Or if you don't wash it, people say: "Oh, you buy a $45,000 truck and treat it like that!? What a douchy showoff asshole..." You're screwed either way, just fucking enjoy the truck. I personally keep mine pretty clean and it's easy because I don't use it as a daily driver, but I do occasionally thrash it on the…

We'll never have energy independence unless we embrace nuclear power or burn domestically sourced fossil fuels, it's as simple as that. Crack a book, learn some physics, look at the DOE's maps of wind and solar power viability. Without some miraculous power transmission technology that doesn't yet exist, you can't…

No, he's saying what the US currently contributes to the global pollution is a drop in the bucket when compared to developing countries that give ZERO FUCKS about carbon this or emissions that. Why put ourselves at a disadvantage and tax ourselves into oblivion when you have these guys doing whatever they want? I'm…

It definitely competes with the Aztek for the amount of plastic, however Vehicross > Aztek for actual offroad capabilities.

Rock crawlers need solid axles, locking diffs and real transfer cases, the Vehicross would need a lot of swapping to make it a decent one.

I had an '88 Isuzu Trooper as my first vehicle and let me tell you "toughness" is not an adjective I would use to describe its reliability. My dad bought it when it was 9 years old with 110,000 miles on it and in 2 years and less than 20,000 additional miles it suffered a cracked block with no previous indication of…

LOL... people started backing the F up before ish even went bananas.

I love how after he crashes into the bus and the helmet goes flying, someone retrieves it and hands it to him like "Here, you should probably be wearing this..." before he goes careening off into the pit.

Jeez that's pretty awful, are you sure that there isn't something wrong with your EcoBoost? I've heard of people around here averaging 19MPG hwy with 4x4 EcoBoosts. I have noticed several things that seriously affect the Raptor's fuel economy: winter fuel blends return about 2MPG worse mileage, the MPG difference…

If it's for this size and purpose, it might as well be a truck. If you try to take a unibody design and romp the hell out of it, well it just isn't going to work, it would bend like tin foil. In my personal opinion, those SUV's shouldn't even exist, if you want a family hauler, buy a minivan or a wagon. Otherwise,…

Only if you drive it like a trophy truck that costs 2-1/2x as much to build.

Except the Excursion was always based on an F250 chassis and driveline.

No, I think those are the different performance packages that Hennessey offers on the Raptor. The low end one is just intake, headers, exhaust and an ECU upgrade, the mid is supercharged and the 600 is twin turbo.

It offers three rows of seating and probably has the ability to dominate your favorite off road trails with gentle ease. Just now you can take more folks with you.

I had the misfortune of getting an Avenger "R/T" as a rental a few years ago. It was a decent utilitarian vehicle, but beyond that, there was absolutely nothing R/T about it. It was slow as hell, the outdated 4 speed slushbox sucked and it handled like garbage. Why the hell they would put the R/T branding on a 4cyl…

Oh, you mean the EPA's diesel MPG estimates for the Cruze are way on the low side? So are the TDI's, I drive an '04 TDI but I keep up on the forums and folks with the newer CR engine have no problems getting 45-50MPG hwy.

You don't have to slide the seats forward, the Supercab F150's have rearward opening "suicide doors" for the back seats. They can fit in there fine with the seats down as well, I just don't like them scratching and drooling on the leather seats.

The Supercab is plenty spacious for dogs, I flip up the seats and let two of em ride back there. However with dogs back there, there's little room left for other gear. I just couldn't justify the price difference and hadn't planned on using the Raptor as my daily driver anyways.

Yeah, the crew cab was added to the Raptor lineup in '11. Its actually pretty hard to find Supercabs on lots now because everyone wants a giant 4-door Raptor, the increased towing capacity probably has something to do with that as well. When I bought my Supercab it was the only one available in a 500 mile radius,…

Oh, and Ford's batshit-crazy factory alarm won't let you open any door (even with the factory key) without chiming a countdown where you have to put one of the factory coded keys in the ignition and start it before the alarm goes off. So they didn't simply jimmy the lock.