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Originally Posted by John V
I agree with you.
But for people who like trucks (or more specifically someone willing to pay 50 or 100 large for what is basically just an old truck), they think the exact same thing about a Porsche 993.
The 7.3 Powerstroke, as much as I hate it, was the pinnacle of Ford diesels for a long time because the engines that succeeded it (6.0 and 6.4) were unreliable turds.
The 993 comparison is apt here, too, because the 996 (and to some degree the 997.1) was a letdown in comparison.
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I get it. But my point is, that the 993 is liked because it is pretty, because it sounds a particularly (pleasant) way, or because it drives well. One can still sample all those things.
That Ford was a great work truck and that's about it. Nobody is going to put it to work.
When I started my first job out of college there were 3 guys in my group who had that truck. I've been in one on a trip to Maine to visit a vendor. I've been on it for dozens of short trips year round. I had to get out and "lock the hubs" in a winter storm. I have heard many guys talk about the awesomeness of the truck. And it was always about what a great, tough, powerful truck it was, nothing else.