As we’ve heard, there’s more to the story...but come on. If I *own* the property, why can’t I park whatever I want on that lawn? Safety issues? Utter BS. Its YOUR property, that you paid for and pay the taxes on, right?

Part of what you say makes sense - the part about reducing pollution and the part about higher costs as we reduce the final percentages of remaining pollution. That said, no one can doubt climate change. Sure, there can be debate about what the cause is, but nobody can doubt we are warming up.

I think the technology is great, but it won’t replace diesels. First off, the diesels still have a higher compression ratio and nothing can change the fact that diesel fuel has a higher energy value than gasoline.

Somehow, there’s still just no joy in owning an electric car.

Its not the car alarm. After modern Ford vehicles crash, they do those three horn honks for awhile. Its in case the car went down an embankment and nobody saw it.

Massive headline: Brand-new Ridgeline tows trailer weighing less than its rated capacity, and actually makes it! Are we supposed to be surprised?

The Wrangler Adventure w/ Kevlar tires are standard issue on Ford F-150's with cheap FX4 package. This Toyota is way over priced.

Andrew, couple of fact checks: the turning circle on the F-350 dually is actually larger than the 450's it seems you put here. It’s 57 ish feet. The 450 and 350 dually crew are identical lengths, but the 450 gets the wide track front axle which cuts the turning circle down a little bit.

My point is that some versions seat three across in the front, because a lot of these trucks are used for work, or in municipal fleets, or whatever. You need a wide truck to fit 3 seats that are adequate for 3 grown men and possibly gear.

Fair enough explanation. I agree with most of it. But I don’t think the Cummins or Duramax trucks achieve significantly better fuel economy because they all are saddled with the same emissions equipment.

Glad they work for you. But most travel coffee mugs are insulated, and so any hot or cold applied to the base of the mug never makes it through. Maybe they could help cool an aluminum soda can, but I’ve found they are pretty impractical.

You’re totally missing it. The Super Duty isn’t “wide” to accomodate fat drivers and passengers. Instead, it is “wide” because it needs to be in order to accommodate 9-foot snow plows, 40-foot long trailers, and fit big things in the bed. Width adds required stability. On the inside, lesser trim levels of this truck…

Too tight to the seat? They aren’t next to the seat at all. They run from about where your knee would be back to about the start of the front of the seat. They are uncovered...you can put all kinds of stuff in there. 3-ring binder stands up in there easily, phone, wallet, keys, flashlight, or what have you.

There may have been minor changes to the engines themselves along the way, too. The 6.7L has put out 4 different torque ratings, from 2011 - 2017:

Why should they advise you? That would be your responsibility, as the driver. Besides, even an F-450 has a GVWR of <26k so no CDL is needed just to operate the truck. Put any kind of serious trailer behind it, and then yeah, you need one.

Sometimes I’m out for hours at a time mowing grass, in the beating sun. I put four bottles of water in the cupholders and it still isn’t enough.

Your whole post is not terribly believable, especially when you state “the powerstroke is garbage.” If you have any experience with these engines, you’ll know the progression: 7.3L - regarded as excellent : 6.0L - regarded as maybe the worst in terms of problems : 6.4L - better but much worse fuel economy : 6.7L -…

Fuel economy may not be published, but you can be darn certain the Ford’s economy has been fully cross-checked against RAM and GM and will be competitive or best in class. Fuel economy is slowly rising in these big brutes.

I think the 21mpg is quite realistic. Right now I drive a 2016 F-350 crew cab 4x4 and have a 2017 F-350 crew cab dually 4x4 on order, both diesel. The current truck has achieved as high as 26 mpg on a 100 mile run of roads that were mostly 40-55mph. Definitely optimal speed, but this is hilly New England. On…

Yeah, just like that