My brother and his wife are like this buying cheap vehicles for a few grand that then require a lot of money to keep running. My brother came back for a dypolyment to the Middle East and was moving to Korea 9 months later. My youngest brother and I told him he should get a 3-4 year old pickup since it would keep its…

Sometimes to many people have their phone book downloaded onto the cars system and paired and that can cause the system to glitch out. I always delete the logs in a rental car before i pair my phone and delete my stuff out of the vehicle when i return it. I have rented multiple Fords and own a Sync 1 and Sync 2…

That’s a relatively new thing. GM ruined the interior of their current generation of SUVs but in the 90s when I was growing up the Suburban has the most room, my parents fit 6 kids in it. I remember going on vacation were we flew in and rented a minivan that didn’t have the room for all the stuff we had fit in the…

It depends on the vehicle and how tall you or your spouse are. One of my friends has a current gen 4 runner and cannot sit in front of his sons rear facing infant seat. If you have frequent passengers that have a tall hight when sitting you need a vehicle with more room. My youngest brother is 6’5” and can squeeze…

Modern springs are engineered so the ride is more compliant if the bed is empty or full however this puts the beds of trucks higher. Also an old truck like that the springs may have flattened out and need to be replaced. Additionally larger radiators increased hood hight as you no longer see signs to turn off the AC…

I work in manufacturing of snack foods. We would sell a smaller bag for 1/3 the cost of a bag with 8x the chips, so there is profit in selling something smaller for more per unit, but yes the labor costs would be the same and the only difference would be the marginal material costs per unit which would only be a few…

Every one keeps saying buy an SUV instead of the truck ignores the fact that an SUV often times costs more than a pickup comparably equipped in the case of Full size it can be a $20k difference. the closest i found was the 4 runner and Tacoma have a $2k difference. but for most people the pickup is a value proposition…

I was in the same boat as you were a few years ago. I wanted the Tacoma TX Pro Baja (Renamed to TRD Pro) in manual, I was able to Get A Super Cab Raptor for less money that had more features, additionally I could not sit an adult behind me in the Taco but can in the Raptor. The Raptor Came with both front seats being…

I am tired of this assumption, I just parked my Raptor Next to a Jelly ben F-150 97-03 body style, the Raptor was slightly shorter , Has a bigger cab but smaller bed. sits about the same hight and with the mirror pretty much the same width, also the beds were the same land hight but my raptor has a higher bedsides.…

Well an comparable F-150 will set you back $40,500. And judging of the difference in lease costs between it at a Colorado of $24 a month most will look at that and make the determination based on “ I can get a full size for only $24 a month more.” At the end of the day thats what most people who don’t have a limited…

I had one dirt road accident where it just about ripped the front control arms from the frame. Insurance replaced the front sub frame , spindle and control arms refinished the wheel and repaired the body work. I sent the rear shock which blew to Fox for a rebuild $150. And Ford replaced the front 4x4 hub damaged in…

I took my 2010 in for warranty work. The tech took my out to the bay and showed all the messages and codes from how much I hit Air in the truck when crossing a dessert in Utah at 100 MPH. Ford already knew with the old trucks because the wheels would no longer have any resistance and would speed up briefly giving the…

I’ll trade them raptors. mine needs a quiet retirement carrying duchebros to Starbucks after I’ve beaten on it for the last 155k miles. Since theirs hasn’t been off road it hasn’t been subjected to the shaking and bouncing of every single component.

There was a rumor in 2010 that after Ford dropped the 5.4l from the line up the raptor would get the 5.0 and retain 2 engine options then the announced 6.2l only. Myself not wanting to have that engine for fuel economy reasons found a low mileage used 5.4l. I wish they offered the raptor in more engine options as I…

I have only picked up mulch once in the 7 years I’ve owned a truck. But I regularly fill the bed up with assorted gear for my hobbies and such. This past December my dad, brother and I went skiing in Utah my brother drove his F150 crew cab out from Colorado and my dad and I flew in and we all drove down to Arizona for…

Compared to A v8 with that power rating it’s economical. But compared to the 5.0 ford and 5.3 GM engines it’s not. I don’t need the power as I don’t tow regularly (fill the truck up with cargo and people though) but on the drive from Phoenix to Colorado Springs yesterday I really didn’t have much in reserve climbing…

My brother just rode with a friend with a truck equipped identical to his 5.0l f150 except it had the 3.5 ecoboost. The owner was averaging worse fuel economy. With the ecoboost you have to stay off the throttle and keep it out of the boost. In many towing tests the ecoboost did beat the big V8s in fuel economy when…

In the Air Force we called AMC (Air Mobility Command) the All Mercenary Command. They get all their funding from renting out their cargo aircraft to different military units, other government organizations, companies etc. They will rent you one if you can pay the costs. Sea World has used AMC aircraft to transport…

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I agree that the smaller trucks have gotten bigger, but it is with good reason, namely crash safety. Look at how many additional safety features have been added since the last Ford Ranger came out in the 1990's. Air bags, additional crash tests like the large and small overlap crash tests all play into the design…