The Ford Barn

oldandtired · 11-23-2019, 06:08 AM

Had my F-250 for 17 years. No floor mats, no power locks or windows, vinyl seat. Replaced the battery a couple of times and the fuel pump after 16 years. I did add cruise control to it. The truck I replaced it with actually annoys me with all of the electronic "stuff." I do like the electric adjustable side mirrors. When I bought it, I was treated to a 30 minute or so hard sell effort by the guy who handles the paperwork trying to get me to buy an extended warranty because of all the electronics on the vehicle, "and they do go out." He even had a module sitting on the desk as a prop to show me. He said there were several in the vehicle but the main one cost over $4500 if it went bad. The "Basic" extended warranty came to over $700/year which would be $3500 for five years added to the price of the vehicle and the top warranty was well over $100/month. Basically what he did was spend half an hour telling me how unreliable their product was.

11-23-2019, 06:08 AM	#11
oldandtired Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edgefield, SC Posts: 836	Re: tesla Truck Had my F-250 for 17 years. No floor mats, no power locks or windows, vinyl seat. Replaced the battery a couple of times and the fuel pump after 16 years. I did add cruise control to it. The truck I replaced it with actually annoys me with all of the electronic "stuff." I do like the electric adjustable side mirrors. When I bought it, I was treated to a 30 minute or so hard sell effort by the guy who handles the paperwork trying to get me to buy an extended warranty because of all the electronics on the vehicle, "and they do go out." He even had a module sitting on the desk as a prop to show me. He said there were several in the vehicle but the main one cost over $4500 if it went bad. The "Basic" extended warranty came to over $700/year which would be $3500 for five years added to the price of the vehicle and the top warranty was well over $100/month. Basically what he did was spend half an hour telling me how unreliable their product was.