โOct-15-2013 08:48 PM
โOct-17-2013 12:14 PM
โOct-17-2013 10:23 AM
โOct-17-2013 10:05 AM
jevanb wrote:mkirsch wrote:really... I bought a 99 olds minivan to drive back and forth for 6 years cost me 4k, put 200k and 500 dollars plus lots of used tires . sold for 1800k been doing this about every 4-5 years with 3-5 k junkers.
If you're driving a lot, you can't just go out and buy some $3K-$5K jalopy. You need a RELIABLE car and reliable cars don't sell for $3K-$5K. That means payment.
โOct-17-2013 08:38 AM
mkirsch wrote:really... I bought a 99 olds minivan to drive back and forth for 6 years cost me 4k, put 200k and 500 dollars plus lots of used tires . sold for 1800k been doing this about every 4-5 years with 3-5 k junkers.
If you're driving a lot, you can't just go out and buy some $3K-$5K jalopy. You need a RELIABLE car and reliable cars don't sell for $3K-$5K. That means payment.
โOct-17-2013 07:44 AM
93Cobra2771 wrote:pappcam wrote:mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
I call BS on the ecoboost mileage. It's a truck and there's no way he's getting that mileage unless he's driving well below the speed limit and holding up traffic.
I thought the ecoboost mileage hype was already done with.
Believe it or not, it is possible. I have gotten a best of 24.4 mpg on a route that I run very regularly (150 mile round trip). And that is without holding up traffic.
I do have a high flow cat back exhaust that gave me a roughly 2mpg gain.
Just got back from a 850 mile round trip to Myrtle Beach from East TN. That includes skirting Ashville and crossing the Smoky Mountains, and the 7% grade Black Mountain. 10.6mpg going over, and 10.4 coming back. That's with a 55-60mph range.
Have gotten a best of 11.4 on the same trip.
My around town mileage runs around 18mpg, give or take.
โOct-17-2013 06:50 AM
โOct-17-2013 06:02 AM
pappcam wrote:mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
I call BS on the ecoboost mileage. It's a truck and there's no way he's getting that mileage unless he's driving well below the speed limit and holding up traffic.
I thought the ecoboost mileage hype was already done with.
โOct-16-2013 05:53 PM
โOct-16-2013 05:22 PM
โOct-16-2013 01:35 PM
โOct-16-2013 01:06 PM
mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
โOct-16-2013 12:29 PM
โOct-16-2013 12:13 PM
โOct-16-2013 11:23 AM
mkirsch wrote:
There is no such thing as a "reliable used econobox for $5k."
$5K gets you a 10-year-old car with 100K+ miles around here.
I've got a friend who is reliably getting 22MPG out of his Ecoboost after 15,000 miles. The best that diesel will do is 18MPG if you drive it like an old duffer.
He says the towing power is night and day compared to the 5.3L Chevy he replaced.
โOct-16-2013 11:09 AM
Kampfirekid wrote:
I didn't initially post to debate the car. I was looking for input on an EcoBoost. There is a member here that pulls a heavy TT, and one who pulls a fiver. Both seem to tow a lot more and a lot farther than I do. They have no gripes. I have been a 3/4 plus pat form guy for about. 15 years, and the couple 1/2 tons I mixed in worked, but maxed out the payload.
A heavy duty payload F150 will exceed my current F250 by 200-400 pounds. Yes, I agree it is a lighter truck and lighter duty, but I'm not pulling the trailer 12 months a year and every week. It's less than 500 miles a trip and only 12 weekends a year at best. Is it perfect? No. Will it work? It seems so. Will it be cheaper maintenance than a diesel? Most likely. Etc...
If I could find a HD Payload locally to hook up and pull for a test, I would. That's not possible. I suspect that if I raised the question about going to a gasser 6.2L Superduty, the same would ensue.
The original goal was to save my current F250 before it hits 100k miles. I love the truck. But the more I looked at an additional car, it only works IF the primary goal is to prevent spending 65k on a new truck every few years. That's it. That's when I figured the EcoBoost could be middle ground by allowing me a better ride, cheaper maintenance, cheaper sticker to swallow every few years, and it could still tow my trailer the few weekends of short miles. Of course, I'm used to 1250 miles a week, so maybe 500 per trip is a lot of driving for some if you.