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Don Jorge
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Quote: Originally posted by soulpatch  | Don Jorge, those specs are for the 2017.
The 2017 specs in Mexico are 330HP and a dealer tune puts it right where the USA specs are with better mileage.
The tune is supposed to, while increasing HP, increase mileage, too.
Go figure.
[Edited on 12-18-2016 by soulpatch] |
Ah, the secret handshake and the no added cost dealer tune. Did not read about that. Fuel pump tune and new injectors? Or are the injector tips
interchangeable to add more flow? Be interesting to have them put it on a dyno before and after they do it and back up their banter.
No doubt that Mex model will get better fuel mileage than the American model at comparable performance specs due to less exhaust restriction. But
increasing hp and torque by burning less fuel?
Reminds one of the folks who claim their diesel trucks burn the same amount of fuel with no load vs. loaded to max or over GVCW. It is not true. You
will burn more fuel loaded and likewise have to believe a tune to increase hp and torque will cost more fuel.
But $40 k for a new crew cab, F250 with the 6.7 seems like a fair price regardless. You will love the truck. They ride nice and get the job done.
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I would not trust a new car where dealer tunes it different than mfg designed it to be tuned. Ask the dealer what he is doing, then ask an expert if
the dealer is putting your engine at risk.
Do fords sold in mex come with air bags and abs? Why would you buy a car w/o these safety features?
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The lower IVA rate in the border zone was abolished three years ago. So it's 16%, wherever you buy in Mexico.
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Just an obersavation-
If you are buying on credit? I believe new vehicles at dealerships have a registered sales price with Hacienda, meaning it's set in pesos and cannot
go up or down once they put it on the lot, so if you bought something a couple of months ago and were making payments using usd then you probably
would have saved 10%+? on the ever changing exchange rate, so if money is more important than waiting for the exact vehicle you want, buying something
now could possible save you more money based or how far the peso might devalue, and only if your exchanging dollars to pay.
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Martyman
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I gotta ask Soulpatch. Why would you buy a ford? My friends Ford Escape was uncomfortable, tinny and didn't last long.
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A friend in San Felipe is picking up his new 17 ford f150 ford 4X4 this week. Right on the Window sticker it says for use only in Mexico. He hoped
four dealers and they were all the same price. No haggle. Between the exchange rate, the truck,taxes, license and insurance he figures he saved about
16K dollars. And yes it has anti lock breaks, airbags and stuff. It has all the features that a truck across the border has. One thing Ford doesn't
have in Mexico is all the muches that know at the drop of a hat after a year of two they can get a sleaze ball lawyer to sue Ford under lemon laws and
drive a car for free. You have to but a car in the states to do that.
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Martyman
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| Quote: Originally posted by soulpatch | Because they make good trucks.
I am not buying an Escape.
What do you suggest?
[Edited on 1-14-2017 by soulpatch] |
Anything but a Ford. I'm on my third ford from work and while I can't say anything about the new one (F250) the past 2 have barely made 100k. I would
buy a Toyota , Honda, Nissan, Kia, Isuzu, Dodge, Chevy before I ever buy a Ford.
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