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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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Cool Why are F150's best in class..?

Obviously I know they are the absolute best, just wanted a few more reasons to tell my dodge buddy when he starts the debate.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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Look at the hydro-formed frame we all have. Very solid foundation for a truck.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Tow ability and tow rating. Towing my 6k boat at 70-75. Trannny temp is like 165. Chevy is often 200+ Higher temp = more work and less life....

Ours is not the fastest but speed does not make a good real truck. Its ability to work, haul and tow.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 11:59 PM
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Because WE own one !!

It is human nature to believe that whatever we are driving is the best choice.

Seriously, F-150's are the best because of their track record.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Have you drove a comparable 04-09 Chevy 1500 or dodge?

I have have. I test drove a 1500 Dodge ram (not hemi) mega cab and I hated it.
The interior is all wrong, it feels wrong and looks very plastic like.

The 4X4 chevy 1500 (company) work truck (2009, 45K miles) I often drive, well drives weird. It turns weird and even before I leveled my 06 F-150 4X2 I say higher.
The chevys have nice interior options, and the LTZ package is really nice.

Never drove a Titan or Tundra, but I have worked on them before.
I can't say I like them at all, they just look and feel wrong inside and out.

Out of all the trucks I have drove, sat in and worked on my seats (as far as cloth seats go) are about the best, passed only by the newer 09+ F-150s.

As far as leather, I have never sat in anything more comfy than a dodge Big horn edition, the K.R comes close though, so does the Harley F-150.

I don't have the fastest truck, I don't have the biggest engine, but I bet any other 1/2 pick-up will not match me in towing and hauling. Stock to stock in the same year ranges 04-08/9.

I have had over 2,400Lbs in the back of my truck before, and it preformed wonderfully.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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The bighorn is a nice truck, ill give you that. But the tundra is way to japanese, and the GM trucks all look the same... Cheap!
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 06:19 AM
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#1 selling truck for 33 straight years, nuff said.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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My brother in law has an '05 ram, the interior is so much cheaper and less comfortable. The ride is much harsher and the road noise is louder. Granted I have a lariat and he has some more base model, but still the ride and road noise.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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Rock solid frame, thicker sheet metal on the body and doors, and the best riding truck on the market! And, as already stated, best selling truck for 33 years!
 
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