F350, 3500HD, or RAM 3500?

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

spoon059 wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:

itguy08 wrote:
There's a reason Ford sells the most of them.

So does McDonald's, great burger's I would assume :W

Such a played out statement. McDonalds sells the most hamburgers at that price point, therefore you can absolutely make the argument that in the $1 hamburger market, McDonalds is clearly the best.

Comparing a $1 McDonalds hamburger to a $5000 Fleurburger is stupid.

In this case, we are comparing a Ford F350 to a Ram 3500. They are both relatively equal in price. Therefore you absolutely can make the argument that based upon people in the market for a 1 ton truck, Ford is the better product, based upon the number of sales.

Can you argue that a Ford F350 is better than a top of the line Kenworth? No... that is comparing McDonalds to the Fleurburger.

Personally, I like the Ram the best of the Big 3 trucks right now. That is my PERSONAL opinion. Sales, however, prove that the Ford is the BEST (synonyms include LEADING, FIRST, SECOND TO NONE, PEERLESS, UNSURPASSED) truck on the market right now.

Just like sales prove that the McDonalds burger is the BEST amongst $1 hamburgers.

Please, stop using this dated and incorrect statement. That's like the rioters in Baltimore still screaming "Hands up, don't shoot" when it has been PROVEN that wasn't the case in Ferguson. You just look silly repeating dumb statements like that...

Spoon I think you are missing Ricochet's point.

His point is you can't ever, ever, ever tell the quality of a product by sales figures.

Case in point:

The 6.0 Ford diesel.
Back in 2004 Ford absolutely dominated the diesel market. They had the 7.3 to thank for that. GREAT engine!! The Ford sold for much the same price as the GM Duramax or the Dodge Cummins.

Why did the majority of the people buy the 6.0 diesel when there were far better products on the market for about the same price?

#1. The gross majority of the people are ignorant when it comes to the power trains of their vehicles. I would wager to guess 80+ of the general public has no clue what size engines is sitting in front of them. They are far more concerned if it has a butt warmer or the latest phone link or whatever.

#2. The fan club as I call it. "If daddy bought it in the past, son is going to buy it in the future." Most of the time it works out because most of the time companies turn out good products. Sometimes the 6.0 phenomena rears it's ugly head the people get burned BIG time.

#3. Advertisement. Ford has the best advertisement in the business. BAR NONE!!!! They are the best!! No one is even close. If it say's built Ford tough, it must be the best; after all, they say so!

So as you can see; just because someone sells the most, it says nothing of how good the produce is. It just means they sold the most.

BTW great post jtallon. :)