Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: Phishin
I'm just a 39 year old kid. Who loves cars and anything motor related. My first 2 cars were Ford Thunderbird Turbo Couples (1988's). And as a result of that, I've always had an affection for spooled engines.
HOWEVER, now that I'm a little bit more mature and $$$$ savvy, you couldn't get me to buy a used Ecoboost. NO WAY.
If you are like SteveSTR8 who's family purchased them new and got rid of them by 70k miles, you wouldn't have a problem. But buying one used, saying starting at 70-120k miles on it....NO WAY.
And my stance is only based on observation. If you are looking to buy a used vehicle, most people tend to hold onto these until they are long in the tooth. And buying a turbo-charged GASOLINE engine, let alone a truck, is just counter-intuitive because you can't find me very many, if any at all, turbo-charged GASOLINE powered autos with over 175k miles. And if you do find the occasional car with that many miles or more, you can usually purchase it for less than $1000.
Now, UNLESS you are counting on the fact that Ford, for the very first time in automotive history, has made the first turbo-charged gasoline engine to last 200k+ miles, I wouldn't buy one. If you are confident that Ford finally figured it out and these engines will last like a typical engine, then go ahead and buy one.
I'm not convinced that they are the first ones to get it right.
I expect all the Ecoboost fanboys, or just Ford boys, to give me a lashing. But that's OK. No one wants to admit they just dumped $35k into a truck that probably can't make it past middle age.
I'm a Ford fan boy and I agree with you.
I agree. Too soon and untested.