Brake Upgrade 2012 F250

travisgsf wrote:
I've only owned Ford trucks but I'm not one of these ford only guys or GM only. I like all of them. I usually trade every 2-3 years so instead of messing with it I just figured I'd see about a new one.

:h

I am really puzzled as to why someone would continually trade off vehicles in the prime of the vehicles life.

I personally drive them until the wheels fall off then put the wheels back on and repeat that a few times in order to maximize my use for the overall cost of the vehicle.

I have a 2003, 2006 and a 2013 F250s.. DW drives one, I drive one and the 2003 is a spare that gets driven occasionally..

The only one that isn't paid for is the 2013 and it will be paid off in less than a year. I personally can't stand owing banks money and paying interest so I put good size down payments and pay extra towards the principle to pay em off early.. Saves me a bundle of money which gets saved towards the next vehicle purchase (we have gone 4-5 years without any vehicle payments which is sweet!)..

The 2003 has just under 200K miles, only had one recall and has only been the dealer shop once (bad COP)..

2006 has nearly 90K miles and has been flawless up to last winter when it developed a few random problems.. Dealer could not figure it out so I turned to a few Internet searches and FIXED it myself using nothing more than descriptions of the problems as I encountered them..

the 2013 F250 so far has been outstanding other than a quality problem with the back seat upholstery which was fixed (grudgingly under warranty)..

If you like the truck you have why bother trading it when it should be under warranty or like I have mentioned may be a simple fix of removing rust from the brake pads and calipers.. Pretty much worth looking at before committing to a new purchase.