Rough Days Ahead for Ford and the Big 3 in General?

[Richard]

We impose a 2.5% tariff on imported cars but a 25% on vehicles that haul goods or trucks,our trucks are to big for little streets across the pond.

When you are selling a $80,000 truck and the imports are more reliable,fuel efficient at a cheaper price and your imposed tariffs are removed things change.

The are like Harley Davidson,pressure to impose import tariffs for thier benefit but then get mad when the situation is reversed on the other end.

Gm and Ford use an additive in the fuel,GM puts the fill tank under the hood,Ford puts it next to the fuel fill,lots of people mistakenly put the additive in the fuel tank which kills the fuel system.

They charge $12,000 for the fix or $18,000 for a new motor,the insurance companies pay the bill but everybody pays higher insurance rates because of it,I am all for buying American but when you blantley phuck your customers for profit the chickens come back to roost.

They are now like the old Jaguar days,expensive to buy new but once they start breaking down they are big bucks to fix,everybody that I know that has a new Ford truck seems to have a $3000 to $5000 bill in the service department,it becomes sketchy to buy used anymore for the Adverage person.

[JBMcB]

Gm and Ford use an additive in the fuel,GM puts the fill tank under the hood,Ford puts it next to the fuel fill,lots of people mistakenly put the additive in the fuel tank which kills the fuel system.

Are you talking about DEF? That's not a fuel additive, it's used to scrub exhaust. I'm sure people have made mistakes, but it's pretty friggin' obvious which fluid goes into which pipe - they are different sizes, different colors, and one says DIESEL and the other says DEF in big letters.

[Richard]

Are you talking about DEF? That's not a fuel additive, it's used to scrub exhaust. I'm sure people have made mistakes, but it's pretty friggin' obvious which fluid goes into which pipe - they are different sizes, different colors, and one says DIESEL and the other says DEF in big letters.

Well sense Ford actually sells the replacement parts in kit form it seems to be pretty common,granted it is obvious but things happen.

People with boats have a clearly marked gas fill but yet they mistake the rod holders and fill the bilge with fuel.

If you have one,call your insurance company and tell them that you mistakenly put the Def in the fuel tank,I bet they will know exactly what you are talking about,you would think that it would be hard to not remember to put the gas cap back,but yet it happens.

So why did GM put the tank under the hood where nobody could make the mistake,I guess they had the better idea there.

But any rate,they are good trucks,but expensive to buy and maintain verses the imports so it seems like they are repeating the 1980s all over again.

I think the train station aspect is a different division and not affected in the bigger picture.

[Whitehouse]

We impose a 2.5% tariff on imported cars but a 25% on vehicles that haul goods or trucks,our trucks are to big for little streets across the pond.

When you are selling a $80,000 truck and the imports are more reliable,fuel efficient at a cheaper price and your imposed tariffs are removed things change.

This is actually true. The maximum length of a regular semi truck over here is 18.75 meters. Most tractors are cab-over-engine. Given that American tractors often have lavish sleeping compartments, due to the distances covered, the length of a tractor and a trailer would surpass that length.
There are some exceptions to the rule.
Fairground attractions and circus vehicles can have a maximum length of 24 meters. And LZV combinations can even be 25.25 meters.

And your other point, American cars a viewed over here as gas guzzlers. Call it a stereo type but the fact is the prizes on the pumps are no joke. You pay the same prizes, but we get a liter for that, you a gallon....

Off topic.
Then there are special transports which need an accompanying vehicle to want traffic there's a massive vehicle riding here. The biggest I personally saw was a combination with a bridge segment that was over 75 meters long! Here's a video I dug up which I shot of said combination when it was driving backwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhgDvDWk6E

Ps.
The crane on the left was lost during the Alphen aan den Rijn Disaster.
[[You can activate English subtitles.)

[archfan]

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And your other point, American cars a viewed over here as gas guzzlers. Call it a stereo type but the fact is the prizes on the pumps are no joke. You pay the same prizes, but we get a liter for that, you a gallon....

I think this might be the biggest reason the US doesn't export many pickup trucks to Europe. High gas prices and low gas mileage mean that only the wealthiest can afford to run one.

[Bham1982]

I think this might be the biggest reason the US doesn't export many pickup trucks to Europe. High gas prices and low gas mileage mean that only the wealthiest can afford to run one.

And they're too big to drive and park. European cities weren't built for cars, and certainly not for F-150s.