Is your local autobody shop ready to fix dents and fender-benders in these?Ford is going to announce in a couple of weeks that the next F-150 will have a body made mostly of aluminum instead of steel in a bid to save weight, and thus gas ...
Is your local autobody shop ready to fix dents and fender-benders in these?Ford is going to announce in a couple of weeks that the next F-150 will have a body made mostly of aluminum instead of steel in a bid to save weight, and thus gas ...
Keith_McClary wrote:Will aluminium Ford F-150 be a rolling beer can?Is your local autobody shop ready to fix dents and fender-benders in these?Ford is going to announce in a couple of weeks that the next F-150 will have a body made mostly of aluminium instead of steel in a bid to save weight, and thus gas ...
Aluminium soldering, no big deal.
Scrub Puller wrote:Yair . . . dolanbakerAluminium soldering, no big deal.
Would you care to elaborate on that quote? I assume you haven't taken a Landrover in for panel work recently?
I should mention that Land/Rangerovers have always had ally panels. Repairs can be a major issue, and probably the reworking of dings and damage would be beyond the capability the average body shop.
Cheers.
AgentR11 wrote:Its an F-150....
Why would you UNdent it? Its for working, pushing, pulling, bumping, nudging, dragging.... Dents are expected. As long as the bed stays on and the tailgate more-or-less closes....
Or am I missing something?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
We’ve been talking about expensive gas for a long time now, but for the first time it appears the market really is undergoing a fundamental shift. The execs may be right when they say this is not cyclical, that oil prices have brought us all to the tipping point and we will never make rote truck purchases again. We are all walking towards the green light. When four compact and mid-size cars outsell the workhorse of America, we may be ready to drink the Kool-aid.
A 45 mpg Ford F-150 is a transition vehicle.
ROCKMAN wrote:Donlan - I see the problem...it's the translation. You're saying "Euro vehicles get better mileage". Translated into Texan: "Why don't you just cut your balls off and make the transition to womanhood complete." LOL.
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Tanada wrote:When I was growing up a pick up was a general labor work vehicle used mostly by farmers and construction industry types to haul stuff from point A to point B.
The huge weight savings are expected to help push the F-150 to nearly 30 mpg highway in its most efficient trim levels (there has been talk of possibly adding a 2.7-liter, four-cylinder EcoBoost engine to the powertrain mix). The most efficient model in the current F-150 lineup only musters 23 mpg highway.
http://www.dailytech.com/Aluminumclad+F ... e33997.htm
Ibon wrote:There are hardly any Ford 150/250/350's here. I asked about this. The response was that these vehicles have all the power required in their engines but when hauling loads up steep slopes on 4WD roads their differentials cant take it and break.
ROCKMAN wrote:donlan - True but remember how much a Mercedes emblem looks like a peace symbol. And in these here parts you know how we feel about that dirty long-haired hippy crap. Lots of folks repeat jokes they hear about the TEXAS ATTITUDE but have never actually seen it first hand. I have for over 30 years. Most folks don't know the half of it. LOL.
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