OregonSVT wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
There we differ. The only reason I still own a truck is to tow my 5th wheel. Empty 0-60 times are useless to me. It's a truck.
Congrats, you are less then 1% of the population. The rest of us own trucks to go to/from work, tow our trailers, do home improvement, and have fun playing with them out camping.
I'm sure you hate the fact your truck has leather interior, a/c, heated/cooled seats, an automatic transmission (well that is up for debate), and many other amenities since it is "just a truck".
I'm not an EB basher. I'm glad Ford is taking a shot at a DI turbo in a pickup and hope it is a success. My daily driver has a DI turbo.
I may be 1% but if I were buying a daily driver that I wanted to use for towing, it's towing ability would be my first priority and empty fuel economy would be second. 0-60 would be somewhere else down the list, very far down. I would need a truck that can tow. I would not need a truck that can do 0-60 in six seconds. As long as it could do a good job towing, I would much rather have a truck that could do 0-60 in eight seconds and got 25 MPG empty than one that could do 0-60 in six seconds and only got 20 MPG empty.
Yes my truck has all that stuff and more and I like them because I use them. They have a practical value for me. I have never done a full throttle run to 60, never will and could care less, because it is a truck and does what I want it to, be a truck first.
If you want a vehicle that is fast in a straight line, trucks represent poor value for the money. Still, it's nice that there are some out there for people who want them.
