JRscooby wrote:
Couple hundred pounds? Mid '80s, a friend bought 2 brand new LTL9000 Fords. Same engines, transmissions, all 4 axles, beds, everything. Only difference was his driver wanted a nicer truck so 1 was XLT trim level, the other basic rubber mats, hand crank windows. The first day he put the trucks to work, the XLT was over 1000 lbs heavier.
Not a chance that anywhere near that magnitude of difference was due to
the "XLT convenience and comfort options" in the heavier truck.
If the trucks were truly the same otherwise, including wheelbase, powertrain, etc, someone had full saddle tanks and someone didn't.
Idk if one could even come up with more than a few hundred lbs extra in a new suv, which has far more "stuff" to be upgraded, although much of it technology based and not very physically heavy. (Assuming you pretty much can't get even a base model truck/suv without power windows, locks, AC, cruise (doesn't count anymore since CC is mostly software). Seats carpet and maybe a bit heavier tire/wheel combo.
The "luxury options hurts payload/ccc/towing capacity" argument is really quite inane. Unless one is being overtly literal, in which case, the numbers don't lie, they just don't really matter at such a small magnitude.
Op, congrats on the new rig!! That 380hp Ecoboost with gobs of low end torque will put a smile on your face for a while!
