Aluminum body on F150
I'm skeptical of new things. Engineers and marketing experts sometimes make mistakes. I suppose the Ford 6.0 diesel being such a problem makes me this way. It chased me away from Ford trucks when ...
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Fordlover wrote:BenK wrote:
Anyone know why only on the half ton and not on the bigger trucks, like
the +8.5K GVWR's ? Because most MPG mandated goals are for vehicles
below that GVWR...because they are considered 'cars'...not 'trucks'
That's because back when the Govt. set the 8,500 GVWR threshold, people didn't buy 10,000 GVWR trucks as fashion statements. Hell, people didn't buy 1/2 tons as fashion statements either. Needless to say, times have changed, now Hummers and 3500's are commonplace in the valet parking.
Some of this you can thank the IRS for. It became popular to purchase/lease the pimped out Hummers and bigger trucks because you could write off the amount easily as a business deduction. Over a certain GVW and you can deduct the entire amount in one year.
