Re: F150 fuel economy?
I have a 2006 Ford F150 STX with a 4.2L here, I have had it 1 year nearly to date. I only get 16 miles per Gallon tops at the moment but I only have 8,800
miles on it. My cousin has an XL 2006 Ford F150 with a 4.2L in his same color and he claimed that once it broke 10,000 miles on the motor the gas milage started getting better. He claimed that the motor doesn't get broke in until after 10,000 miles on the motor, don't know how true this is.
I have owned a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT with a 4 banger in it, I swapped it for a 2003 Ford Ranger Edge that had a V6. Then last December I swapped the Ranger Edge in on the F150, after they sent me a letter in the mail saying if you come in within these certain days we will pay your Ranger Edge off no matter how much you owe on it. Well I took the letter down to them and came home with the F150 that I am satisfied with. It is the large cab, not the crew cab. But it has room for storage behind the driver's and passenger's seat, and you can lean the seats back pretty far, I like that, I got tired of sitting up straight expecially when just sitting in my truck durring break at work. I have also towed a John Deere 650 tractor behind it on a trailer without any problems. The F150 doesn't have electric windows and didn't have electric/keyless entry, I had the keyless entry added on and I plan on have eletric windows put in it later on down the road. The STX style does not have carpet in it, that is another thing that I liked about it.
