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Old 11-25-2015, 03:09 PM   #221
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Facts can not lie about Chebby from there own mouths...

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Old 11-25-2015, 03:11 PM   #222
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Tonka funny how your screen name is actually a Ford Sponsor..... Looks like you have alot of time to kill. You must be suck sitting the waiting room again at your Chevy service dept. Hope your trucks ignition does catch fire.....i hear that's been an issue.... Just saying
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Old 11-25-2015, 03:17 PM   #223
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Chevy would have made the move to Aluminum sooner, but they had to repay their loan to the gov before getting another loan.

I mean they had to buyout their senators to avoid getting sued for making faulty ignitions.....
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Old 11-25-2015, 03:32 PM   #224
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Just to add salt to the wound tonka
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Old 11-25-2015, 03:57 PM   #225
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I dont know what to say if you have an 2015+ f150. Its going to be a nightmare for you all when it comes time to have collision work done on your trucks. Alot of us have been sent to training on the '15 f150s, but it will be years, yes years before most shops will be able to work on them much. Out of 6 collision centers that we have, only one has capabilities to work on the new fords, and in the whole Okc metro area, there might be 6 or 7 shops. The tools required to work on them are very expensive and you cant use the same tools on steel. Because if worries of cross contamination. Add to that the fact that you cant reuse bolts because their coating is harmed when removed .....your in for a long wait in getting your Ford repaired. Plus just wait for the white rust. I've seen quite a bit of it on some of the lincoln liftgates, plus this will be a problem if the bolts are reused.

Im sure that Gm will use more aluminum like they are saying for the '19 models, but there isn't any major information coming out about repair procedures like we had for a couple years before the '15 f150s hit the lots.

Just make sure you have plenty of rental coverage.....or buy a gm so you don't have these problems!!
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Which is why a fender bender will total a vehicle nowadays
Not if your insurance inspector doesn't know his job...



Refused to total it. Six months in the shop, twice the estimate and I sold it to the dealership that 'fixed' it.
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Old 11-25-2015, 04:25 PM   #227
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Old 11-25-2015, 04:36 PM   #228
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Refused to total it. Six months in the shop, twice the estimate and I sold it to the dealership that 'fixed' it.
That doesn't look to bad to me. Still probably a $15-20k job.

If you have progressive insurance......you can drive off a cliff, catch your vehicle on fire and then it slide off into a lake, and they will still try to fix it!! Well thats kind of an exaggeration but them and a few others seem to be the worst ones about fixing stuff that probably shouldn't be.
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Here's the rest of it. Mustang Slideshow by panthercity66 | Photobucket

And, yes it was Flo and Company.
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Here's the rest of it. Mustang Slideshow by panthercity66 | Photobucket

And, yes it was Flo and Company.
Thats not fun.

Heres a challenger i fixed 2 years ago. Still had paper tag, and was a v6 car. Dont know why it wouldnt total. I think that repair was over $20k
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Dont know why it wouldnt total. I think that repair was over $20k



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Not if your insurance inspector doesn't know his job...

Refused to total it. Six months in the shop, twice the estimate and I sold it to the dealership that 'fixed' it.

It appears on both no airbag deployment. If deployed they both more than likely would of been totaled.
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It appears on both no airbag deployment. If deployed they both more than likely would of been totaled.
Nope, They didnt on that job.

Airbags deployed or not is not the deciding factor. I've Replaced hundreds of airbags and pre-tensioners (seat belt). Just like frame damage is repairable most of the time. (Alot of people incorrectly think that will total a vehicle also)
Its all about then numbers. The $amounts and the threshold each insurance company has is the deciding factor. Some insurance companies threshold may be 60% while others might be 75% or 80% or so. Throw in the "salvage value" (the price the vehicle will bring at insurance auction) for the vehicle and that can sometimes sway the decision one way or another.
Airbags can bring the price up quickly, and easily add an extra $1500-5000 + to an estimate, but that isnt much considering all the $1,000+ headlamps, hoods, hatches etc.
Anymore with all the $50k + vehicles out there, you can do a lot of work before you reach threshold. For $50k the threshold would be $32,500 for a 65% company....thats a lot of work.
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Even if I blindly worshiped a particular brand like so many of you do, a child would know this test was a joke; like some have pointed out, it is over a year old and the new trucks are... well.... new. I only know that the Ram, for instance now has 900lb/ft of torque and standard with the Aisin. If they were really testing, each should have pulled the same trailer and not in traffic. Plus, who is going to buy a truck based purely on how quick it is up a particular hill. I think I heard one of the "testers" say a 7% grade is the maximum on a US road. I personally feel that the last real truck was a Diamond T; everyone after that is junk.
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I think I heard one of the "testers" say a 7% grade is the maximum on a US road.
I was in Connecticut last fall and saw grades of 8% (at least according to the sign on the side of the road). I'd say that "tester" is all wet.
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A quick google search shows interstates have 6% max, with 7% allowed in mountainous area with speed restricted to 60mph.

Other highways are a different story.
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A quick google search shows interstates have 6% max, with 7% allowed in mountainous area with speed restricted to 60mph.

Other highways are a different story.
This was a normal "suburban" road in Connecticut (Hartford area). I guess those "testers" think we only take our trailers on the interstates!
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Tonka funny how your screen name is actually a Ford Sponsor..... Looks like you have alot of time to kill. You must be suck sitting the waiting room again at your Chevy service dept. Hope your trucks ignition does catch fire.....i hear that's been an issue.... Just saying

You know what's really funny? I own a Furd!!! I was a die hard Ford guy until the 6.blow came out. I was going to buy one, but a lot of my friends did before me. They had a ton of problems and Ford wasn't helping them at all. At that point I decided I would never buy another Ford again. My screen name..... See photos below. You will figure out where it came from.




Here is a picture of my daily driver. It is 9 years old with 86,000 miles and tuned to 475 rwhp. I have had zero problems with the engine and trans. Really, the only problem I have had with it is the lifted front suspension. It is absolute garbage!

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You know what's really funny? I own a Furd!!! I was a die hard Ford guy until the 6.blow came out. I was going to buy one, but a lot of my friends did before me. They had a ton of problems and Ford wasn't helping them at all. At that point I decided I would never buy another Ford again. My screen name..... See photos below. You will figure out where it came from.




Here is a picture of my daily driver. It is 9 years old with 86,000 miles and tuned to 475 rwhp. I have had zero problems with the engine and trans. Really, the only problem I have had with it is the lifted front suspension. It is absolute garbage!


I borrowed a friends dirty max, to haul my camper into the city ( I was between trucks) it was lifted, and that pos ifs was all over the road.
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I borrowed a friends dirty max, to haul my camper into the city ( I was between trucks) it was lifted, and that pos ifs was all over the road.
Dude, where's my car?
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