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Pickups Ford F-Series 2008 Ford Super Duty
355 messages, Last post on Nov 13, 2009 at 9:21 AM
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I bought a 2008 6.4 lariate F-250, short bed, 4X4, 20" wheels, 3.73 gear and fully loaded! I understand everyones concerns about whether or not to go diesel or gas, but I can tell you first hand "This truck is the real deal". The fuel economy changes from fair to great depending on how I drive that day, or by how much I may be towing but with that aside I can tell you this new 2008 makes the dodge, chevy, toyota, and nissan look like %&#*! All of my friends drive the other make trucks and I've driven them all and the only one that even compares motor wise is my buddy with the new 2007 6.7 liter dodge (makes great power), but the comparison stops at the engine becouse the rest of the truck is crap! And lets be honest with each other, when you spend $50,000 on a vehicle yeah the milage is important but definately not a deal breaker! I had a 2003 before this and the difference is night and day! I dont think I'll do any performance upgrades simply because Ford has smartened up a bit and realized people were doing all these mods and teraing the vehicles up prematurly. I'm from Florida and drive about 150 miles a day for work and I pull my 5000lb farm tractor back and fourth to my hunting land in GA and every once in a while I'll get into some deep clay trying to navigate through the property and I'll put it 4 wheel high and the truck doesnt breathe hard with clay up to the bumper. I have pics of me pulling out another guy in his new Toyota tundra that he swore by just thirty minutes before getting pulled out by my 2008... This truck has several new upgrades from the previous years and I can a lot more pros than cons not to mention pulling up to the light and having all the other truck owners (dodge, chevy, toyota) checking your truck out.... They know the deal!!! Mike |
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Replying to: fordguy7 (Oct 31, 2007 6:23 am)
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Replying to: fordtoys99 (Nov 02, 2007 10:13 am)
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Replying to: snowbird1938 (Nov 02, 2007 4:32 pm)
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Replying to: fordguy7 (Nov 05, 2007 7:30 am) Presently the truck has 4500 miles on it. MPG so far is not good.
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Replying to: snowbird1938 (Nov 05, 2007 7:24 pm)
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Replying to: firecapn (Nov 07, 2007 11:37 am) It's starting to crystallize my buying decision on a new 2008 F-250: 1) I need more power than V-8 gas can give. 2) Diesel has the power, but don't like diesel or the $6,800 upgrade price. Also been hearing mileage is disappointing with new engine. 3) V-10 gas is powerful, quiet, and only a $600 upgrade, and now my sub-10 mpg mileage fears seem to be a non-issue. I only wish I knew why more people don't go for the V-10 and go with diesel instead. Do they know something I don't, is it an ego thing, or is my thinking more logical than the people who buy the diesel but don't need that extra pulling power? |
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Thought I would provide my mileage results . I have the F250 crew cab 6.4 diesel 3:73 rear axle 4x4 lariat loaded sun roof nav system the works. Bought truck may 31 2007 and 1 week later hooked up 9 thousand lb trailer and headed to outer banks N.C. 430 mile trip. Driving 65 to 70 mph truck averaged 9.3 mp gallon. this was filling tank till I could see fuel in spout divided by miles driven. slowing to 60 mph gave me 10.5 miles per gallon. This compares to my old truck 2001 F 150 5.4 3.55 gear super crew 4x4 same trip same camper same roads 60 mph gave 7.0 miles per gallon. Solo driving posted 45 to 55 zones at beach best tank was 17.8 miles per gallon again filling to I could see fuel in spout divided by miles driving. this was equal to old F 150. In day to day driving to and from work I get 14 mpg compared to 14.5 in old truck. Just got back from trip to blue ridge parkway. From Rock Hill S.C. to I-85 to I-26 to parkway to Brevard N.C. driving posted limits truck got 17.5 miles per gallon. Leaving Brevard going back to parkway pulling elevations up to 6000 ft toward cherokee making lots of stops on parkway and letting truck idle while taking pictures stopping in cherokee interstate back home truck got 15 miles per gallon. Love this truck. It has awesome power gets equal to or better ecomony than old F-150 which was a much lighter and less capable vehicle. Truck now has about 10,000 miles on it . I hope this helps with some of you in making your buying decision.
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Replying to: diehardford (Nov 09, 2007 6:18 am) |
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DO NOT buy the diesel for fuel enconomy reasons, you will be very disappointed. I suggest you only buy the diesel if your needs leave you with no other choice. The diesel is about a $900 dollar upgrade. You can buy a lot of gas for the $6,000 you save on the V10 vs. the Diesel. You'll also save on oil changes with the gas. Mark |
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