When we bought our F150XL (~$28k with electric windows, IIRC) the sales manager called the fancy trucks "pretty boy trucks". I'd told him I wanted a working truck to haul stuff, and didn't care what it looked like. We scratched the bed the second day we owned loading/unloading a 60 gal air compressor. Didn't bother me a bit.
On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > $27k XL is a 2wd, its dammed hard to get a 4wd under $30k. > To be fair heated seats are pretty terrific when you've been out hunting > and are frozen pretty much to the bone. Just before the end of the year I > went hunting with a big group, it was in the single digits pretty much the > whole time, from about -6F to about 8F and the heated seats get warm a lot > faster than the rest of the cab... > -Curt > > > On Saturday, January 20, 2018, 2:21:18 AM EST, Curley McLain via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The $50,000 to $60,000 peekups with all the "luxury" trim/interior such > as the frod "platinum" "limited" "SVT Raptor" and "King Ranch" are > what I classify as wussywagons. They are not meant for work, but to > show off the owners wealth or to stroke the owners ego, or to satisfy > the wife while doing one of the former.. The "platinum" is definitely > trimmed to sell to the female market. To be fair, pretty much all cars, > MB included are targeted at the female market. There may be some > argument about the king ranch, but with a price tag over $50,000, > leather steering wheel cover, heated seats, etc, it definitely has > options that fall into the wussy category. Each of these would be > competing with a MB/nissan pickup. > > I am not picking on frod, because GM, dodge, toada and nissan all offer > products with similar fru-fru. I am more familiar with their trim levels. > > When you compare the $50k-60k wagens to the $27k ford F150 XL, can you > honestly tell me a "limited or "platinum" is worth twice as much > money? Will they get twice as much MPG? Will they last twice as > long? Will they carry twice as much? Do they have some combination of > the 3 that justifies being worth twice as much? > > The gummit meddling in the vehicle market has driven people away from > cars and into peekups. The carmakers are not stupid. they are just > capitalizing on the weaknesses of people and what their gummit has > taxed/regulated them into. > > > Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > January 19, 2018 at 10:40 AM > > > > > > What would you consider to not be a wussywagon? A Unimog? > > I cannot see myself doing long trips at highway speeds in one of those. > > > > > > I suggest that the 4WD 1/2 ton crew cab pickups are the best thing > > since sliced bread. Basically, a big sedan with a huge trunk. Haul > > people and/or loads of lumber etc and pull a trailer behind too if > > need be. The biggest disadvantage is parking them. > > > > I don't need 3/4 ton capacity so not much point in hauling the extra > > weight around. Would consider a diesel if I needed it and could > > justify it but I cannot. > > > > RB > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
