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Owned good ones of both makes. Currently driving a '99 F250 with the 7.3 that I ordered new and will probably have to drive it until it's junk. Seems like the Chevys have lots of little annoying stuff go wrong; windows, door locks, gauges, etc. Always something. For longevity and pulling power, still can't beat the 5.9 Cummins in the old Dodge pickups. They'll pull my pickup out of the ditch.

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1979 Volvo 242, carlsbad yellow. One of the rare early volvo 240 2 doors, carburetted. With fog lights and original volvo r-sport rally package suspension. Fun car. Had an f250 rear-end me on the freeway. The car in front of me had stopped, so i stopped safely behind a good 25 yards. Look in my mirror and the guy in the truck is locked up sliding into me. Hit me hard and pushed me all the way into the car in front. It was a early 2000's chevy sedan, Written off. Truck behind, 12000 damage, fixed. My little volvo in the middle, broken grill. Estimated at 600 bux. When the bumper pushed back on the built in shocks, the fog lights hit the grill and cracked it. I took the money, pulled a junkyard grill for 20 bux and still drive that old car.

My little volvo killed a ford and a chevy at the same time and barely got a scratch.

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First PU was a '62 Chevy with a Flat Head Six. I was building houses at the time. Put eight ply tires on it so I could work in snow and mud. Hauled scaffolding, brick and block and everything in between. Probably the best truck I have ever had. Drive a 2004 V6 Silverado now in RED. Love my 2014 Chevy Impala.

No room in my garage for a Ford ! LOL

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HA HA YEAH but none of them sew a decent stitch EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hmmm, I currently own a 2001 Cummins 3500, 5-Saturns (3 wagons,coupe, and sedan), 72 F250 Highboy, 72 Oldsmobile ambulance, 1967 M-715 Kaiser Jeep,1953 M-37, 74 Duster, and a 1960 Chrysler Windsor 2dr hdt.

Grew up driving a 77 Pinto wagon, 81 Cadillac, and a 66 GMC 3/4 ton with the 305 V6.

As for sewing In have Singers, and Adlers.

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Catskin,

No stitching with that old truck of mine but many told me it sounded like a "Sewing Machine" when it was running. I had it until about 1970. Not one bit of rust on it.

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I had an 81 dodge pickup with a slant six that was stitched together with baling wire. Still not a chev or ford.

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HA HA YEAH but none of them sew a decent stitch EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe not, but I have some push carts that pick up thread better than any sewing hook I've seen!

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Volvo 245 and Volvo V70 of course, because of the quality and where I am living (Norway). I would love an American muscle car, but they are to thirsty for our gas prices; 1,86 $ for one liter.

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Volvo 245 and Volvo V70 of course, because of the quality and where I am living (Norway). I would love an American muscle car, but they are to thirsty for our gas prices; 1,86 $ for one liter.

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What does a modestly priced diesel sedan fetch in your area? The ones I've looked at in the states start at $36K USD and go up from there. And can only produce 42 mpg. I personally think that diesels are underrated. They are forced to under-perform in the states due to "emissions".

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