we would not be trying for a baby if we wern't ready .we've thought about it for years nowand i beleive we are ready money wise ,time wise and thanks to her, grandparents wise!thanks for the headsup though.

 

As a fellow Houstonian I would not get black interior because of the heat. Also I would wait to see if the 07 air condition is better then ours. Good luck with the baby I have a 6year old and one due in August. I have a screw you will love the room. Good Luck

 

You realize that you just assured yourself of getting a girl, don't you?

 

P.M.A. positve mental attitude,it will be a boy!

 

All that you are gaining with a Screw over a Scab is the back doors open the other way and your front doors are shorter. The interior space is almost the exactly the same. With a car seat, I think you could access it better without the 4 door post in the way.

 

I have had both, I will take the screw over the Scab every time!

 

Not sure if you are speaking from experience or not but the convience of the Screw with car seats is worth it. The rear swinging doors are a pain to deal with with car seats in tight quarters. I've got a 7 year old and a 4 year old and they are in and out of the truck quickly.


I'm glad I got the screw everytime I look back and see their faces in the mirror.

 

Exactly! Plus, when loading groceries, etc, the door oppening the "right" way is a major plus.

 

my father in law has a 2004 screw.one thing is when you want to access the back seat you only open that door not the front door then the rear quater door.by my estimate the screw has about 3 more inches between front and back seats.

 

Yes, and that 3" makes all the difference in the world.

 

I definitely have to disagree with that because I traded in my '05 scab for an '06 screw because of my little girl. Trust me there is waaaymore space with the screw. Before if I had a passenger up front and my little one in her rear facing car seat, if the passenger was over 5'7" they would have to scoot the seat up and be relatively cramped. Now absolutely no problems I have a buddy who is 6'2" and he can sit any way he wants and there is still room between the passenger seat and the car seat. I also just went on a 750 mile round trip over memorial weekend and had two passengers in the back(no baby) and they were super impressed how comfortable it was compared to my old scab. IMO if you have children a screw is a must. Good luck in whatever you choose.

 

You are gaining more than you think. Try fitting a rear facing baby seat in a SCab behind the driver or passenger. Unless the front seats are almost all the way up it will not work. On my '98 SCab I had to put it in the middle and the top of the rear facing seat went past my seat backs. Luckily, I had the captain's chairs so it would fit.

In my new truck (Super Crew) I can place a rear facing seat in any of the positions in the rear seat with no problems. I still place it in the center because it is the safest place in case of an accident, though.

The doors were a huge issue for me. I hated the rear swinging doors in my old truck. Trying to get groceries, kids, dog, or anything else in there while a vehicles is parked next to you is a pain. You have to go past the back door with your kid or item, open the front door, then open the back door. Try doing this with a shopping cart, stroller, Home Depot flat cart, etc. It is impossible. You have to close the back door partially, grab the item, go back and open the door and repeat as necessary.

With 3 kids in boosters and/or car seats I could not imagine trying to load them and buckle them in with my old SCab.

 

blueflareside your new truck is pretty much what i want.i'm reconsidering the black interior.nice truck.

 

I love the color combination. I had to go with the tan interior due to the Florida heat, though.

 

Amid Product Changes, Ford to Keep on Truckin'
Jun 05, 2006
Automotive News


Mark Fields isn't ignoring trucks.

One of the most important product changes in the Way Forward plan is aimed squarely at protecting Ford Motor Co.'s truck position, its greatest profit generator and most important asset.

Fields revived Ford's 6.2-liter V-8 Hurricane engine program. The Hemi fighter, put on ice by predecessors, is designed to maintain Ford's lead in big pickups in the face of a competitive onslaught. General Motors and the Chrysler group already sell V-8s with more horsepower, making engines a potential weak spot for the Ford F series, the top-selling U.S. pickup.

Analysts call it a good move but say the indecision has cost Ford time. The Hurricane engine isn't likely to debut until 2008 at the earliest, sources said.

In a recent interview, Fields said trucks are cornerstone products. The Ford division will do what's necessary to maintain leadership in pickup sales, he said.

Fields has been surprisingly active in mixing up the product plan, given prior comments by CEO Bill Ford. Just after appointing Fields as Ford Motor's president of the Americas last fall, Bill Ford called the product cycle "very solid" and said not to expect much change.

In April, Bill Ford acknowledged the product shake-up - "but it was for the right reason," he said. Disruption often generated by such changes has been minimized by acceptance and lack of infighting among Ford Motor's product development group, he said.

Other Way Forward product changes include:

The demise of the planned Adrenalin version of the Ford Explorer Sport Trac. The Adrenalin, engineered by the Special Vehicle Team, had been scheduled to go on sale in 2007.

A scaled-back lineup for the SVT performance unit. Last year executives said SVT would get as many as five products. Now that's down to two. Fields said Ford will offer one high-performance Mustang and one high-performance truck per year going forward. He said the automaker has to "balance our resources."