Your car is gonna tell on you...

[Doc Holliday]

You think todays automotive technology is bad? Just wait a few more years...almost every vehicle already has some kind of gps system in it...it's just a matter of time...

"Hi, just need to renew my registration for another year, please"

"No problem, sir...let's just do a quick scan of your onboard system here...bzzzzbeepbeepbeep...hmmm...well...your gps system recorded you going 10 mph over in a Phoenix school zone back in March...and you were 12 mph over on Hwy 40 outside of Kingman in June...ten times you didn't come to a complete stop at intersections...29 times the vehicle was driven without the seat belts used...let's see now...add this up...that'll be $974.00 in fines before you can renew...Visa or MasterCard today?"

Don't pay? No renewal, can't drive.

 

[THE ICEMAN]

Yep... Isn't science wonderful?
I'm keeping my current truck as long as possible...

 

[Steve_In_29]

That's one of the reasons we bought back and repaired our supposedly totaled 2007 F350.

 

[Hunter]

That's one of the reasons we bought back and repaired our supposedly totaled 2007 F350.

Sorry Steve, but your 2007 Ford has the Communications Area Network (CAN) BUSS system in it already. it was a federal mandate for that year. Some models were rolled out even earlier to help manufacturers work the bugs out, but 07 was the must have date. It reports and records on you just like a 2019 will, just not as many parameters. But I do have a computer that wirelessly allows me to access your driving habits. I can even tell you how loud the radio was playing when the wreck happened.

That and it's a Ford, probably diesel. Say 6.4 one of the worst engines ever built, second only to the 6.0.

 

[Flash]

My oldest vehicle is a 2000 Ranger and my new one is a 2003 Ranger.

I think I'm safe.

 

[17-21-23]

What is that all your worried about? I cant remember which year it was put in but with the right software from a mobile unit I can follow you and target your car. Shut it down if I want. Trip the brakes and so on. But hey with more kids these days not wanting to get their driver license maybe we will have less cars on the road?

 

[Hunter]

What is that all your worried about? I cant remember which year it was put in but with the right software from a mobile unit I can follow you and target your car. Shut it down if I want. Trip the brakes and so on. But hey with more kids these days not wanting to get their driver license maybe we will have less cars on the road?

That year was 2007, earlier for some models. If your particular vehicle has electric steering, you can have your vehicle hacked, throttle mashed, and steered into oncoming traffic with the lights flashing, horn blowing and radio blasting NPR. All by some kid in mom's basement. Lest you think easy, hit neutral and brake hard, sorry, those features would likely be disabled.

 

[Steve_In_29]

That's one of the reasons we bought back and repaired our supposedly totaled 2007 F350.

Sorry Steve, but your 2007 Ford has the Communications Area Network (CAN) BUSS system in it already. it was a federal mandate for that year. Some models were rolled out even earlier to help manufacturers work the bugs out, but 07 was the must have date. It reports and records on you just like a 2019 will, just not as many parameters. But I do have a computer that wirelessly allows me to access your driving habits. I can even tell you how loud the radio was playing when the wreck happened.

That and it's a Ford, probably diesel. Say 6.4 one of the worst engines ever built, second only to the 6.0.

Yes but it won't tell you where I have driven the truck nor allow remote tracking.

Since my truck doesn't have bluetooth, wifi or onboard cellular I am pretty sure you need to plug in a module to be able to read what my truck has logged.

The 6.4 didn't come out until 08 and my 6.0 has been great and among the Ford crowd the 6.4 is acknowledged as the worse engine of the two. Recently had an injector come unglued and take out the computer but that can't be blamed on the 6.0.

In retrospect it has been found that most of the 6.0's issues were self inflicted by Ford. Wire harness chaffing, improper radiator cap, 100 extra HP tune on top of the IH one, crappy engine coolant instead of the IH spec one and reduced abillty to shed heat due to crowded engine compartment...to name a few. All of which were exacerbated by the then common methods of hotrodding the previous (less complicated) generations of diesels.

In fact the 6.0's are actually sought after now as the bugs/fixes are very well understood, have none of the smog crap and are MUCH cheaper to repair then the 6.4 and 6.7. Pretty much no one wants a used 6.4 and the early 6.7's had some issues as well, though it has now (3rd Gen) become a pretty good engine. Albeit producing worse mpg results then the 6.0 does.

The IH version of the 6.0 is rock solid in the millions of buses and trucks it can be found in.

 

[storage_man]

That's one of the reasons we bought back and repaired our supposedly totaled 2007 F350.

That and it's a Ford, probably diesel. Say 6.4 one of the worst engines ever built, second only to the 6.0.

