[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 24-Jul-01 AT 08:41 PM (EST)[/font][p]Yeah, I'll buy a GM, Maybe a Berreta. So when I get into an accident the door will fly open and eject me out becuase the seat belt is attatched to the door. Anyone seen that one? I drive Ford becuase thats what I like and what I have always been around. I don't think it is anybodys business to tell them what to drive and why to drive it. People should buy a vehicle according to their needs, not becuase it is cool or becuase somebody said so. Thus another reason why I drive ford. You get sick of poeople always saying, "why don't you drive chevy, it is so much better. They are the best!" After 4 years of listening to the arrogant chevy guys brag why their cheap heaps were better throughout high school, I decided to go a different way, and I think it was for the better.
The only major accident I have been in was with a utility pole and that was when I was 16 and not thinking very hard. But I was smart enough not to do stuff like that when other cars are around. The only accident I have caused is when I rolled into an S-10 with my 78 f-150. I barely touched that peice of junk and smashed the whole tailgate in. Talk about being made cheap. Other wise I had a close call a couple of months ago where someone who could barely see over their dash started moving into my lane without a signal and almost ran me into the concrete divider. This was in my 90 bronco II and though locked the brakes up at 60 mph and came inches from hitting a cement barrier, managed to keep control of the vehicle and not roll it over. Like I say if you want to be safe on the roads, get a tank. That way if you see a potential hazard you can blast is off of the road and then run it over to make sure it wont move again. I think the best way to sum things up is that its not the vehicles that aren't safe its the people that are unsafe.

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

 

Ken, you dont mind if I drive, do ya?

 

I did my own crash test in Nov 2000. I was driving a GMC Sierra for the company I work for. Ext. Cab 1500 series with a camper. I got side swiped by a 2000 Ford F-150 Standard Cab. The truck I was in went to GMC heaven with 18,000 miles on it. Completely totaled. The guy who hit me drove his truck home. He had $6800 worth of damage to his, but it was all cosmetic with a small amount of A-arm damage to the driver's side front wheel. They can't tell me the Ford won't take a beating. The bodyshop guy told me that out of the Ford and GMC, the GMC has the strongest frame, but the Ford is overall the toughest, with most of the wrecked ones coming out of bad accidents with minimal damage. I requested a Ford as the replacement for the GMC. I got a 2000 with 3 miles on it. It doesn't have the room that the GMC did, but it drives and feels like a truck, not a car with a bed on the back........

 

anyone else find it odd that the F150 could do so poorly while the Expedition had done so well? (Ford has ads all over the radio screaming about it's dual 5-star safety rating). Just a little odd if you ask me.

 

just one more reason to buy and drive older iron. lift it, put bigger shoes on it and don't worry about it. let other drivers worry about you.

i have a buddy who just got a new tundra, supercab, v-8 4x4, it's one hell of a truck, i'm not a big toyota fan, but they really have their crap together and made a nice truck. the big 3 better pay attention.

 

I remember Toyota's last attempt at a fullsize truck. The Toyota T-100, on the next, "Where are they now?"

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.