No, no sarcasm there....That's the way I feel about it too...

Tim

 

Now there's the truth...People now a days have now clue to what Craftsmanship is about ....LOL There all out there gobbling up all of the Gong-bong garbage out there...LOL

 

Ford did go back to drums on several vehicles (old Trurus, etc). Drums are vastly inferior but cheaper. If you're in the mountains, drums work great on the first curve on a steep downgrade, fair on the second and not at all on third and later (if you are still on the road).

 

This is why we said that adjust them and maintain them...People think that with all of these new innovations that they are going to be trouble free is a joke...No matter what it is it still has to be maintained I have seen Disk fail in hills so you can not tell me that they are better...Clue is anything will work if maintained right..

People are going threw Disk on there trucks and cars because they do not have the caliper sliders lubed 2 or 3 times a year..

 

Disk brakes are waaayy better. Look it up on google. Disk brakes will disapate heat alot better than drums, that is why drums aren't prefered when towing or in the mountains. As for maintainance, I don't have to lube anything on my disk brakes 2 or 3 times a year. Keep the disks somewhat clean and your good to go.

I would rather do a brake job on a disk set up anyday. Way easier IMO and your not fiddling with springs and so forth.

I will ( and I'm sure others will agree ) take the superior design ( disk brakes ) that requires little or no maintainace.

Are you sure?

Please reference my comment about superior design with little or no maintainace...

 

they think the craftsman ship now is the PLASTIC emblems, hell somtimes the emblems now are STICKERS!!! back in the 70's emblems used to be METAL! i bet the new kids with new fords dont even know that.. its dealerships are like magicians now they blind you with the flash (usb ports/dvd players) and rob you from the real sustinance.


Ray

 

What is so great about a damned emblem that is cast out of cheap zinc alloy? Not only do they break easily, but the holes that must be put in the sheet metal create another great place for rust to start expecially considering the holes are in a place that you can't get to to clean out road salt. At least not unitl the badges break off, of the holes corode so badly they fall out.

 

And those dvd usb port yuppie garage that distracts the drive and causes crashes..And takes away the responsibility of driving...

When we went to drivers education we did not have that crap..And those teachers are rolling in there graves about the simple mindedness of the way things are today

 

And short ribs

 

Yup, there are a lot of simple minded people running around...But I don't think "the way things are today" are simple minded...

Tim

 

maybe all these new SAFETY features are to make up for the people watching a movie and talking on their cell phones while going down the road plugging in their ipod?

Ray

 

Of course it is when there playing with there cell phones and IPODs and what else plugs into what ever and not playing attention to there driving and being responsible about there driving...Accidents are on the rise every year from people being simple minded ....And who the heck pays for it you and I do in higher insurance rates...

 

Little to no Maintenance you say are you kidding me..Yeahhh Your are kidding me.....

 

how many times you change your rear drums compared to your front discs?


Ray

 

i did not bash toy yoda, i simply stated my opinion. i think they are built like crap, ride like crap, and look like crap.