Aluminum Body Repairs Part 1 (With Video) - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test
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Aluminum Body Repairs Part 1 (With Video) - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test
We bought the $52,000 F-150 from Galpin Ford in Van Nuys, California. The day after the truck was delivered to our Edmunds office in Santa Monica, I went to work with the BFH, intentionally denting the Ford's right quarter panel.
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In fact they sort of did:
" A job like this on an F-150 with steel panels "would take half the time." "
And in reality to truly find out the difference you'd have to take a 2014 F-150 and hit it with the same force in the same places and see what it costs. Would the hammer have done even more damage to a steel panel? If it would have then that would have had an effect on the price.
I just like 'experiments' that make sense. Rather than stunts designed to get Youtube views.
How can you compare repair costs if you don't compare damage levels?
So any instant improvement in the 2015 is nice but with break in it will improve over time. Even our 2.0 Ecoboosted Escape improved 5mpg with the addition of 4000 miles on the clock from 23.1 to 27.5
If they gave it the Tremor treatment for 2015, which they said they won't (Tremor was a 1 off for 2014 only) I don't see myself purchasing a 2015 F-150 anytime soon... unless I wreck my Tremor and can't find another.