Stop right there. I had a 2006 SD with a 6.0 and drove it until I got 125k. All I ever had to do was change the oil + other maintenance items. They were only shit motors when you used a programmer to increase the fuel/air delivery. The motor wasn't ever designed for that. Since it was a 3rd party manufacture that made motor, they designed it for the specs that Ford specified (No more or less). I know of a few fleet operators that ran them for 200k+ miles with no problems as long as they kept the towed weight withing the specs of the motor and I know of others than didn't and abused them and hate them ! Now I'll be honest that the Duramax (at that time) could out pull and out haul the 6.0 stock at any time, but in my mind changing the power curve or over loading the vehicles capacity were the only things that caused those motors to fail.

I'm sure you may know more than me on this subject, but I refused to put a new program on my truck, especially after I had to tow 12,500 loaded thru the AZ high country hills. The spec on my truck (F250) stated 11.5 max, but I could tell that the truck struggled with that load. It got the job done, but it was the last time I pulled that size of load with it.

 

[Steve_In_29]

Stop right there. I had a 2006 SD with a 6.0 and drove it until I got 125k. All I ever had to do was change the oil + other maintenance items. They were only s*** motors when you used a programmer to increase the fuel/air delivery. The motor wasn't ever designed for that. Since it was a 3rd party manufacture that made motor, they designed it for the specs that Ford specified (No more or less). I know of a few fleet operators that ran them for 200k+ miles with no problems as long as they kept the towed weight withing the specs of the motor and I know of others than didn't and abused them and hate them ! Now I'll be honest that the Duramax (at that time) could out pull and out haul the 6.0 stock at any time, but in my mind changing the power curve or over loading the vehicles capacity were the only things that caused those motors to fail.

I'm sure you may know more than me on this subject, but I refused to put a new program on my truck, especially after I had to tow 12,500 loaded thru the AZ high country hills. The spec on my truck (F250) stated 11.5 max, but I could tell that the truck struggled with that load. It got the job done, but it was the last time I pulled that size of load with it.

Yep the Japanese at Isuzu sure knew how to build a diesel. Though iirc they had issues with throwing rods through the block.

 

[Rock Hardson]

I have a 2004 F350 CC LB 4x4 6.0 that will spank most Camaros, Mustangs, and C6 Corvettes.
Most of the problems that motor has is attributed to TTY head bolts, casting sand inside the block that clogs up the EGR cooler and oil cooler, all leading to lifting the heads and blowing the head gaskets.

Once those issues are addressed, the motor is pretty much bulletproof. I have yet to experience any of those problems and I am running a custom tune, not some tuner. Although, I did run an Edge Juice Platinum tuner for a small period of time before I got a custom tune.

 

[17-21-23]

Well I'm a Cummins guy.

 

[Steve_In_29]

Well I'm a Cummins guy.

Great engine...shitty truck.

 

[Rock Hardson]

Well I'm a Cummins guy.

I would have never guessed........

 

[17-21-23]

You guys can keep your fords. Dodge makes a way better diesel.

 

[17-21-23]

Well I'm a Cummins guy.

Great engine...shitty truck.

Now I have looked a making a 6 dr ford repowered by a Cummins. Ford does have a nice cab and they are easy to make a 6 dr out of.

 

[Steve_In_29]

You guys can keep your fords. Dodge makes a way better diesel.

Dodge DOESN'T make a diesel. They contract with Cummins (a totally independent company) to provide turnkey engines for the otherwise shitty trucks Dodge (Ram) builds.

Ford's 2nd gen 6.7 diesel has been doing very well and the 3rd gen (2020) has been beefed up from that. With it looking to be in the 1000+ lbft range. A diesel that is actually made in house at Ford by the way.

 

[17-21-23]

Like I said . I would take a diesel sold by dodge any day of the week before I bought a ford diesel. Hell I would take a Duramax before I would take that shitty thing you call a truck. Now if it's all I have at the time I would drive it. But the only shitty thing here STEVE is YOU. You are the shittiest person I have ever seen or heard from. It's like every time you open your mouth it's like shit flows nonstop. Hell i.need my stall boots on to keep the shit from getting to my knees. Your opinion is like a turd. No good turd.

 

[Rock Hardson]

Like I said . I would take a diesel sold by dodge any day of the week before I bought a ford diesel. Hell I would take a Duramax before I would take that shitty thing you call a truck. Now if it's all I have at the time I would drive it. But the only shitty thing here STEVE is YOU. You are the shittiest person I have ever seen or heard from. It's like every time you open your mouth it's like s*** flows nonstop. Hell i.need my stall boots on to keep the s*** from getting to my knees. Your opinion is like a turd. No good turd.

I wouldn’t expect anything else from a Dirty South Dodge Boi

 

[17-21-23]

Yeah ha