well let me say this... I have NEVER driven in a vehicle cross-country that I love as much as my F-150. It's fabulous, I could drive it anywhere! In my 98 F-150 I drove it out to Tennessee, almost non-stop (rested for about an hour) and the same pace on the way back, my *** didn't get soar once. Same thing with my trip to Indiana, very comfortable experience, and plenty of leg room to stretch out, which is great for big ol 6' 8" me. I took my old 96 Saturn down to Colorado Springs (about a 3 hour drive from here) and I was hurtin so bad when I got there I was dreading the drive back! Got home and jumped out and cursed it as the most uncomfortable vehicle I'd ever driven (although fittin a 6' 8" guy into a saturn is like fitting a whole salmon into a sardine can - its just not designed to do that!) . With my two F-150's I have been to Arizona, California, Tennessee, Indiana and Michigan from Denver, all seperate trips. Each time I got to my destination and said "wow this is really comfortable!"

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Matt Adams
Littleton, CO
1994 Ford Explorer, highly modified ( http://mattadams.f150online.net )
2000 F-150 XLT Supercab
5.4L Triton V8 Engine, Automatic Transmission, 3" dual exhaust, Rhino lining, K&N Filtercharger Intake Performance Kit (FIPK), JL Audio stealthbox with Phoenix gold amplifier, premium stereo
Genuine Steel brush guard with 4 PIAA 520's mounted on it, PIAA Airdam with PIAA 520 fog's and PIAA 510 superwhite driving lights in it.
off-road and tow packages
and much much more!
Grizzly Roll bar (double bar/single bar) with 5 PIAA 80 XT's mounted on it (3 driving, 2 fogs)
Storage box in the back
Soon to come:
Pistol mod (convenient, easily accessible yet somewhat hidden access).
Custom paint job?

 

Mattbert I can say the same about my truck in the 18 months I had it I done 3 week long road trips and about 10 or so one day road trips. I don't have any aches or pains I use to get when I drove my Mustangs cross country or on one day road trips. Plus the truck rides much smoother than my Mustangs did as I would feel every bump in the road in my Mustangs this truck I don't feel the bumps that much.

 

Bought me 2000 F150 Lariat (see signature) new on January 27, 2001 with 6 miles on her. Just rolled over 9k miles yesterday!! This thing is great!!

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Jeff Randol
2000 Ford F150
Ext. Cab 4x4 Lariat
5.4 Auto, Off Road Package, Fully Loaded
& lovin it!!
MODS: KN Air Filter
Glasspack exhaust

Upcoming: AMSOIL Dual Oil filter system, FIPK, Fiberglass Topper, Spray-In Bedliner, Wood Dash Kit

 

56 days, 5250 miles

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01 Kingranch, 4x4, 5.4, Estate Green w/Arizona Beige two tone, Limited slip,Skidplates,Moonroof,Trailer tow, Cargo cage, All the Goodies! Add ons; Bedrug, 9005 Fog lamps

 

Had mine almost a year now, 26,000 mi. But now I have a job that is a 45 mi trip ONE WAY. At least I take turns driving every other week with a co-worker. I don't think my "extended warranty" is going to last long enough to be considered "extended" at this rate!

 

I'll have my truck 18 months on May the 12th and I almost have 27,000 on it.

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2000 F150 XLT Reg. cab
4.6 Triton Engine
4x2 3.55 rear end gear
sliding rear window
automatic keyless entry
white styleside short box

 

Mattbert;
Just got back from Colorado Springs 4 days ago. Some great weather out there, atleast last week that is. Heard you were getting some snow in the higher elevations? Anyway, have had my truck for close to 7 months now and have put about 8000 miles on it since then. Not to bad considering my brother puts close to 30000 miles on his trucks in one year. He has had a new truck every 2 years, wish I could do that!
My flight back from Colorado sucked, had a very uncomfortable seat on the airplane to St. Louis and then a quick commuter flight to Evansville, Indiana. My rear was HURTING BAD after those two flights, I had a 1 hour drive home after that but, once I got into my truck I was in love, . Like you said, our truck seats are way comfortable!!! Just my .02 cents worth.

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99 S/C ORP
5.4L Auto

 

what a kawinkydink!

got my truck on september 19, 00'. i hit 10,000 last night and now i have 10057 when i parked for school today ...(i'm in class right now)

hahaha... who does school work these days anyhow!

