How to value your FD
10-09-23, 11:00 AM
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10-10-23, 12:39 AM
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Nah **** that. Nobody is ordering new engines at that price.
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10-10-23, 08:54 AM
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10-11-23, 01:01 AM
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Ok. I will not. And a whole number of other people will also search for options.
We all knew the OEM kegs needed to be re-assembled before any serious use. Now that the parts are the same cost separately, I will use billet plates and have my own engine assembled instead. Why not? Cost will be very close.
We all knew the OEM kegs needed to be re-assembled before any serious use. Now that the parts are the same cost separately, I will use billet plates and have my own engine assembled instead. Why not? Cost will be very close.
10-11-23, 03:27 AM
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Today local Mazda dealer in Vancouver said short blocks are NLA in his data base. Single rotors are C$1866. Housings are C$1988~2170. His data base shows very (very) limited supply within North America (i.e. Toronto and Los Angeles parts hubs).
10-11-23, 08:43 AM
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Mazda USA never has much inventory of anything, and since they don't make it you can't use them as a yardstick for anything
10-11-23, 08:49 AM
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so monday i went on the ford website and built a truck like that; extra cab, dually, etc etc it was $83k!
to haul a beat up 924?
i see trucks like this all over and wonder where they are getting the money, and then why you'd buy that.
F450 Limited in white is $109k now! your FD is CHEAP
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10-11-23, 09:46 AM
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we were next to some guys at the track a few years ago, and they used an F350 platinum to tow a 924 lemons car, which seems backwards to me
so monday i went on the ford website and built a truck like that; extra cab, dually, etc etc it was $83k!
to haul a beat up 924?
i see trucks like this all over and wonder where they are getting the money, and then why you'd buy that.
F450 Limited in white is $109k now! your FD is CHEAP
so monday i went on the ford website and built a truck like that; extra cab, dually, etc etc it was $83k!
to haul a beat up 924?
i see trucks like this all over and wonder where they are getting the money, and then why you'd buy that.
F450 Limited in white is $109k now! your FD is CHEAP
10-11-23, 12:12 PM
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10-11-23, 12:24 PM
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Get a Rivian if you're going that route
10-11-23, 12:25 PM
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10-11-23, 12:27 PM
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They are great looking, real presence in person. And they have actual utility as a truck
10-11-23, 01:31 PM
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I'm not too surprised about the motor and part prices. It's a low volume specialty vehicle, and we were probably enjoying lower-than-is-sustainable prices for a long time. I'd generally rather have readily available expensive parts than stuff NLA, or backordered for months because they need to wait to produce a whole bunch at a time.
I'd love to see it ramp up and/or even bring down the costs of aftermarket irons, rotors, and other billet bits. And I think it'll put a lot more pressure on builders and tuners to build right and not pop cars on the dyno, and probably sell more soft seals that don't lunch hard parts when they let go.
I'd love to see it ramp up and/or even bring down the costs of aftermarket irons, rotors, and other billet bits. And I think it'll put a lot more pressure on builders and tuners to build right and not pop cars on the dyno, and probably sell more soft seals that don't lunch hard parts when they let go.
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10-11-23, 03:40 PM
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we were next to some guys at the track a few years ago, and they used an F350 platinum to tow a 924 lemons car, which seems backwards to me
so monday i went on the ford website and built a truck like that; extra cab, dually, etc etc it was $83k!
to haul a beat up 924?
i see trucks like this all over and wonder where they are getting the money, and then why you'd buy that.
F450 Limited in white is $109k now! your FD is CHEAP
so monday i went on the ford website and built a truck like that; extra cab, dually, etc etc it was $83k!
to haul a beat up 924?
i see trucks like this all over and wonder where they are getting the money, and then why you'd buy that.
F450 Limited in white is $109k now! your FD is CHEAP
10-12-23, 08:44 AM
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my neighbor works there (Rivian and Tesla are down the street from me), and he had the first one. its really nice, it looks good inside and out.
plenty of nice features (some seem extraneous, but maybe customers don't get everything)
it feels finished too, its a real truck.
plenty of nice features (some seem extraneous, but maybe customers don't get everything)
it feels finished too, its a real truck.
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10-12-23, 08:53 AM
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my neighbor works there (Rivian and Tesla are down the street from me), and he had the first one. its really nice, it looks good inside and out.
plenty of nice features (some seem extraneous, but maybe customers don't get everything)
it feels finished too, its a real truck.
plenty of nice features (some seem extraneous, but maybe customers don't get everything)
it feels finished too, its a real truck.
Imagine taking your REAL truck out with the family pulling your travel trailer to the coast for a weekend of fun. Then imagine having to stop every 90 miles to charge it. But oh wait, there's no open charge stalls. Then, 20 mins later when someone finally leaves, you realize you can't pull your "truck" into the charging slot because they're not setup for having a trailer.
These EVs are for a very specific use case, but being a truck isn't one of them.
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10-12-23, 09:50 AM
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My friend bought one, i drove it. It is nice, but I'm sorry, it is NOT a real truck.
Imagine taking your REAL truck out with the family pulling your travel trailer to the coast for a weekend of fun. Then imagine having to stop every 90 miles to charge it. But oh wait, there's no open charge stalls. Then, 20 mins later when someone finally leaves, you realize you can't pull your "truck" into the charging slot because they're not setup for having a trailer.
These EVs are for a very specific use case, but being a truck isn't one of them.
Imagine taking your REAL truck out with the family pulling your travel trailer to the coast for a weekend of fun. Then imagine having to stop every 90 miles to charge it. But oh wait, there's no open charge stalls. Then, 20 mins later when someone finally leaves, you realize you can't pull your "truck" into the charging slot because they're not setup for having a trailer.
These EVs are for a very specific use case, but being a truck isn't one of them.
10-12-23, 09:55 AM
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If you need to go more than 300 miles often (400 range), then yeah sure it's not for you. But that just means it's out of your use case, same reason you don't do half ton dump runs with a geo metro.
It is designed to mount extra batteries in the bed, if he's towing, that's the solution. Otherwise, sure, get an ICE truck.
It is designed to mount extra batteries in the bed, if he's towing, that's the solution. Otherwise, sure, get an ICE truck.