2017 Super duty

blofgren wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

spoon059 wrote:

blofgren wrote:
I loved the new 1999 Super Duty the first time I saw it, but not this one.

I HATED the redesign, starting with the 1997 F-150. I had a 95 F-150 and LOVED that boxy body style. The new curvy design made me want to throw up in my mouth. When they redesigned the body again in the early 2000's I didn't like them initially. Those two huge horizontal pieces of chromed plastic looked horrible and the headlights under the marker lights looked ridiculous.

Now I like the look of the newer body style, but I still can't get over the marker lights above the headlights. These new trucks are cool looking... but I still love my Ram's lines.

I didn't like the Super Duty design when it first came out either. Having said that I still don't like the mega cab, the grill and tailgate of the limited is hideous, and the rear DRW fenders with a extra dislike of the short wheel base DRW version on the rams. I also don't like GM's square fenders and the visable DEF tank. I also disliked Fords twin I-Beam suspension prior to the Super Duty platform and the tail gates that would rust starting at the bottom.

I do like that Ford ditched the ridiculous rims with the plastic chrome inserts (another dislike). Now they went back to a complete polished aluminum rim the way it should be.

That's OK, Fish. I love my Ram 3500 Megacab DRW (shortbox) much more than I ever liked my F-350 Super Duty so each to his own. Having great fuel mileage, rock solid engine reliability, and superb resale value is priceless! :B I will agree with you on the grille and tailgate on the Ram Limited, however.

Oh, and the Super Duty tailgates still rust from the bottom up; we have a few of them at my work doing that. On a positive note, we sent 2 more 2006 F-450 crew cab 6.0L's to auction this week; one had 92k kms and the other 101k kms. They both needed oil and EGR coolers, injectors, and god knows what else. They have both been replaced with F-250's with 6.2L gas engines so I'm sure our fleet budget will be much better off in years to come.;)