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Right now the current problem with new 5.4 motors is excessive oil consumption. Lots of videos about it on YouTube. Ford has a program for doing oil consumption testing. This is on 2018 and 2019 F-150s. You'd think the 5.4 would be bulletproof by now.
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Originally Posted by UpstateJohn
You mean 5.0?
That's probably what he meant. Ford doesn't build the 5.4 anymore.
Right now the current problem with new 5.4 motors is excessive oil consumption. Lots of videos about it on YouTube. Ford has a program for doing oil consumption testing. This is on 2018 and 2019 F-150s. You'd think the 5.4 would be bulletproof by now.
The early 2019s have issues with oil consumption, later build 2019s appear to have it worked out. That's at least the consensus over on the F-150 forum I hang out at.
the best $10 truck buy, (imho) would be a one or two owner, high mileage honda or toyota. tocamos and ridgelines, especially the 1st generation hondas are good for 300k miles with the proper care..
The Ridgeline isn't a truck, its a jacked up sedan with no trunk lid.
The Ridgeline isn't a truck, its a jacked up sedan with no trunk lid.
There is a reason the Detroit 3 are the most popular pick ups. And if you believe it is because foolish rednecks with no brain buy them - you are drinking kool-aid.
While some people want to believe they are smarter, wiser more knowledgeable and better in every way than those "rednecks" (meaning anyone who buys a US branded pick up. Sorry, you are wrong. When it comes to pick ups among other things, they know a lot more than you do. Why because they live in a pick up world.
It is unwise to go to a redneck for advice on the best place to get your nails done or you straight razor shave, but it is equally unwise to ask metros for advice about pick ups.
I don't buy used vehicles because I don't have to. But good luck finding a decent pickup for $10k.
Same.
I lived with junk vehicles for years to get through college and when I was starting my career. I'd rather splurge for something new now that I can. Fixing broken vehicles constantly gets old.
I lived with junk vehicles for years to get through college and when I was starting my career. I'd rather splurge for something new now that I can. Fixing broken vehicles constantly gets old.
You are talking about a $1500 vehicle, not a $10,000 vehicle. If you only buy new, you may not realize how quickly value drops
If you don't NEED 4x4, a decent 4x2 from the southeast can be a bargain. People don't want them much anymore, but it wasn't many years ago that 95% of new pickups were rear-wheel drive. Some still are, mostly in the SE it seems. Many folks down that way prefer them due to lower original price, MUCH lower used price, cheaper to maintain, etc., etc.
My first pickup was a new '68 Chevy 4x2. Nearly all pickups then were rear-wheel drive, and that probably remained true through most of another 20 years. I had an '88 Chevy 4x2 that, while in very nice condition, was dirt cheap. I carried chains in it, used them once. It was a nice truck that I crossed the nation in a few times with a big camper on it. It just wasn't great for mountain trails, so I finally traded it to a guy who wanted a truck for highway hauling and got his '89 F250 4x4. I traded it for a new 2000 F250 7.3 PSD, which I drove for 15 years and 150K miles. That sucker was expensive to maintain!
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