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#23 of 355 Ford's Cash-Cow by xkss Oct 15, 2006 (12:50 pm)
The following is from Bob Kehoe of The Oregonian August 26, 2006:   Automakers earn an average profit of $13,000 for each full-size pickup they build, excluding incentives and other marketing costs, according to estimates from CNW Marketing Research in Bandon [Oregon].   New Ford Super Duty
#24 of 355 Ugly truck, hope the engine's better by jonjon70363 Nov 02, 2006 (3:05 pm)
I work in oilfeild transportation, amoung people that put on 80,000 miles a year the 6.0L is about as popular as herpes. People are trading these trucks in at 1/3 of what they paid for them after one year, there just terrible. Ford has tornished it's rep so bad with this engine it should be thinking with a clean sheet mentality. They should have dropped Navistar as there engine builder and picked up a small diesal from Caterpiller. Like Cummins, just the name Car would sell a sizable number of trucks and it would show the general public that Ford saw the problem and did something about it besides wiggling out of warranty work.   If any of you Dodge owners are reading, sad days are coming, the 5.9L is completly redone for 08 with 70% new parts, and let me tell you with the new Cummins for bigger trucks as their benchmark, they will be terrible. Replies to this message: rjennings (Mar 03, 2007 7:02 pm)
#25 of 355 2008 F250 / F350 by rhaus Oct 01, 2006 (5:08 pm)
Well the pictures are out! In keeping with the Edmunds forum rules I cannot post any specific sites but a GOOGLE on 2008 and FORD will provide plenty to look at. My '05 F350 has been, for the most part, trouble free, but after the last "update" to the diesel programming I am plagued with hesitations on acceleration. My interest in the '08 is high as the promise of a better suspension, a more responsive diesel and a more user friendly interior is certainly a plus over the '05-06's and so called 07's.   This being the starting message I am in hopes that in the coming months there will be a lot of input on perception and just general feedback on the new super duties as they become available to see and touch.   As a side I would hope that Ford would monitor this forum and take heed on what its potential customers are saying. Let me start by saying, "please loose the faux wood dashboards".   Let the forum begin! Replies to this message: rockylee (Oct 04, 2006 2:23 am) mettech (Jan 18, 2007 6:12 am)
#26 of 355 Re: 2008 F250 / F350 [rhaus] by rockylee Oct 04, 2006 (1:23 am)
Replying to: rhaus (Oct 01, 2006 6:08 pm) "please loose the faux wood dashboards".   Are they as nice as GM's or do they look cheap ?   Rocky Replies to this message: mettech (Jan 18, 2007 6:12 am)
#27 of 355 Re: 2008 F250 / F350 [rockylee] by mettech Jan 18, 2007 (6:12 am)
Replying to: rockylee (Oct 04, 2006 2:23 am) I hope that Edmunds will put a '08 SuperDuty PowerStroke in their longterm fleet.
#28 of 355 Canadian Driver reviews the 2008 F250 by tdlegacy Jan 30, 2007 (11:23 am)
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#29 of 355 Re: 6.4L diesel [bewhite25] by rich422006 Feb 05, 2007 (10:14 am)
Replying to: bewhite25 (Jan 13, 2006 12:04 am) What exactly went wrong with the 6.0L??? Replies to this message: wpalkowski (Feb 06, 2007 4:26 am)
#30 of 355 6.0 ford by rich422006 Feb 05, 2007 (10:14 am)
#31 of 355 Re: 6.4L diesel [rich422006] by wpalkowski Feb 06, 2007 (4:26 am)
Replying to: rich422006 (Feb 05, 2007 10:14 am) First year '03 model had lots of birthing pains. Took several iterations of engine control software to get it right. There were a bunch of other problems with oil and coolant leaks, turbo tubes blowing off, the "thrum" and the "romp", etc., etc. They had a lot of the problems resolved by end of '03. But there is still a higher incidence of problems than there was with the previous 7.8L Powerstroke. When it runs right, 6.0L is supposedly a wonderful motor, but when it's got problems, it's driving folks nuts. IMHO Ford goofed, Navistar has this engine running great on its own vehicles, but in an effort to save cost, Ford decided to redesign all the engine controls when they contracted with Navistar to build the engines for them. I think the Ford bean-counters shot themselves in the foot.   Ford went with the new 6.4L engine to be able to meet the new much stricter emmissions standards for diesels, and to be able to handle ultra low sulphur diesel fuel. Hopefully they learned a hard lesson with the 6.0L
#32 of 355 6.4 also matches Duramax in torque by mschmal Feb 06, 2007 (10:18 am)
It is my understanding that the 6.0 was unique among diesels in using both electronics AND oil pressure to control fuel injection. All other engines were one or the other.   Oil viscosity variations change engine performance. PLUS Ford did not get the word out DO NOT MOD THIS ENGINE.   Mark.

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