Am I the only one that thinks its odd that John's teams are driving around in over 3 year old support vehicles that Ford discontinued..... 3 years ago??

It would seem reasonable that with all the millions Ford is throwing thier way they would require/encourage them to drive a current model Ford vehicle that someone can go to a store and buy

An Expedition EL comes to mind

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I bet it doesn't have 4,000 miles on it!

Talk about an auction-bid for charity item, maybe. I even think Bernstein's deal back in the 90's was that the local Chevy dealer near the track supplied his tow vehicle.

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I never thought that being an optimist would piss people off so much.

Probably because they need the room, the Expeditions aren't as large.

Only 4000? They're 4 years old = 1000 miles per year.

I could be wrong but unless Force has a specific semi transporter just to haul the support vehicles from race to race I'd say they have well over 200,000 miles on them. I'm sure they rack up miles pretty quickly driving from one end of the country to the other. I'm pretty sure they won't fit in the same transporter as the race car. Usually the "downstairs" is full of work benches, tools, engine parts and misc cabinets. The "upstairs" where they haul the car wouldn't have enough ceiling height for a Ford truck.

Hey, give Force a break! It's all he can afford...

Yeah...poor ole John Force.

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You know...

Some people spend their money making payments or buying vehicles that are instantly worth a lot less money once you drive them off the lot.

Some people purchase an item with the expectation that with care, it will last and the money spent will not be wasted, that value for the dollar spent will be attained.

IMHO, If Force makes the money, he can make his own decisions about how he spends it.

The new Ford Expedition EL (extra long) is Real Close size wise to the Excursion it replaces. They are probably waiting until the DIESEL version comes out later this year. Big difference in fuel milage!
I worked for a local Ford dealer here in Las Vegas, and when the Excursion was discontinued you should have seen the run on them! Sold out every one we could get. BK

Yep, I have one

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I think you missed the point, the post was not about common sense..... it was about Ford selling vehicles!

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If they are still the grey and blue ones they are always on the road around Indy...they get used for everything.

yes, i wonder the same thing.

The truck is hauled from race to race, the only miles it gets is back and forth in the pits and occasional beer runs and taken crew to hotel. Maybe 6,000 miles on it

I am sorry if I over-reacted... it was the "required" part that set me off. As you may have noticed, I have some issues about things that I feel are an infringement on certain rights. While I am sure you didn't mean it that way, sometimes I feel that people are too willing to create rules that have other far-reaching consequences.

I don't promise not to react in the future, but I will promise to think a little longer about it before I do. Deal?