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The word Chevy means. The cheapest heap enVision yet.
Get over it, grow up, and get on with life.
he found it once, but seems to can't find it again!
And please dont put Chevy and toyopet in the same sentence let alone grouping em together.
what a joke..
...They got a body people buy....now they need brakes/an engine/and a tranny!
Ford and Chevy...the only 2 choices worth making.
I chose Chevy.
Somebody get this Kid outa here..
..Meredith....do we really need this topic?
- Tim
You never answered me on the other post. Did you figure out what needle shims are? LOL! Quad and I are on you! Wait a few years until you actually have a driver's license before you can enter this type of debate.
By the way, although dodge's engine are old in design and less efficient than both ford and chevy, they are bulletproof.
redesign or not it's too late for dodge. by that
time toyota will have left dodge in the dust.
that's dodge though, not chevy or ford, their
already on to toyota.
...red
Nostalgia for engines that were never favored perplexes me.
Sorry for off topic.
Now Dodge, not to much else to add except maybe they need to stop working so hard on there engines and do something about that cheap ol' interior and clunky hood/grill. Come on back when the RAMS are grown up.
'99 Z71.
The Ford SD dash is incredibly boring, but I love the spaciousness of it. I don't need that much truck. Won't fit in my garage. And it's noisy. Rides stiff. But it's a real truck capable of serious work, or towing 5th wheels, and a top choice. But it looks great and has impressive size. That's why people who don't need what it offers will put up with it anyway. Most of my friends that have SDs and Cummins trucks also drive cars.
No harm meant.
Danog
Glad you like your Chevy. Mine was only a year old and spent more time being worked on than being driven (mainly by me because GM wouldn't).
You seem to be one of those blind faith die hard GM fans. Thats fine. There are plenty of people that are ok with overlooking quality issues to be loyal to GM. I am not one of them. If I was willing to endure fixing all the initial quality issues, eventually my Silverado would have been a good truck. Too many issues to have to deal with on a $27k truck.
May have problems with the Ford. May not. At least I am not blinded by a bowtie emblem though.
I'll take a bowtie thank you..
- Tim
and airbags were standard. I know airbags are not garaunteed life savers, some even kill, but I didn't want to be in the situation that if I or my passenger could of been saved if there was an airbag, and I had decided on the truck without one. Heck when GM brings out their new Crew Cab I may sell my Ford. But as of right now, nobody has a truck like the Ford Super Duty Crew Cab.
All you Bowtie, Ford, Dodge and any other make out there, you tell me that when you're stuck out in the boonies in a mud hole and you have tried everything to get out, that no matter what you see coming around the bend, if it's not the same make as yours, that you are going to refuse their help.........ya right.......and I got a bridge in Utah to sell too. (sorry I got off topic)
cool!
- Tim
They all complain of the same problems I encountered. Steering rattles and vibrations, heavy spark knock (although a year later, I finally got it pretty well fixed....MYSELF), launch shutter, transmission clunk, etc. etc.
Glad you got one of the few ones or you are able to just ignore the problems. I could do that too if the truck was 10 years old. I just couldn't see having paid for a new truck and driving one that ran worse than that 10 year old truck.
If you think the GM trucks are the best all around, you would really love the F150! No noises, smooth operation, lots of power, higher ride stance, etc. etc.
I buy the best truck at the best value. The GM truck will be good in a few years when all the quality issues are resolved. Till then, I will keep driving the new "lesser quality" F150 and love every minute of it!
Vast experience? Me? Hell, I hardly bring it up anymore...but since you raised my ire--I'm game. 230hp is a huge jump over 210? Hmmmm... Second off , seems to me that those mighty (anemic) Magnums still only pull 300 pounds versus the early 350's performace of--What?--300 lbs??
Where is the improvement?
That's right. I'd still take an early 90's Chevy 350 over ANY 318 coughed up by that crap Chrysler Corp. This from a Ford fan, mind you.
By the way, where were you living in the first half of the 90's?? Since when was the Ram a better truck than a Chevy? Are Dodge fans subjecting to revisionist history now? The only Rams sold before 94 were the ones with the Cummins. Gas jobs barely cracked 50k in production. The overall line was @90 grand a year.
I'm no Chevy fan but who wants a 318 Dodge over a 350?
Iam not even going to go into sales in determining who had the better pickup truck and which had a better engine. As a wise man once said "you can sell [non-permissible content removed] on a stick if you market it right" and thats what GM has done many times in the past. Hey I can hear the Bob Seager tune playin in your head now.
Like A rock!!!!!!!!
and the 350 parts for Chevy's are just so expensive...
uh huh..
keep telling yourself this...
- Tim