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Old 03-23-2006, 08:25 PM
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That's it then. If a salesman said it, then it IS true.
Old 03-23-2006, 08:35 PM
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So, what does all this prove about automotive salesmen? That most of them don't know much, except how to lie convincingly. Let's face it, most automotive buyers are not nearly as knowledgeable as us "motorheads" here on the this board. Would any of you ask a salesman anything about a vehicle you were interested in buying? I can't remember the last time I bought a new vehicle that I didn't know MORE about it than the salesman. With me, they are order takers only. I buy for employee price, so even price is not an issue. I admit that when I got rid of that doggy '03 1500 hemi and bought my '04, I did a tradein. I advertised my '03 extensively, but never got a single call on it.The dealer was having a hard time getting hemis, so he was glad to get a beautiful flame red QC, 20" wheels, low miles on his lot. Gave me a good price for it. He sold it for near MSRP!
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I used to carry one of these with me when I stepped into a Dealer showroom.
They asked me to leave it outside because the needle kept moving so fast it would blow all the papers off of the desks.

Old 03-24-2006, 07:35 AM
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Direct from Cummins all da proof you need
http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/p...0880C4A8F00000

...but i do like the BS meter
Old 03-24-2006, 07:41 AM
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Get this.... At the mpls auto show a DODGE salesman told me that Ford bought cummins! Being a tactless redneck, I promptly told him that he was an idiot and walked away..... no sense argueing... you can't fix stupid!
Old 03-25-2006, 10:29 AM
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I think the best thing that I have ever heard was when I was in the local truck stop ( Loves) and I got into a full blown argument with a trucker over Ferd owning Cummings and how Ford had to go through and redesign the cummins engine and injectors ( Aren't the injectors made by bosch or something? lol) It took the manager pulling it up on the internet for Him to even show him he was an idiot. It just goes to show that people CAN be brainwashed. Stupidity is a horrible disease....
Old 03-25-2006, 02:15 PM
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HEY GUYS GIVE THEM FERD GUYS A BREAK ,THEY NEED SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HANG ON TO AFTER AL
F found O on R road D dead , YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN,
COME ONN NOW THEY NEED SOMETHING TO HELP THEIR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE I LIVE 50% OF THE TRUCKS I SEE ARE DODGES ,
MIGHT EAVEN BE HIGHER THE REST ARE FORDS, ONCE AND A WHILE YOU SEE SOME ONE HANGING THEIR HEADS WITH A CHEVY ,POOR GUYS!
CLAUDE
Old 03-26-2006, 12:13 PM
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My neighbor just told me that ford owning Cummins thing last night. He was dead serious too. I'll have to print out that statement from the Cummins site & show him, since telling a 60 yr old guy to "get his facts straight" isnt the best strategy.
Old 03-27-2006, 02:07 PM
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in theyre dreams!!

they need a dzl in theyre trucks too! some ppl wont let of a ferd!

Old 03-27-2006, 02:51 PM
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so I wonder how many people ford paid to spread that rumor? Sure did work.

I wonder when people forgot what logic is? Why would a truck company that owns a diesel company outsource the diesel engine for their top of the line truck? Just to confuse us? you can't fix stupid
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ah come on get it right ford does own cummings but they sure in **** don't have anything to do with cummins
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