jrsavoie
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Dang bean counters
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GM did us bad
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JayTheCPA
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Soooo... Moral of the story is that when buying the Big 3, to buy Ferd as their bean counters are less destructive than GM's bean counters by not re-engineering a good thing???
Overall, no new news though.
Two thoughts on the video. The 'expert' sounds like somebody I know fairly well. Not just the voice, but also the rhythm of speech, regional accent, and word choice patterns. The guy I know did work for GM some time ago, but the relationship ended in the early 2000's and he switched to a completely different industry.
Second is that there are frequent glitches in the host's video which might indicate editing and possibly post recording insertion of the host into the original recording. News outlets do this all the time when they have a staff minion interview the expert, and then they insert a big-wig reporter's voice into the recording as-if the big-wig actually asked all the questions and had the conversation. Try it this way, listen to the GM expert's voice which smoothly replays through the whole session. Now focus on the host's video playback. The host's video feed has a lot of glitch where it frequently hops forward a half second or so, yet the audio continues smoothly and normally. A plausible explanation is that the recording processor is buffering and cannot remain real-time while it simultaneously processes video and audio, but I have a tough time with this explanation given that even the host's voice is smooth and his lips (per video) remain in sync with audio despite the video gaps and jumps. If it was a buffer issue, I'd expect the video to simply freeze for the half second and then snap to real-time, except there is no freeze.
Sooooo... Tough to tell what is really going on.
Overall, no new news though.
Two thoughts on the video. The 'expert' sounds like somebody I know fairly well. Not just the voice, but also the rhythm of speech, regional accent, and word choice patterns. The guy I know did work for GM some time ago, but the relationship ended in the early 2000's and he switched to a completely different industry.
Second is that there are frequent glitches in the host's video which might indicate editing and possibly post recording insertion of the host into the original recording. News outlets do this all the time when they have a staff minion interview the expert, and then they insert a big-wig reporter's voice into the recording as-if the big-wig actually asked all the questions and had the conversation. Try it this way, listen to the GM expert's voice which smoothly replays through the whole session. Now focus on the host's video playback. The host's video feed has a lot of glitch where it frequently hops forward a half second or so, yet the audio continues smoothly and normally. A plausible explanation is that the recording processor is buffering and cannot remain real-time while it simultaneously processes video and audio, but I have a tough time with this explanation given that even the host's voice is smooth and his lips (per video) remain in sync with audio despite the video gaps and jumps. If it was a buffer issue, I'd expect the video to simply freeze for the half second and then snap to real-time, except there is no freeze.
Sooooo... Tough to tell what is really going on.
DieselSlug
Well-Known Member
Overall interesting to hear. I went through the decision of the big 3 a while back, I really wanted a Toyota at the time, but wanted more than a 1/2-ton. Ended up with a new 21 F250 with the 6.2L and the 6r140.
I'm at 91K now, I did have a coil pack kinda fail about 10K miles ago, it was arcing to the head and I could hear and see it "snapping" when cold. Didn't seem to phase the truck at all. My most annoying issue has been the lockout hubs seizing. I had them replaced before 36K mile warranty was up, then again literally just yesterday.
All in all, dead reliable, simple, and tows well for a gasser. I don't regret my decision even being a GM guy. Out of the newer HD trucks, in my opinion, Ford is the more reliable, tougher built unit. I only miss the highway manners of the RAM and GMs I used to have.
I'm at 91K now, I did have a coil pack kinda fail about 10K miles ago, it was arcing to the head and I could hear and see it "snapping" when cold. Didn't seem to phase the truck at all. My most annoying issue has been the lockout hubs seizing. I had them replaced before 36K mile warranty was up, then again literally just yesterday.
All in all, dead reliable, simple, and tows well for a gasser. I don't regret my decision even being a GM guy. Out of the newer HD trucks, in my opinion, Ford is the more reliable, tougher built unit. I only miss the highway manners of the RAM and GMs I used to have.
MrMarty51
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Might want to look into one of these.
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jrsavoie
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That'd be my first choiceMight want to look into one of these.
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Or an older International
MrMarty51
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Better stick with the old IH plan.
Upon further inspection.
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jrsavoie
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Better stick with the old IH plan.
Upon further inspection.
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Ever wondered if that monster truck blowing up your feed is real? The so-called 2026 Kenworth Pickup has truck nuts everywhere losing their minds over