Look at it this way it’s cheaper to buy a nice superduty than a basic one and a regular car. There is an $18k difference between one with vinyl seats and one with massaging leather seats. What would you do if you needed a HD pickup? That 18k doesn’t get you anything near as nice as a platinum superduty  and you’ll…

The F-series saw increased sales over 2017 and is the number one selling truck by a significant margin.With only the ridgeline and Titan down for the year people are not leaving the truck market, the market is growing.

I dissagree I rode in a co-workers Ridgeline on a longer trek and I prefer the F-150 to it. Second it doesn’t have a true 4x4 system for full time operation when needed. TFL took the current one on. A forest road and the drive line over heated and put the truck into limp mode. This goes with what I have observed with…

I have a cover on the bed that’s easy to use it’s a rolling one pretty durable and keeps most of the elements out including the 2 legged kind. Now there is no climate control back there so it can be a draw back. But the lower cost than a comparable SUV makes it worth it. 

I really wish sometimes I did the trade every year thing with the Raptor about half the guys on the forum would do that and get a new truck without any costs other than dealer fees and  registration. I just decided to pay mine off completely. 

USA Today did a study of vehicles that last the longest, the unusual thing is that the top 3 are mechanicaly identical full size pickup the study looked at used vehicles sold so maybe at that point the pickups and camerys are not resold as much. I have a 2010 Ford Raptor that has 156k on the clock. Outside of an…

My parents spend a large amount on their VW products we have a 2014 Tiguan a 2015 Passat TDI and a 2016 Jetta. It’s so bad that when I own a heavy off roaded high mileage Ford Raptor that even taking my trail damage into account (doors getting a tree into the skin is not the trucks fault) my maintenance cost per mile…

I have a Ford raptor with luxary package and based of current retail values and the operating costs I have incurred it is a lower cost per mile to drive than a Ford Mustang, VW Tiguan, or Chevy Cruze. I’m including the trail damage that I have repaired as well in the maintenance calculations. All of these vehicles are…

No body is arguing freight rail is not efficient when it is the most efficient way of moving goods. The issue is with passengers. The train out side of congested areas cannot best the car in point to point areas. For instance for the trip to visit my grandparents this past weekend was an 5.5 hour drive. To take the…

And with every airline in the US being worth less than the NE corridor improvements. It’s more cost effective to just buy an Airline and subsidize the costs between the city pairs than to fix the tracks 

It would only take one attack like Barcelona experienced and you’d have TSA at the train station as well

Don’t look at trains competing with cars because most of the time they don’t. Sure subways and light rail do but inter city service like Amtrak’s north east corridor and the rest of their network is city to city and competing with airlines. The gateway project to improve the DC-NYC connection is estimated to cost $30…

4th gear.

I was a manager in a union factory and we had a perv doing stuff to the lady’s who worked on the floor. We had witness statements even from union leaders about this guy. But since it was going to be a term the contract said he could appeal and it would go to arbitration, and HRs bonus was tied to arbitration costs.…

It can also be apathy of management to follow the rules. I’ve seen lazy managersand managers who play favorites in both union and non union shops. This becomes problematic when a buy the book manager comes in cannot remove people by following the rules for stuff like this because the pervious person tolerated it.…

Yup I’ve lived in blue states and red states. Arizona, Colorado and Utah are pretty accepting of people. South Carolina is hit or miss but better than I thought it would be. But NY outside of NYC is bad, Maryland is bad. 

Growing up in Arizona, I didn’t think anyone was still a racist, after I left home and joined the military and met people from the more than average racist areas that would think that because I’m white that they could spew their racist bull shit to me behind closed doors. I realized people still hate other people…

I have those on my Ford Raptor as well that thing is a beast in the snow. The extra grip really helps handling and stopping in inclement weather. 

My driving style I’d probably be in the boost a lot but from everything I have heard the 3.5l does better mpg than the 5.0l in normal use and can turn it up a notch in performance when asked to. I bought used and didn’t want to risk some bad maintenance on a turbo engine. 

I’m supposed you like the GM interior more when I was shopping New in 2013 I tested the then new 2014 Sierra and 13 f-150 back to back and had settled on the F-150 but never pulled the trigger do to a sudden change in my situation. Fast forward to 2018 and I’m in the market for a used truck and I went with a 13 f150…