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- Hope y’all emerge from cabin fever soon….cause ya got it bad, to get 5 pages into this goofy nonsense.
- Chevy/GMC to follow?
FishOnOne wrote:
Looks like Ford is guilty of towing gate as well.
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Thanks FISH for the truth in lending post!!!mkirsch wrote:
JRscooby wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
Is there really a noticeable difference between 17,790 and 20,000?
I don't think you're going to be any happier at 17.790 than you were at 20,000. At either weight you're blissfully ignorant, or hating life if you have to tow very far.
This is not a "decrease in capability" as they keep repeating in the video. The truck never had the capability in the first place.
But the truck was advertised and sold as having that capacity. To me it sounds a lot like getting casino built, declaring bankruptcy before the workers are paid, flying away on you private plane.
No. It wasn't advertised or sold as having that capacity.
WHAT?!?!This number is something the end user has to actively seek out and look up. Clearly whoever wrote the logic that comes up with the numbers made a mistake and it has been corrected.
Where does a prospective buyer look for the info? Bet it is found in chart published by manufacture to increase sales. What is your definition of advertising?
Then there is the sticker the government demands be put on vehicle. That was designed so buyer could compare capability of trucks. If mistake was made, the buyer should not be the one to pay.When you put in the VIN for a 2500 truck and it comes back telling you that your tow capacity is 20,000+lbs, you should be saying "Hey, wait a minute!" because it's not realistic.
Let's see. Somebody that maybe has never owned a pickup, at most buys 1 every few years should see the numbers, and know they are 11% over real?JRscooby wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
Is there really a noticeable difference between 17,790 and 20,000?
I don't think you're going to be any happier at 17.790 than you were at 20,000. At either weight you're blissfully ignorant, or hating life if you have to tow very far.
This is not a "decrease in capability" as they keep repeating in the video. The truck never had the capability in the first place.
But the truck was advertised and sold as having that capacity. To me it sounds a lot like getting casino built, declaring bankruptcy before the workers are paid, flying away on you private plane.
No. It wasn't advertised or sold as having that capacity.
This number is something the end user has to actively seek out and look up. Clearly whoever wrote the logic that comes up with the numbers made a mistake and it has been corrected.
When you put in the VIN for a 2500 truck and it comes back telling you that your tow capacity is 20,000+lbs, you should be saying "Hey, wait a minute!" because it's not realistic. You say "Hey wait a minute!" when you see that a 1500 is rated to pull 13,200lbs...Grit dog wrote:
JRscooby wrote:
But if I had bought a truck just because it was rated to tow what I wanted to tow, then they cut the rating, I would be mad, think I would be looking for a class to take action
Roflmao
To the last sentence.
You don't think there will not be a class action suit behind selling trucks known to be less capable than advertised? And not just advertised, but certified with government mandated stickers?blt2ski wrote:
Guess IMHO it's a good thing manufactures ratings are not the legal amount many of us have to follow per say from a true legal LEO standpoint. But as many CVEO/KEO's have told me. Manufactures ratings are a performance warranty rating. In other words, it meets a certain set of specs. They may not meet what you feel a truck should be able to do!
I don't know if too many trucks today that meet what I want them to do. But they are closer than when I started buying trucks in the late 70's.
Marty
I spent some money for my lawyer to have a judge tell Barany Fife the state, let alone the town, does not enforce manufactures rating. But one place the change in ratings might have legal ramifications; Warranty. Now I don't think the slight overload would harm the truck in the time/mile period, but be hard to prove the load did not cause breakdown. And that could hurt some buyers bad.- Guess IMHO it's a good thing manufactures ratings are not the legal amount many of us have to follow per say from a true legal LEO standpoint. But as many CVEO/KEO's have told me. Manufactures ratings are a performance warranty rating. In other words, it meets a certain set of specs. They may not meet what you feel a truck should be able to do!
I don't know if too many trucks today that meet what I want them to do. But they are closer than when I started buying trucks in the late 70's.
Marty Grit dog wrote:
Well I thought your days of ONLY stirring the pot, with nothing of substance to add to it had waned.
However this thread is proof that the old Fish is back! Lol
Your simple posting of only stupid videos that someone else made and zero actual verification of what you’re claiming is proof of that.
LOL... This statement reminded me of Perrysburg Dodge Boy. What ever happened to him?
