The Ford mans curse!! - Page 3

farmerrig · #31 (**permalink**) 01-05-2009, 08:17 PM

First, make sure your truck is fast, and can pull hard, by putting a small chip and the basic exhaust and intake on it.

then everytime someone pulls that found on road dead s#^! just smile, say, you mean first on race day, and drive off.

and if they really bug ya, when they call you up asking for a tow, just say should've got a ford

ford-harto3457 · #32 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 12:43 AM

heres one for ya. buddy of mine got a dodge 2500 extended cab long box with a cummins and an automatic (ma and pa payed for it). he sat there and talked smack about my rusted out '86 f-150 with a 6 banger and 4 speed manual. finally i had enough of it so i whipped it around bumper to bumper and jumped out with my log chain and i said bumper to bumper right here lets see what that hunk of sh** is made of. haha he mumbled something got in and drove away. and yes i knew i didnt have a chance in hell of doing anything remotely close to pulling that school bus around i was just banking on his tranny to go!

6CylBill · #33 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ford-harto3457

heres one for ya. buddy of mine got a dodge 2500 extended cab long box with a cummins and an automatic (ma and pa payed for it). he sat there and talked smack about my rusted out '86 f-150 with a 6 banger and 4 speed manual. finally i had enough of it so i whipped it around bumper to bumper and jumped out with my log chain and i said bumper to bumper right here lets see what that hunk of sh** is made of. haha he mumbled something got in and drove away. and yes i knew i didnt have a chance in hell of doing anything remotely close to pulling that school bus around i was just banking on his tranny to go!

I know a lot of ma and pa baby boys like that. I can't help but smile when I pull up next to their brand spanking new plastic toys and I turn to Ole' Betsy. She reads over 212,000 on the odo. Hard not to be proud.

ladelld33 · #34 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 09:12 PM

i just want to say that you ford guys are great! i have 3 fords at home 86 f150 96 taurus 04 expedition all are running great. the f150 mileage is unknown but it still runs strong thr 96 is at 150,000 pulling strong the wife drives it over the expedition now my 16 year old daughter is starting to enjoy the 96!! i wish i still had that pinto!! ford quality is job 1

93RangerXL4x2 · #35 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 12:12 AM

lol owing a ford is so much better, My V6 Ford is toughe than any Chevy or Dodge, they dunno what they are talking about, and they arent real men.

jimford1 · #36 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 07:51 AM

I started this post and am brand loyal. I love everything from 61 skyliners to 71 torinos. The reason I wanted to know how everyone else thought is because of my neighbor. He is a really good friend but ribs on my RUST free 89 bronco. He went from his 2004 chevy (broken trans and driveshaft) to a 2008 2500 dodge hemi. I love his truck but why bash mine. He's not even brand loyal. He test drove the f-150. He liked it but the power wasnt there for him. Which I agree with too.

93RangerXL4x2 · #37 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 09:16 AM

the powers is there,, they tow more and are safer.

BigDaddy6969 · #38 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 93RangerXL4x2

the powers is there,, they tow more and are safer.

Ok Ranger, I'm giving you a homework assignment. I want you to get the HP/TQ #'s for Ford, Chevy, Dodge, and Toyota then tell me where the power is.

93RangerXL4x2 · #39 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 02:41 PM

blah blah blah, the Power is there, what your saying doesint mean anything ford doesint high rate there truck for no reason, they are more engineried...so what are you saying the new rams rated to to 8900 pounds.....blah blah blah

SMIGGS · #40 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 93RangerXL4x2

blah blah blah, the Power is there, what your saying doesint mean anything ford doesint high rate there truck for no reason, they are more engineried...so what are you saying the new rams rated to to 8900 pounds.....blah blah blah

This would be sig worthy if anyone could understand what the hell your trying to say.

I do know that I'm entertained.

93RangerXL4x2 · #41 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 03:09 PM

Fords have the highest payload, and towing, and have for 72 Years, going on 73...

Freaksh0w · #42 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 12:16 PM

God, I've been wanting to vent about this for awhile now.

I have a cousin, a DUMB ****ing cousin, who is ALL about GM. And nothing old from GM, only the new stuff. Everytime I see him, he wants to talk about what GM has came out with, etc. He's always like "Ford has a 3.0 V6 making 200 horsepower, and GM has a 4 cylinder that makes 190 horsepower". Oh god, that gets so old. And then he always follows up with "How do they do that?", like they are some kind of GOD. He doesn't understand that it doesn't matter what your 4 banger puts out, it is in a truck, and will never be a good towing or working engine. I've actually got pissed off from holding it in before that I went off and he got freaked out and left. Too bad ****rolet got that damned bailout money. Yes, we are paying for their mistakes. THANKS A LOT, G.W. Bush, thanks a lot...

6CylBill · #43 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 12:21 PM

Freakshow, that man is an idiot. The 4.0 is the 200 HP V6 anyway.

I gave a coworker a ride to his car the other day. He jumped in and said "Ah. All this time we thought you had a manual."

I said, "Nah. The Fail-O-Matic.".

"It's a Ford!" He smarted off.

I told him mine had over 200K miles, nothing rebuilt (the tranny probably was at some point). He said his little kia (pos) has 100K originial miles. He went on to say my 200K miles didn't matter since I was the 3rd owner. WTF? Doesn't this just make my truck look even better?

Imbicile. My truck is family, and to say anything about it is pushing the envelope closer to physical violence.

quaddriver · #44 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 6CylBill

Freakshow, that man is an idiot. The 4.0 is the 200 HP V6 anyway.

iirc the duratec 3.0 in the last tarass was 200hp

therifleman556 · #45 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 93RangerXL4x2

lol owing a ford is so much better, My V6 Ford is toughe than any Chevy or Dodge, they dunno what they are talking about, and they arent real men.

Thats probably the most immature statement I've read in these pages thus far. Saying someone isn't a real man because they don't drive a damn V-6 F-150 is absurd. The truck doesn't make the man, the man makes the truck. Some of the greatest men I know don't drive Fords, they drive what they can pay for and yes sometimes that happens to be an F-150 or 250. It could be the '88 GMC that they managed to pick up for $500 and stick a $700 snow plow on it or the rusted out Dodge Ram 150 with the 318. Or the first truck I remember my dad owning. He didn't by it 'cause it was a Ford or that it was a '78 with a straight six or because it was in good shape(it wasn't). He bought it because it cost $100 and he had a house to build for his family. I'm sorry if your comment was said with sarcasm but it got me steamed! This thread started about how old it got to hear from friends and coworkers that Fords are junk and how he wished that people would just leave well enough alone. Some of us are Ford enthusiasts who happen to drive GMC's and Dodges because they appealed to us too. Are you saying that I'm not a man because my Dakota was the best option for my budget, cause the other option was a Ranger and I'd put my 4.7 against one of those anyday. BTW my first truck was a '93 Ranger 4.0 so Im not berating anyone for choosing one, I just wanted something bigger that I could still afford.