Ford increasing EcoBoost power

dodge guy wrote:

hellfirehydra wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Wow, how nice. When are they going to stop them rusting/corroding in 3 years, and rotting in 5?!!!

I haven't seen that since the 90s on any of the big 3s trucks...and they were all guilty of it then.

Either you guys don't live in an area with rust issues or your completely ignoring the obvious. Ive seen trucks from the big 3 as new as 2013 rotting away! Even my 13 explorer is bubbling on the back side of the rear passenger doors!

I live on the gulf coast and after 15 years and 180K miles my 1997 F-150 had zero rust, not a scratch and glossed as it did new. I drove it on the beach often. The bed was all scratched up but didn't rust. The frame and undercarriage components had some surface rust but that should be expected. My 2011 still looks brand new inside and out. However, it does live most of it's life in a barn.

On the other side, I had a 1978 Ford Courier and a 1984 Ford Ranger that were rust buckets. The roof rusted out on both of them to where I could not stop it from leaking. The panels behind the tires and the beds rusted away.

For comparison, my brother had an early '80s Chevy Scottsdale. His big truck rusted away just as quick as mine.

I'm not in denial, I know where I have been and where we are now.