Need / want a pickup truck

[deserteagle71]

Late to this thread but a couple months ago I rented a F150 for a week while we were working in Florida. Basic crew cab, 4x2 with the basic non eco boost 6 cyl. Put about 1,000 miles on it in a week ....plenty of power for what it was.. no rocket ship but not a slug either. I drive pretty conservative and maybe 70-75 on the highway..we were seeing 22-23 mpg on average...nowhere near 30mpg.
We also had nothing in tow and maybe 2-300 lbs of cargo at most.

"F150 D" means the diesel engined pickup. It MIGHT get 30 mpg if the conditions were right. Gas engine - you were right on the money for mileage. But it won't match a diesel!

 

[goeduck]

Believe just about any truck made in the last few years this is gone. Dodge was a hold out for a while, and there might be some work truck variants. In general give it a few more years these things are gone unless you want to drive around a 30 year old truck.

Dang, next they are going to invent a new fangled TV where you do not have to get up out of your chair and turn a knob to change stations. I will believe that when I see it :shocked:

 

[4570Man]

Dang, next they are going to invent a new fangled TV where you do not have to get up out of your chair and turn a knob to change stations. I will bellevue that when I see it :shocked:

That would almost as good as a truck that would unload itself without getting out of the cab.

 

[Jstpssng]

Dang, next they are going to invent a new fangled TV where you do not have to get up out of your chair and turn a knob to change stations. I will bellevue that when I see it :shocked:

It will never sell, they's just a peeing their money down a rathole.

 

[tjkubota93]

I imagine the new Jeep truck still uses a manual lever for engaging 4wd.

Back in 2007 when I worked for Chrysler, they talked about having the 4wd drive lever not hooked to the transfer case. Just a big switch with detents that was hooked electronically to the transfer case. So you felt better than having a push button on the dash.

 

[nards444]

Dang, next they are going to invent a new fangled TV where you do not have to get up out of your chair and turn a knob to change stations. I will believe that when I see it :shocked:

lol yeah can you imagine when they come up with a phone you can take anywhere and use it, you dont have to be connected by a cord.

 

[4570Man]

Back in 2007 when I worked for Chrysler, they talked about having the 4wd drive lever not hooked to the transfer case. Just a big switch with detents that was hooked electronically to the transfer case. So you felt better than having a push button on the dash.

One of my friends had a 16 Silverado that he claimed did that. I never crawled under it to check for myself.

 

[Milo]

Back in 2007 when I worked for Chrysler, they talked about having the 4wd drive lever not hooked to the transfer case. Just a big switch with detents that was hooked electronically to the transfer case. So you felt better than having a push button on the dash.

Good Lord that would be the worst of both plus even more complicated and prone to failure!

 

[aczlan]

Back in 2007 when I worked for Chrysler, they talked about having the 4wd drive lever not hooked to the transfer case. Just a big switch with detents that was hooked electronically to the transfer case. So you felt better than having a push button on the dash.

That's how the gear shifter on our L3830 is. Just wires going to the transmission.

Aaron Z

 

[metalbender]

Just like fly by wire