IS IT JUST ME?
Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2015
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From: very South Texas
and I was a Chevy guy for 40 years... dealership mechanic.
they made fun of the Ford aluminum bodies and answered with making there square wheel openings Round again.
Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2015
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From: Boise
I basically agree. Their commercials definitely insult the intelligence of the "real people" non actors who are portrayed as everyday auto buyers.
Senior User
Joined: Nov 2017
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From: Bellville TX.
Its always been buyer beware....
I miss my 57 Chevy truck. It had the shifter on the colum, I once slid on ice and hit a curb. The steel wheels broke a chunk of cement, and did nothing to the wheel...
I backed in to a black pole holding a sign, it put a small round indent in the bumper, and the sign at the top of the pole fell into the bed of the truck.....
I was a fool for selling it. And now I’m driving a 2000 SD......I want my old truck back....
I miss my 57 Chevy truck. It had the shifter on the colum, I once slid on ice and hit a curb. The steel wheels broke a chunk of cement, and did nothing to the wheel...
I backed in to a black pole holding a sign, it put a small round indent in the bumper, and the sign at the top of the pole fell into the bed of the truck.....
I was a fool for selling it. And now I’m driving a 2000 SD......I want my old truck back....
Lead Driver
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Ouray, CO
LOL
I had a '68 plymouth fury when I was 17, backed in to a metal light pole at a shopping center, it had a long trunk behind the rear wheels. Got out to inspect, there was a tiny nick in the bumper, light pole was pretty well dented in.
Old vehicles were tanks vs today's "5 mph bumpers" which take out the hood, fender(s), grille, radiator, a/c, etc. in a fender bender.
Old bumpers had "shocks" to absorb low speed impact, bang them back out with a big hammer and $0 damage.
I had a '68 plymouth fury when I was 17, backed in to a metal light pole at a shopping center, it had a long trunk behind the rear wheels. Got out to inspect, there was a tiny nick in the bumper, light pole was pretty well dented in.
Old vehicles were tanks vs today's "5 mph bumpers" which take out the hood, fender(s), grille, radiator, a/c, etc. in a fender bender.
Old bumpers had "shocks" to absorb low speed impact, bang them back out with a big hammer and $0 damage.
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Joined: Jan 2018
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From: Long Beach, Ca
Its always been buyer beware....
I miss my 57 Chevy truck. It had the shifter on the colum, I once slid on ice and hit a curb. The steel wheels broke a chunk of cement, and did nothing to the wheel...
I backed in to a black pole holding a sign, it put a small round indent in the bumper, and the sign at the top of the pole fell into the bed of the truck.....
I was a fool for selling it. And now I’m driving a 2000 SD......I want my old truck back....
I miss my 57 Chevy truck. It had the shifter on the colum, I once slid on ice and hit a curb. The steel wheels broke a chunk of cement, and did nothing to the wheel...
I backed in to a black pole holding a sign, it put a small round indent in the bumper, and the sign at the top of the pole fell into the bed of the truck.....
I was a fool for selling it. And now I’m driving a 2000 SD......I want my old truck back....
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Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2015
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From: very South Texas
my first and only Ford car was a 1959 Galaxie 500... the rear quarter panels were stronger them most metal used in today's cars.
yes, I fishtailed into a street lamp on snow..
hay I was 15..with a license
yes, I fishtailed into a street lamp on snow..
hay I was 15..with a license
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Joined: Nov 2017
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From: Bellville TX.
this was my 1st auto, as I look back my father was a genius for putting me in something like that.....
I put an ole stereo in it and a power booster. Then I installed astroturf, “for those who remember that stuff”
I thought my stuff didnt stink.....
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More Turbo
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the metal on that truck was so tough. I remember slamming into the side of my moms car after my wet cowboy boot slipped off the brake and floored the accelerator when I was backing up. Man that ruined my wknd. Did absolutely nothing to the bumper of the truck but took a year for me to pay the damages on her car. Awww... the good ole days
Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Roman Forest, TX
It is pretty dumb. When I bought my brand new '88 Cutlass Ciera, I told my two older sons (who were 4 and 5 at the time) "you guys will learn to drive this car". And they both did. My middle son continued to drive it until someone sideswiped him. By then the car was only running on 5 of 6 cylinders, the AC quit, the headliner was flapping in the breeze, the door handles were all loose, and a few other things. Insurance gave me a good chunk of money for it, so I took it and ran.
Anyway, I really wish Chevy would stop with those commercials. I still like Chevy in general, but I don't like their truck, and I really don't like those commercials.
Anyway, I really wish Chevy would stop with those commercials. I still like Chevy in general, but I don't like their truck, and I really don't like those commercials.
Cargo Master
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From: Boise
That's funny. I do remember thinking they are ruining football games with their onslaught of mindless ads.
Fleet Mechanic
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I was a Chevy guy from '73 on. When I went to trade in a '07 Envoy (couldn't keep the check engine light out) at 60k miles on it I was making a deal on a new '10 Chevy truck. While waiting for finance to get around to finishing paperwork I overheard someone talking to a customer telling him that he couldn't qualify for zero finance or financing through GM because his credit wasn't good enough but he could get financed through a local bank. Before this I looked at a '10 F150 Platinum. Back to story I sat there for a couple of minutes thinking who is he to tell someone they aren't good enough for GM when it was that mine, that guys, and every other taxpayer in America that saved GM from bankruptcy. I thought it was arrogant. GM's credit was trash shortly before that. I left and went back to the Ford dealer and bought the F150. Since then I bought three more including this F350. It wasn't their products (although the Envoy was a disappointment) but their arrogance that made me walk.