Thoughts on new truck purchase

donn0128 wrote:
Personally I would pick the trucks with the least amount of chrome and badges. Those things just make trucks UGLY to me. Fords tend to stick "super duty" everywhere, some of them you can never remove. Yea, I like my trucks clean. I also like leather and power everything. From reports GMs have the most dated interiors, and force the buyer to one rear end ratio. While Ford and Ram offer choices. Ram is the only current mfg offering a manual trans if thats your thing. Ram dealers seem to want to deal on new trucks, while Ford is awfully proud of theirs.
Bottom line, go test drive the exact model you want from all three and see which fits your butt best. Then see which is wanting to deal to get the price YOU are satisfied with.

Genuine leather is the main reason I chose the Platinum trim over the Lariat. I had a GM Denali a number of years ago and at that time their "leather seats" were mostly vinyl. Has that since changed?

Personally I would pick the trucks with the least amount of chrome and badges. Those things just make trucks UGLY to me. Fords tend to stick "super duty" everywhere, some of them you can never remove. Yea, I like my trucks clean. I also like leather and power everything. From reports GMs have the most dated interiors, and force the buyer to one rear end ratio. While Ford and Ram offer choices. Ram is the only current mfg offering a manual trans if thats your thing. Ram dealers seem to want to deal on new trucks, while Ford is awfully proud of theirs.
Bottom line, go test drive the exact model you want from all three and see which fits your butt best. Then see which is wanting to deal to get the price YOU are satisfied with.

I'd personally stick to GM or Ram to avoid the potential CP4 issue in the Powerstroke. Other than that black mark the new Super Duty looks like an awesome truck, but with the other great diesel choices available I'd prefer not to take on that risk. To be fair I think the risk is pretty minimal but Ford's track record with covering it under warranty is spotty and the financial hit would be pretty significant if you got unlucky.

What features and options do YOU want? I have had a fully loaded Laramie because my ex-wife had to have all the comforts. As for me? None of that stuff matters. The base model trucks have all of the comforts I need.

i have never owned a Ford either but they also have the huge sun roof option which looks pretty cool.

Some nice features that the new Ford has that I don't believe are available with GM are: adaptive cruise; multi view cameras; massage seats; better storage under and behind the rear seat; the tailgate step and the power telescoping and folding mirrors.