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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by PawPaw
I saw a maroon King Ranch on the road the other day and I wasn't overly impressed. Looked good from the front but the rear leaves a lot to be desired. Bet it was up in the $60's.
I don't really like how the two-tone is hardly discernible anymore. What was once harvest gold/Arizona beige/pueblo gold etc. is now basically brown. In some colors I can't even tell it's there.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 05:02 PM
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I think they call it Caribou and it is a little darker. The King Ranch I saw was one color and it looked real plain to me. I think it needed some more trim!
 
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 05:22 PM
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I liked the KR that I saw a few weeks back... It was $60k and had several creature features... it was pretty sharp but, I'm still extremely disappointed that the interiors of the KR F-Series has been repeatedly downgraded.

My 2001 KR (first year of existence of this boutique model), had leather that was incredibly thick, durable, and truly embraced the cowboy feel. In fact, a member here that is very familiar with super high end vehicles noted that it was one of the finest interiors that he'd ever seen in any vehicle (with alot of 6-figure cost vehicles in the mix).

The leather in my 05 KR went down -- not as thick and certainly not as durable.

The leather in my 2012 KR is easily the worst and least unique.

The 2015 that I saw seems to embrace the 2012 mentality and production paradigm.

I realize that FoMoCo saw warranty issues from this interior as a result of people simply not taking care of such a dramatically nice interior (uncoated, analine, leather is simply light years above coated leather from a feel and uniqueness standpoint) but, to take something that was really a unique item that was well worth the additional cost to get in to a boutique model and do what they've done now (basically have made it a premium lariat) is very disappointing to me.... very disappointing.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2015 | 05:32 PM
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Well, started dismantling my truck tonight....
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 10:22 AM
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Morning...
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 10:25 AM
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The one nice thing I've seen come out of the 2009+ body styles is the amount of increased room in the back with both the scabs and screws
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluejay
A friend of mine just saw a new truck at the dealer, $74,000 sticker.
For that price I'll just go buy a used Shelby super snake....it will haul *** but not a lot of cargo
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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My laptop is messed up. Says Internet explorer is not working. Tries to look for a fix and quits. Any ideas?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluejay
My laptop is messed up. Says Internet explorer is not working. Tries to look for a fix and quits. Any ideas?
When my laptop does that I usually just beat on it with my fists until it goes into safe mode.......
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 12:39 PM
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Tried that, didn't help!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 01:08 PM
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Thank god it's warm today! I was going crazy with this 30-40 degree bullcrap.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 01:30 PM
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Jack suggested I do a system restore. That worked so it must have been an issue with MS update.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 03:14 PM
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I finally picked up some weather tech mats for the front of my truck, kinda sorta matches my husky liner for the back row
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 03:21 PM
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I finally picked up some weather tech mats for the front of my truck, kinda sorta matches my husky liner for the back row
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Those work well for me. I pick up lots of mud at the farm.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2015 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
I finally picked up some weather tech mats for the front of my truck, kinda sorta matches my husky liner for the back row
I tried to get Weathertechs for my '97 Cavalier but their site said they didn't make them. Kind of surprised me considering how many of those cars were built over the years!
 
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