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Grit_dog
Oct 05, 2021Navigator III
Or to put it more succinctly, who cares?
Of the number of new 4x4s sold, how many are used as rock buggies?
And of those very few, how many aren’t people who are just too dumb or have too much money to realize IFS is not the best solution for crawlers?
Guessing Ford doesn’t give 2 schitts since they’re selling like overpriced hotcakes!
Nor should anyone else. Unless you’re one of the few who are too dumb or have too much money to care….
IFS 4x4s are sooooo horrible, that of the dozens of them I’ve had from personal trucks to company rigs, including a tuned diesel in one of them, that I’ve broken exactly zero tie rods or half shafts in the better part of 30 years…. Including some of the early ifs GM trucks that definitely got wheeled pretty hard back in the day.
Would I buy a ifs truck as a dedicated wheeler? Nope. Because I’m not one of the above mentioned people on either account. Does that hurt Ford sales? Also no.
Of the number of new 4x4s sold, how many are used as rock buggies?
And of those very few, how many aren’t people who are just too dumb or have too much money to realize IFS is not the best solution for crawlers?
Guessing Ford doesn’t give 2 schitts since they’re selling like overpriced hotcakes!
Nor should anyone else. Unless you’re one of the few who are too dumb or have too much money to care….
IFS 4x4s are sooooo horrible, that of the dozens of them I’ve had from personal trucks to company rigs, including a tuned diesel in one of them, that I’ve broken exactly zero tie rods or half shafts in the better part of 30 years…. Including some of the early ifs GM trucks that definitely got wheeled pretty hard back in the day.
Would I buy a ifs truck as a dedicated wheeler? Nope. Because I’m not one of the above mentioned people on either account. Does that hurt Ford sales? Also no.
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