That new Ford F150 is going to cost you
I remember THIS thread from last month then this caught my eye on Pickuptrucks site. LINK The final outcome will be interesting.
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This is something I thought about when the announcement was made that the F-150 was going to aluminum.
There currently isn't any body shops with the infrastructure in place to fix the aluminum bodies. The ones who can make the investment for the equipment to do so will have a leg up on their competition.
And the aluminum F-150 will be more expensive to insure. No doubt. There is no getting around that. It will certainly be more expensive to repair. Once compromised aluminum will have to be replaced. It cannot be worked like steel.
One other thought on aluminum is crack propagation. Aluminum airplane skin, and OTR diesel truck bodies crack just from stress, flex, and every day usage. Will this affect resale?
How long before the meth heads start stealing them just for the scrap aluminum...... Higher to insure because of the threat of theft.
These are all legitimate things to consider.
There currently isn't any body shops with the infrastructure in place to fix the aluminum bodies. The ones who can make the investment for the equipment to do so will have a leg up on their competition.
And the aluminum F-150 will be more expensive to insure. No doubt. There is no getting around that. It will certainly be more expensive to repair. Once compromised aluminum will have to be replaced. It cannot be worked like steel.
One other thought on aluminum is crack propagation. Aluminum airplane skin, and OTR diesel truck bodies crack just from stress, flex, and every day usage. Will this affect resale?
How long before the meth heads start stealing them just for the scrap aluminum...... Higher to insure because of the threat of theft.
These are all legitimate things to consider.
