Ford vs Chevy vs GMC (not an argument thread!)

[bersaguy]

The company my son-in-law buys him a new company every 4 years and they just pass his old one down to one of the foremen to drive. In 2019 His boss told him to go find a truck for him. He was driving a Ford Diesel and it had 304,000 miles on it when he passed it down and it is still running every day. This Time Tommy picked out a 3/4 ton Chevy 4x4 basic truck. He added a front wench cause he gets stuck on some construction sites and he put a Tommy lift gate on the back cause sometimes he needs to haul a piece of equipment to a new job site. The truck has 354,000 miles on it and except for routine maintenance the only repair was a starter. It has a cracked in the windshield now and Tommy's boss asked him if he was ready to trade and Tommy said that he is going to keep the Chevy and just have it rebuilt from bumper to bumper. The dealership he bought it from new will be doing the rebuild. They gave him an estimate and it was a lot less than a new truck plus he could not find another truck he liked. The dealer will be replacing the Engine and Transmission with new a Target motor and Transmission and they will be rebuilding the complete suspension and putting new brakes all around. The man that runs the repair center gave him the total cost for the rebuild is $17.400.00. It will take 15 days to complete it and Tommy will drive another company truck till his is ready. Except for the paint, Tommy will have a virtual new truck. The dealer is also going to put 4 new Michelin Tires on at no cost.  

[Luckyforward]

30 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

The company my son-in-law buys him a new company every 4 years and they just pass his old one down to one of the foremen to drive. In 2019 His boss told him to go find a truck for him. He was driving a Ford Diesel and it had 304,000 miles on it when he passed it down and it is still running every day. This Time Tommy picked out a 3/4 ton Chevy 4x4 basic truck. He added a front wench cause he gets stuck on some construction sites and he put a Tommy lift gate on the back cause sometimes he needs to haul a piece of equipment to a new job site. The truck has 354,000 miles on it and except for routine maintenance the only repair was a starter. It has a cracked in the windshield now and Tommy's boss asked him if he was ready to trade and Tommy said that he is going to keep the Chevy and just have it rebuilt from bumper to bumper. The dealership he bought it from new will be doing the rebuild. They gave him an estimate and it was a lot less than a new truck plus he could not find another truck he liked. The dealer will be replacing the Engine and Transmission with new a Target motor and Transmission and they will be rebuilding the complete suspension and putting new brakes all around. The man that runs the repair center gave him the total cost for the rebuild is $17.400.00. It will take 15 days to complete it and Tommy will drive another company truck till his is ready. Except for the paint, Tommy will have a virtual new truck. The dealer is also going to put 4 new Michelin Tires on at no cost.  

That is really cool!

[res308]

2 hours ago, Hozzie said:

Understood.  Just saying I guess that there is no 'best" anymore.  Even with used vehicles it's a crap shoot anymore.

I think that’s about the most accurate statement I’ve read in a while. 
Hate to hear that about the Tundras. I hope the Tacomas are still good but I guess it’s kind of a moot point with me since I can’t afford to buy anything in the first place. 

[hipower]

Pulled a dumbass move 3 years ago. Sold my 88 Silverado Short bed. Needed about 8K to really make it "nice" again. Even then, finding a nice replacement for it was difficult. Much more so now.

Sure wish I had that truck back.

[bersaguy]

12 hours ago, hipower said:

Pulled a dumbass move 3 years ago. Sold my 88 Silverado Short bed. Needed about 8K to really make it "nice" again. Even then, finding a nice replacement for it was difficult. Much more so now.

Sure wish I had that truck back.

I think all of us do things we regret later. I do regret selling my GMC too. Even though I am not pulling a boat any longer that the 4.3 throttle body injected motor got 28 mpg dragging the boat with the a/c on and 33 MPG with the a/c on . Best I can get with the Cherokee 4.3 with a/c on is 19.  It is 14 mpg dragging the boat with a/c on in the Jeep.