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TRUCK
White 00' XLT 4.2 Auto Sport
Regular cab Styleside
3.55 non-limited slip
Superchip
Airaid FIPK
custom ported STOCK throttle body
1/4 ... 17.221@81.35MPH

PC
Thunderbird 1.1ghz @ 1.33ghz
Abit KT7A-Raid
384mb Kingmax PC-150 ram
60gig IBM 75gxp RAID array
Geforce2 GTS 64mb

 

I think I'm heading towards the other end of the spectrum... Had mine since October 2000, just rolled over 4300 last weekend. (Of course, I rarely drive it during the week) I think this is the first time I've ever gone 3 months between oil changes instead of 3000 miles!! Of course, the Probe rolled over 99k yesterday, and will probably turn 100k next weekend! I've got the camera in the car waiting...

-Joe-


[This message has been edited by GIJoeCam (edited 05-04-2001).]

 

Took me 24 months to put 12,000 miles on my truck. I might hit 15,000 this month or next. You all must have horrendous gas bills. I fill up every other week. You guys must fill up every 3 days!

My last truck, I put on less than 11,000 miles. The previous truck, I turned in with 68,000 miles and it was 10 years old!

I think I need to get out more.




[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited 05-04-2001).]

 

27,000 as of today, truck was new i bought it in 97, need to get out more, now living 55 miles away from work each way things will change i dare to say. Lets see 55 x2=110x5=550x4=2,200 per month + extras God i hope gas fall soon.

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1997 F-150 XLT 4.6 REGULAR CAB, FLARESIDE PACIFIC CLEARCOAT GREEN 5-SPEED. WESTIN NERF BARS, POWER EVERYTHING,BUG SHIELD, EX-TANG SOFT COVER, BED LINER(FORD).

 

Not to say it's not bad but some of you don't drive these great trucks enough. I bought mine with 86,000 miles on it and now have about 121,000 miles (35,000 miles) in about 13 1/2 months. Of cousre I use to drive about 50 miles one way to work so 100 miles a day x 5 days a week is 500 miles plus an about another 100 miles a week/weekend on personel travel, so now we have 600 miles a week or 2400 miles a month. No wonder it seemed like everytime I filled up it was time for another oil change. In some respects I'm glad I got laid off from that job. Gees, that was alot of driving, but hey at least my truck still looks good and I think it runs as good as new.

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97 Ford F150 XLT 4wd 4.6L auto, Std cab/Long bed 2 tone royal blue w tan bottom, PW,PL, and PM, captian chairs w/arm rests

Current Mods
K&N Filter
Xact Plug Wires- 8mm
Ventshade side window deflectors,read window deflector, bug guard, headlight and taillight blackouts
custom hand painted Ford emblems on door jamb guards and under hood on plastic intake cover
plastic mud guards
custom 4x4 off road graphics
Ford hitch cover and license plate frame
Custom carpet liner (protects factory carpet)
Slyvania Cool Blue Headlight and fog lamp bulbs
Pioneer 6 disc changer
Whistler 1650 radar detector
oh yeah, one custom dent and scratch from a deer the night before deer season

 

So....what's the problem? Average use for NADA and kelly Blue Book is 20,000 per year; you've done 10k in a half year...even though I don't know "new math" that sounds ok to me!

Fill with gas every two weeks? how about three times in one day? Every 6 weeks, I do a 900 mile day...

BTW, my SCrew has 23,4xx miles in seven months...and is gonna leave me around June 1, when I trade off to something else. Anybody interested? Gen II, moonroof, slider, soft tonneau, Michelins, tow pkg with correct radiator, bench.

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My credentials? Yeah, they're right over there....

framed and hanging on the shade tree.

[This message has been edited by OnBelay (edited 05-07-2001).]

 

mine--4 yrs old, 160,000 miles. you do the math

 

not that it matches any of these numbers, but i put 500 on my truck this weekend. I think I am up over 81,500 by now....MEEK

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1997 Black 4x4 F-150 XLT 4.6L 285/75/16 Bridgestone Dueler A/T's Eagle Alloy Wheels, K&N Airfilter, Flowmaster Exhaust, Dual tips off of one pipe. Nerf Bars, Brush guard, 2 Ralley Lights, Sony X-plod head unit, Jensen 500 watt amp, Sony X-Plod 10" Sub

sooner or later: a lift and bigger mud terrain tires
meek47@f150driver.com