
Originally Posted by
Andrew_Pavlik
As for this ford vs anything else debate. Let me put this way, there is a reason why Ford isn't bankrupt and doing fairly well in European markets. Toyota make fantastic cars, but there v8 engine and tundra could use some work, with that said if your buying a truck don't be a moron and buy a toyota because it's a toyota. The Honda Ridgeline however is probably the BEST truck on the market for overall need. If you need a truck with just pure power and are towing a 30+ foot camper or something then you would want a diesel dodge. But if I was to ever buy a truck I would probably buy a ford. Right now the truck we use to tow cars on our tow dolly use a 99' ford f250 with 265k miles on it, the engine nor the transmission has been replaced or rebuilt and it's still one the nicest driving trucks I've ever driving. Now don't get me wrong with GM/chevy trucks, they can be nice the GM duramax diesel is a pretty strong engine but for just over all power/performance/drive the ford wins.
Now usually the debate on whats better is always personal opinion driven and goes by case by case scenario's but in the 6+ years I have been doing this what I said remains to be true on average.
Also I currently drive a 01' ford explorer xlt for a winter beater since I drive a lot and the winters up here can be brutal on cars I wanted something cheap and 4x4, picked mine up for 1300 bucks so never going to complain with that. I'll probably sell it around April for 3kish to a private person and then I'll be looking to buy a trans am ws6 or perhaps a GTO with super high miles, I'll have to wait and see what comes along.
*edit I forgot to mention, imo BMW's make the best car on the market, there is nothing on the market like a 540-545 or 750il. However the v8-v12 BMW engines can be nightmares.