Re: Today's pickups

Posted by Jason Simmerman on June 22, 2005 at 22:55:30 from (65.166.94.2):

In Reply to: Re: Today's pickups posted by mark on June 22, 2005 at 11:11:03:

Amen Mark. I think very few of the folks don't realize that 50% the computer technology incorporated into the systems on the new trucks and cars are being mandated by the government. OBD I and II was the government's brainchild not GM's or Ford's or Chrysler's. Uncle Sam knows what he is doing. The new OBD II airbag modules act as a flight data recorder stores all vehicle parameters within a certain number of seconds prior to airbag deployment IE gauge indications and brake system status ect ect. If the government didn't push for emissions and fuel economy as much as they do why would the auto makers spend the money in development of these new overhead cam motors or variable valve timing or whatever else they have been working on. As for the rust problem. Always has been a rust problem, always will be a rust problem as long as we use Fe as a key element in the metal used on our trucks. Last I knew Fe had 6 electrons and oxygen has 2 so they like to combine and create FerricOxide (IE) rust. No way getting around the laws of nature is there? They put a protective coating on it, you scratch it, oxygen and other oxidizers IE road salt get to it can cause rust. It's not rocket science. Older trucks are alittle more heavy duty, because they had to be made that way. The engineers had to error on the side of caution when constructing the vehicle knowing somebody would overload it or the metal used on the chassis may be of an inferior grade than what they specified. Even today GM has a 25% fudge factor in the ratings of their trucks and SUV's because of this. Yes the makers have gone away from the utility uses of the trucks more and more but more and more people are buying them and not using them on a farm. Mom is using one to run the kids to and from soccer practice, or you pile the wife 2 kids yourself and the dog into it and hitch up your camper and head off on a vacation. The market for trucks has changed and will continue to change with higher and higher gas prices and smaller and smaller living spaces. I'm not ranting or trying to be offense, but it just seems some people don't see the business or political reasons behind why things happen. IE our old tractors. We are all proud as we can be about our old JD, Ford, Farmall, Allis Chalmers or whatever brand or color it might be but will it do just as good of a job with said task as a new tractor? Probiably not. Will the new tractor probiably start alot easier in the dead of winter than an Farmall Super M with the 6 volt changing system still on it?

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