http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5468550.html

Just FYI for all you Texans...

 

Sad that he went and bought a Chevy... Diesel with an aluminum block makes me wanna scream.

 

The Chevy wouldn't make it through the desert...

Wow... criminals are smart today. At least they look good doing it...

 

Built Ford Tough, so tough it's the choice of 9 out of 10 criminals who need to rip across the toughest terrain to deliver their goods on time!

 

lol at the comments...

TimJ07 wrote:
Sounds like a good ad for Chevy Trucks, "even the theives and smugglers don't want them!"
1/20/2008 11:40 AM CST

 

The Duramax does not have an aluminum block...the engine block is cast iron, with cast aluminum heads and manifolds.

It's the IFS on the 2500 and 3500 that makes me hate the GM "heavy duty" trucks!

 

I read about this earlier today and the reason the F-250 and F-350 is the chosen vehicle is because they are easy to steal. They didn't put a chip in the key until 2008. You just had to pop the lock cylinder out and go with a screwdriver.

 

Its exactly the opposite here in Los Angeles.... Escalades, Tahoes, Denalis, chevy trucks ect are take more often than Fords. They stick a screwdriver right under the door lock cylinder which believe it or not disarms the factory theft deterent system. Then they head straight behind the glovebox where Chevy mounts all their Onstar systems. Once they disarm that, they are usually free and clear... Unless the owner is smart enough to pay for Lojack.. We get a lot of cars back with that system.

 

That's the very first mod I put in my truck. As expensive as trucks and cars are today, I won't own one without one in the vehicle.

 

Hmmm... Learn somethin new everyday.

I did know about the IFS. That's sad. I do wish Ford would have stuck with the solid axle though. I-beam is a lot better than IFS though.