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Mar 30, 2007 | 12:20 AM

#31

KelVarnson

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Originally Posted by hotroddsl

I will only say this once and once only so read carefully.......METRIC=French system of measurement! Puegeot=French system of transportation! if it's so good why did'nt you see a Pugeot on you're way to work this morning??????

Heh heh, BF Goodrich = Michelin = French tires!!!! Hope you're not running those FROGGY tires on YOUR truck!!! You know, the ones that come in the METRIC sizes?

Mar 30, 2007 | 12:30 AM

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BigF350

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Originally Posted by twayneb

From previous threads I gathered the trucks are built in Kentucky and Mexico (scary).

The Mexican Ford plant is actually the highest quality Ford assembly plant in NA...

Very few F250's/350's are made there now. They mostly do the bigger stuff.

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Originally Posted by hotroddsl

You drive on the right side of the road correct?

The French, like it or not, have probably been the most inventive in the automotive world of any country.
Oh, and its Peugeot, not Pugeot OR Puegeot - and the reason you don't see them sold in the US is because they don't need to sell vehicles there, you are talking about the most "cashed up" auto manufacturer in the world...

Mar 30, 2007 | 09:21 AM

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hotroddsl

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KelVarson you have a point my 385/70R 17 BFG AT KO's are metric sized but why on a 17" wheel??? you still did not tell how many Puegeot's you see? or Citreon's

Jun 30, 2007 | 02:14 PM

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MuddyAxles

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Unless you're using bias-ply tires...

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Originally Posted by KelVarnson

Heh heh, BF Goodrich = Michelin = French tires!!!! Hope you're not running those FROGGY tires on YOUR truck!!! You know, the ones that come in the METRIC sizes?

You are using a metric sized tire, one way or the other.....where do you think the 185/xxR13 or 265/xxR17 comes from? The 185 or 225 or 265 part of the tire size is the nominal with expressed in millimeters. IIt IS partly METRIC.

If you still drive on 7.50x15 sized tires, those are bias-ply (and not easy to find).

Jun 30, 2007 | 08:25 PM

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redford

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If the UK uses metric, why do they say what they weigh in stones?

Jul 1, 2007 | 08:38 AM

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CrazyKen

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Originally Posted by redford

If the UK uses metric, why do they say what they weigh in stones?

Same way they still buy their beer by the pint. Don't sound the same asking for a beer by the litre LOL.

For those that don't know what a UK stone is, it's 14 lb = 1 stone, so if you weigh 180 lb's you are 12.85 stone.

The US does use the metric system on 1 freeway that I know of, i think it's `I 19 in Arizona, between Nogales and Tuscon, all mile marker's, or should I say , KM markers are in kilometers.

I used the metric system, back home in Scotland, and while living in Belgium, but had to change back, when I immigrated to US, now I don't have a clue

Cheers and all the best, from one who doesn't celebrate the Fourth, No need celebrating getting our **** kicked out. LOL But I will drink a beer with you. Cheers.. Ken......

2005 F350 DRW crew cab, 6.0 PSD, FX4, King Ranch, Oxford white/ Arizona beige

Jul 1, 2007 | 12:52 PM

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DonJames

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Ford Plants

Currently:

The F-250 through F-550 Super Dutys are built at the "Kentucky Truck Assembly" in Louisville, KY.

The F-650 through F-750 Super Dutys are built at the "Blue Diamond Truck Company" plant in Escobedo, Mexico.

The F-150s are built at the "Kansas City Assembly" in Claycomo, MO (within Kansas City Missouri) & at Dearborn Truck plant (which is a part of the large "River Rouge Plant" complex) in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Triton gas engines are built at the Windsor plant in Windsor, Ontario (Canada). Just south of Detroit, Michigan (separated by the Detroit River).

Jul 6, 2007 | 02:39 PM

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MuddyAxles

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AAAAAwwwww ccccc rrrrr aaaaa ppppp!!!!

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You ...............easy to find).

I swore off this thread and then revived it

(Under his breath ((stupid Muddy, stupid Muddy!!)))

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Jul 6, 2007 | 07:08 PM

#39

EaTmYtAiLpIpEs

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i dont think ford is made in canada at all. my old chevy 3500 was made in canada.

Jul 6, 2007 | 07:34 PM

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ssjrsw

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Originally Posted by Beerstalker

Actually most major industries have switched over to the metric system by now. It's pretty much just our school system and government in the US that is dragging thier feet about it. I'm an engineer and the metric system is just so much easier to learn and use once you start. I still think in terms of inches and pounds, but can convert them to metric pretty easily, and always do when solving a problem. I guess it's kind of like how some people know more than one language, they will think in english and translate it in thier head before they say it in french or whatever they are trying to speak.

They need to just start teaching the metric system only to small children and then later on teach them the english system and conversion factors so people begin to think in metric units.

Back on subject though, I think all Super Duties are made in Kentucky or Mexico, some parts may be made in Canada though (gas engine?).

For me learning a second language was hard and I did think in English at first but now I do not need to. However I do not think I will ever get over having to change Kilometers to miles and so on. My super duty was an export, sold here new, and I am always looking at the speedometer and converting it to know how fast I am going.

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Originally Posted by philips

I just spent two weeks in Scotland, and was really confused. They use mph for speed, yards for distance, mm/cm for measurement, and pounds for weight. Philip.

Here they use a meter or vara (something close to a yard) for property. They sell fabric by the yard and people know there height in feet. Most things are sold in kilos but at the supermarket they sell meet in pounds. Gas was sold by the gallon until about a year and a half ago but that changed since the local currency was too big of a number to post by gallon, now it is in liters. So I too am in a state of confusion!