Ram outsells Chevrolet.
:) Hi, I read somewhere that Ram outsold Chevrolet half tons and GM is pissed. Is this fiction, or why haven't I seen any posts about this?
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twodownzero wrote:mich800 wrote:twodownzero wrote:
OHC gasoline engines in the Fords are a huge reliability problem and a maintenance nightmare with the cab having to be removed to do any serious engine work.
I'm not really sure how anyone could look at these things any other way; Ford is alone in its decision to use OHC engines in American trucks.
:h The Ford gas engines are a huge reliability issue? Is this a forecast of things yet to come?
Not at all, they've been in the trucks for 20 years. The issues with the timing chains and their tensioners are well documented, as well ad head gaskets, spitting plugs out, and probably a bunch of other issues I haven't even heard of. I'm not aware of any similar problems with the OHV designs used by Ram and GM.
Between my brothers, my father and myself we have owned a bunch of Fords and other than a head gasket in a V10 we have not head any of those issues. That is the one that I sold with 135,000 miles on it for twice KBB value. Considering that it only depreciated about $1,000 a year for the 13 years that I owned it and had no other issues I will have to say that it was a bargain, even after paying to have the head gasket fixed.
