The $17,000 Repair of a New Aluminum F-150
This is a very interesting article about a repair of a 2015 aluminum F-150 that ended up costing $17,000 and took a month to complete. A guy goes through an automatic car wash when a piece of equipmen...
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ib516 wrote:
This does have an effect in the "real world". The oilfield companies in Northern Alberta have reduced, or eliminated buying F150s. They are too costly to insure.
Interesting. A friend of mine who did a lot of work on the North Slope told me the opposite story about buying pickups for use there. But then again he's a Ford guy and he takes every opportunity to needle me about that bow tie on the front of my RV.
He did buy a new F150 but not one with EcoBoost or Aluminum (except for the hood). He found out that he dodged a bullet on repairs when he smacked a moose crossing the road one day though.
