I think the heavier vehicles should get a refund for roads. Here is why: the Ground pressure exerted by most pickup trucks is similar to most cars both my F150 Platinum and a Toyota Prius have recommended tire pressures of 35 PSI with means for every square inch of the vehicles contact patch has 35 pounds exerted on…
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It really depends on how the weight is distributed more than the vehicles weight. The ground pressure of a pneumatic tire is equal to its inflation pressure. My F150 is 35 PSI and a Prius is rated for 35 PSI in its tires which means that since the F150 has larger tires and a bigger contact patch it is exerting the…
If I recall correctly in 03-04 GM switched designs. My parents had a 99 that was totaled at 185k with its original fuel pump. My mom went with me to take the truck into the dealer and they said it was normal. She replied that her 99 was on its original fuel pump so how come 6 years latter GM could not figure it out.…
People in this country and in most European countries need to actually have more kids not less. Right now we are below replacement rate. If things don’t get better the aging populations will cause economic collapse and other social economic problems as the social safety nets will have nobody paying into them. The end…
If you look at SUVs that have the same size/capabilities they can cost $10-20k more than the equivalent pickup. A Ford Raptor crew how I would option it cost $65,000. A Land cruiser cost at least $85k Range Rover $100k. An expedition with the same options as the raptor comes in at $75k. The point being for those of us…
I switch the tires on my raptor between winter and summers every fall and spring have them mounted on separate rims. No big deal lifting them into the bed by myself. They are not that bad. Oh and get a bigger lift.
Well technically they have 1 fatality in 40+ years and they are the largest domestic carrier, as in they carry more people in this country than the other airlines so their overall rate is really low. Delta, United, American have all had fatalities.
“Southwest Airlines received a $1.4 billion benefit from the Republican tax cut. Maybe it could spend a few of those dollars on updating its fleet and hiring more members for its maintenance crew.”
My raptor is a 2010 and they code it as an xlt. Even the window sticker said xlt with SVT Raptor package. This lowers the base price. Which helps with insurance costs. Also I think most new platinums come with adaptive Cruise stop start blind spot monitoring which lowers insurance rates.
Arizona used to be a California emissions state but left over the EV mandate that manufactures have to sell so many EVs to be able to sell cars. The consumer demand isn’t there for the most part, it would for the most part require automakers to sell massive quantities of EVs at a loss to be able to sell cars. Ford…
My insurance lists my raptor as a F150 xlt. I got in an accident off road and the insurance adjuster admitted to me that they don’t know it’s a raptor until they get eyes on the vehicle. Then because they are valued so high they just fix them. He showed me a picture of a raptor that had been rolled. They sent it to…
Its not what I think its what I know and what is easily searchable and available to you with an internet connection. You can see what organizations such as Motor Trend have done with consistent testing of different vehicles over the years. I don’t think you are getting physics, it takes energy not power, energy can…
It gets closein FE it’s about gearing too and that’s a 1400lb difference. As far as rides go the Ford Raptor is one of the most comfortable vehicles to ride in on the highway. My regular f-150 rides better in my opinion than my moms Passat way better that my sisters Cruze or the Jetta or Tiguan, Taurus or Mustang that…
$5 a gallon would impact more than just your commute everything you buy would go up in price the cost of transportation would shoot up rapidly and all those costs would be passed on to the consumers. Walmart and Amazon aren’t going to just eat the costs. How about lower income people who cannot afford a new car and…
The braking department it seams that the 2013 Explorer beats out he 2013 Taurus easily, 60-0 a 2012 F150 4x4 Crew Cab matches the taurus on 60-0 and only stops 7 feet longer with a 1180lb payload in the bed according to Motor trend. The F-150 is 2 seconds slower throughout the figure 8 but the Expedition platinum…
It’s not that simple. Most roads in NA an F150 will not even approach it’s lateral g limit. Many of the older roads where it would are so full of potholes that a truck like a raptor will carve up the corners quicker than a track focused cars. On a race track or the Nurinburgring the track focused car wins but people…
Some of us are going to drive bigger vehicles reguardless. I rent I’ll move closer to work before I drive a sedan and suffer the lack of comfort those vehicles offer. As a Todd share holder and F-series owner I welcome this move the fusion make a ok loaner. But other than marginal fuel economy benefits from its…
With the exception of the st/rs/sho these offerings are lacking in the performance setting. Looking at Motor trends testing data a F150 4x4 crew beats some versions of the fusion in the figure 8 . I don’t mind a fusion as a rental/loaner. But when I needed to buy a second vehicle I bought a F150 platinum.