2017 F150 EcoBoost vs 2016 Ram EcoDiesel Towing MPG Review

LIKE2BUILD wrote:

mosseater wrote:
Doesn't make a hill of beans to me, but when I cruze the lot at the Ford dealer and I can get a nicely equipt 250 or 350 for 42K-48k, gas engine...and their selling the lot full of 150s at 50 and !60K?

Sure, because many buyers want to use a truck as a family car that can hook on to a few things and tow them around. F150 is Ford's cash cow and they are going to promote that truck all day long.

Folks like us are geeked out on GVWR, GCWR, GAWR......etc. We pay attention to that kind of stuff due to safety and longevity but most of the 'Joe Truck Buyer' shoppers have no clue and have no desire to know these things.

I would say most truck buyers ask these questions:
1) How many bells and whistles?
2) What is the MPG?
3) What will my payment be?
4) Does it have a tow package?

Case in point; a friend at church wanted to buy a new F150 and get a travel trailer. Many of us with towing experience tried to convince him to get an F250. Nope, he was convinced an F150 was plenty. He went to the local dealer and bought the truck the salesman told him would tow the most: 5.0L Supercab. When I tried to tell him the 3.5L Ecoboost has the most towing gumption and all he said was nope, salesman said the V8 is the 'big engine' and has the most power. I finally had to print off the 2016 Ford towing guide and show him in writing the salesman lied to him. He still didn't want to believe me and resorted to 'well, I don't want the expense of repairs when one of those turbos goes out'. 'nuff said, no sense in trying to educate someone that was dead set on a decision.

This is also the guy that bought a 32' TT because he got a great deal. He took it to a local RV shop to get a WD hitch and said drive home was a nightmare because he could barely control the truck. I told him his hitch was not set properly but he insisted it was done by 'experts' and should be right. I volunteered to check it for him and found it was completely wrong and he had very little weight transfer to the front wheels. Experts.......right......

Moral of the story....the majority of buyers think if they have a truck they are fine. If the salesman says it will work then it must be true.

KJ

The moral of the story in most cases - if you do any kind of research you will usually know more than the salesman..