#$@ me on that but I know many engineers that work for Ford which were clearly instructed to only produce a vehicle that will last 5 years, just passed the warranty. Anything passed that would be pure luck.

[Texas_Bryan]

When/if mine breaks down, I will repair it. Just waiting for the day the 350 goes out and I can replace or modify it to a 383 stroker. No Ford EVER for me and yes Bryan, you may say f#$@ me on that but I know many engineers that work for Ford which were clearly instructed to only produce a vehicle that will last 5 years, just passed the warranty. Anything passed that would be pure luck.

Most of the family Fords are 10 to 15 years, not to mention the ones the family bought back in the early 90's.  We kept them quite a while.  You know, it doesn't count when you wrap them around trees during drunken romp through the country side.

[True_Texan]

Most of the family Fords are 10 to 15 years, not to mention the ones the family bought back in the early 90's.  We kept them quite a while.

That means they are mostly older....

You know, it doesn't count when you wrap them around trees during drunken romp through the country side.

LMAO! Don't know how many anything can keep going over that!

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[Walkeraviator]

Yeah, I have been spouting this for years that Toyota has Cinsumer Reports in their pocket, because i see just as many focuses as i do corollas still running. 

I am a Jeep man, which unfortunately makes me a Chrysler owner...but I have nothing against either Chevy or Ford, I have owned good and bad vehicles from both companies in the past.  You havet remember that noone is 100% safe from buying a lemon no matter how much you spend or who you but it from.

On  side note, I hope Chrysler Liquidates, and ford buys up Jeep.

[Timothy]

Depreciation is not an issue when you plan to drive a car 5 or 6 years.  Value is the issue and the bottom line is this;  Toyota, Honda and others just don't want to negotiate the price of the car at the dealer level.  There are at least three negotiations in any car deal.  The price, the trade, and the financing and I don't begin the next until the previous is on paper.  I don't give a damn what the monthly payment is gonna be, never have and If that's your only concern, than you need to go back to school because your buying more than you can probably afford.

I don't buy anything because it's cool, fast or pretty.  I buy because I don't care to walk too far, period.  Ford has been far better in price wars because they move a lot of cars whereas, if you get get Toyota or Honda to drop the price a few hundred bucks, you think you've won.

My current vehicles cost me about $5000.00 less than the sticker price so depreciation is a moot point, both are six years old with 98,000 and 70,000 miles repectively and since my last one gave me little or no trouble over six years and 182,000 miles, it was a no brainer to buy another Ford.  I drove an Escort for fourteen years until the body was so rotton, the back seat used to fill up with mud when it rained, the seats had fallen out and the electrical system was smoking but that little four cylinder just kept plugging away.  It wasn't pretty, fast or get me any dates but it got me to work...kind of like the Liberator in WWII, it got me to work so I could buy another Ford!

Maintain any mechanical THING and it will treat you right, if you don't, well.........

[shooter32]

Maintain any mechanical THING and it will treat you right, if you don't, well.........



I'm a truck guy,once you have one it's hard to be without one.  Right now I have a 02 Toyota Tundra 4x4 and love it. Drove a Ford ranger before that. The ranger was a pain in the ass, always something going wrong with it.

I lost my second "part time" job awhile back it was for a local Ford dealer. Talking with their techs and seeing all the newer diesels in the shop, I'd stay away from the newer diesels. Shocking

You can get a lemon with any of them!

Way in on this M25

[Timothy]

Shooter...

I have a basic 4x2 Ranger Edge with absolutely nothing extra and have had not one problem with it...like everything in life, you win some and lose some...

I like the Tundra too, just can justify the sticker shock.....yikes!  Plus, I don't NEED a full size truck, I just wear a kidney belt when I drive the Ranger....

[shooter32]

Shooter...

I have a basic 4x2 Ranger Edge with absolutely nothing extra and have had not one problem with it...like everything in life, you win some and lose some...

I like the Tundra too, just can justify the sticker shock.....yikes!  Plus, I don't NEED a full size truck, I just wear a kidney belt when I drive the Ranger....

Tim, that's one of the reasons I bought the Tundra. It rides more like a car and the 4x4 does great in the snow and 4x4'n in the mountains on my hunting trips