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Posted by Dave 2N on January 13, 2004 at 08:14:49 from (205.188.208.73):
Have followed these discussions with great interest. I have no brand preference and will not be buying a diesel pickup; just some observations. Past posts are about even on the for and against re: Ford Powerstrokes. Dodge/Cummins seems to get a lot of "thumbs up." The new Chevy/GMC Duramaxes seem to get fairly good marks too but are really still too new for any definitive statements. Back to the Powerstrokes: there seems to be a slight negative bias against them. Neighbor who was a logger had one he kept about six months and traded for a Ram 2500 Cummins. My youngest son is a service adviser for an auto group that sells them all-Dodge, Chevy, and Ford; he is a little negative about Powerstrokes. Now-on Sunday, Jan. 11, my wife and I left Binghamton, NY, taking I-81 south to below Roanoke, I-77 to Charolette, I-85 to Atlanta and I-75 to Tampa. Being the keen, observant, sharp, intelligent and interested genius that I am, I watched for diesel pickups all the way down. Folks, the Powerstrokes I saw while out there on this little interstate jaunt outnumbered the Dodges and the Chev/GMC's at about a 10-1 ratio, maybe even higher than that. Even talked to a couple of people with Powerstrokes at rest areas and they loved them. There's a BUNCH of Powestrokes out there!
No brand war issues here, just reporting to you what I saw and wondereing about what I have perceived as an anti-Powerstroke bias in previous discussions. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, just go ahead and say so: it woiuld probably be the first time of been wrong in my 60 years but I'll try to deal with it.
Have a good day and be safe. By the way-will be heading over to the Florida Flywheelers Swap Meet on Thursday; (had to bring tractors into this discussion somehow!!)
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