11th Jun 2009, 20:11

Yes, you are quite lucky that you didn't blow up that little piece of crap. I guess your story is meant to sound extremely impressive, or something. It isn't. Apparently you've never lived on a farm, where Ford, Chevy, and Dodge pickups are used as tractors to pull fully loaded wagons and farm equipment up and down hills, through mud, on dirt tracks, through the woods, day in and day out, year after year, in weather from 20 below to over 100 in stifling humidity.

11th Jun 2009, 22:41

Our Ford company trucks (Rangers and F-150's) routinely last 300,000+ miles without a problem. The October 2007 issue of Consumer Reports featured a Ford truck with 488,000 miles on it with no problems. I'm still waiting to see your 90,000,000 mile Tundra featured in Ripley's Believe it or Not. Something tells me I'll be waiting a VERY long time.