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#59 of 355 Pulled The Trigger! by buyer2008 Jul 02, 2007 (7:03 am)
The deal is done. Placed the order for a new F-250 Diesel Lariat Crew Cab....Will provide mileage updates once this beast arrives! Cheers!
#60 of 355 delivery time by branford126 Jul 03, 2007 (6:31 am)
I recently ordered a 2008 F250 hd, I can't seem to get a good answer on delivery time for a factory ordered vehicle.Does anybody have a time frame? Replies to this message: buyer2008 (Jul 03, 2007 7:23 am) ve1drg (Nov 24, 2007 6:12 am)
#61 of 355 Re: delivery time [branford126] by buyer2008 Jul 03, 2007 (7:23 am)
Replying to: branford126 (Jul 03, 2007 6:31 am) Ordered mine last Friday...dealer said 7 weeks. Congrats on your inbound truck!
#62 of 355 2008 F-250 : Gas (V-10 6.8L) vs. Diesel (6.4L)?? by fordguy7 Jul 05, 2007 (11:32 am)
Would like input on my buying decision. Need to decide between Gas vs. Diesel. The premium purchase price on the Diesel engine is an obvious negative, but don't want to make a decision just on that. My current F-250 is 5.4L Gas, but want more power this time. Never liked or owned diesels before due to noise and poor acceleration, but just drove 2008 6.4L, and it's vastly improved. Cannot find a dealer with a V-10 model to drive. Would appreciate any input on mileage, maintenance, pluses and minuses, etc. Also would be great to hear from someone who's had both engines. I'm mostly a desk jockey, so truck gets no heavy day to day use, but I tow a boat or camping trailer a couple weekends a month, and want to make sure I can upsize the toys in the future.   Thanks in advance!!
#63 of 355 2008 F250 Mileage (6.4L Diesel) by tunaboat Jul 09, 2007 (6:26 pm)
1 week in on my new 2008 F250 crew cab 6.4L diesel. The computer MPG reading on the instrument panel is optimistically high and inaccurate. That said, my actual MPG so far is 12.03 MPG over 1st 400 miles. Haven't towed my 7K# travel trailer yet, but getting ready for a 3 week trip with it from Boston to Yellowstone to Denver and back to Boston and will keep posting my MPG along the way. Would appreciate others doing so, as well. Love the truck so far, but I am mighty worried about what I've been reading about poor mileage for some folks.
#64 of 355 Diesel. by mschmal Jul 10, 2007 (11:34 am)
Average cost is $6000 vs Gas. Average increase in trade value is over $4,000 vs Gas.   Mark.
#65 of 355 F-250 Mileage: Gas V-8 w/ 4.10 vs. Gas V-10 w/ 4.10 by fordguy7 Jul 11, 2007 (5:52 am)
I have decided against diesel, and need to decide between two gas engine configurations. According to tow charts for truck I want, configurations are rated as follows: a) V-8 w/ 3.73 pulls 9,100# b) V-8 w/ 4.10 pulls 11,100# c) V-10 w/ 4.10 pulls 12,500#.   My towing needs require either b or c configurations, and price between the two is neglible. Since I tend to keep my trucks for at least 5 years, the decision for me is boiling down to gas mileage. I would love the extra muscle of the V-10, but the price of gas and the V-10 low mileage potential has me wary.   I would appreciate any real world mileage data on the V-8 w/ 4.10 and V-10 w/ 4.10.   Thanks!   scares me to death scarews Replies to this message: levisnboots (Jul 13, 2007 4:02 pm) snowtoad (Jul 28, 2007 9:37 pm) fordguy7 (Jul 29, 2007 7:31 am) fordtoys99 (Aug 05, 2007 6:18 pm)
#66 of 355 Re: 2008 Mileage Experience From Owners [f350arecrap] by fishoregon Jul 13, 2007 (11:29 am)
Replying to: f350arecrap (Jun 25, 2007 10:58 am) I have a 2008 250 Supper Duty diesel with 1600 miles, I am getting 14 to 15 mile to gallon with 16 mpg occassionally, none of this is city driving. This is comprable to what my 1999 F-350 Supper Duty got when it was new. You need to remember these a close tolorance egines my 7.3 did not break in and get improved milage until it had 25,000 miles on it. Then mileage gradually increased 3 to 5 miles per gallon.   On another note my new 1200 mile truck is having the engine replaced. My truck has apperantly blown the back two cylinders no compression. Ford Customer service is being very nice but it looks like I got to drive my new Ford for 2 weeks and then its in the shop for a month. This could be a fluke problem, they say they have never seen this problem and have had none with these engines, but I have my doubts. I have requested a new truck, you know with a over $50,000 price tag and 1200 miles, its my bad luck. I feel it should be Fords Bad Luck! Let me know if your truck has problems. I will probably continue to let Ford try the repairs but I will be very reluctant to stand for further problems, then it will be Fords Bad Luck! I have driven diesel engines for nearly 30 years most likely over 1 million miles and have never had and engine failure or real problem so I guess bad luck was due, or not! Replies to this message: abp1 (Jul 28, 2007 11:06 pm) kdean2608 (Aug 06, 2007 3:46 am) dbweaver (Sep 20, 2007 4:06 pm)
#67 of 355 Re: F-250 Mileage: Gas V-8 w/ 4.10 vs. Gas V-10 w/ 4.10 [fordguy7] by levisnboots Jul 13, 2007 (4:02 pm)
Replying to: fordguy7 (Jul 11, 2007 5:52 am) I've got a 2003 F-250 with V-10 (supercab, shortbed) and have had the best luck with it of any truck I've owned! It has the 3.73 and gets 11 mpg city pretty constantly. On the highway I can get around 13-14 when not towing. Since I don't tow that often, I've ordered my 2008 with the V-8 and 4.10 to improve mileage a bit. Good luck!

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