| 2020 F350 6.7 Powerstroke 10 Speed Automatic |
Subject: 2020 F350 6.7 Powerstroke 10 Speed Automatic by rklessdriver on 2020/9/16 1:19:46 Bought myself a new truck. I looked at all of the 3/4 and 1 ton models. As much as I hate to admit it, Ford has GM and FCA covered in the HD truck market. Its a base Model XL crew cab short box 4x4. Only options are 3.55 gears and electronic locking rear differential. Honestly I would love to have a King Ranch but all trucks are unbelievably expensive these days and the Diesel engine is an additional $10,500 option in thr F250/350. This is a big step down in comfort from my 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 z71, which was loaded but I need a bigger truck with serious towing capabilities and the F350 delivers. I really haven't been driving the Sierra much since I paid it off 2yrs ago and bought a 2009 Caddy CTS-V to daily. BTW I got $18,500 for the 2013 Seirra with 87k miles on it.... not bad and I used that money to pay off my Caddy and was able to put 5 grand down on the F350. Carmax told me that the used truck market is on fire and that a niced used z71 like mine will sell in no time. Anyway the F350. Its powerful and the 10spd is quite smooth. It's quiet for a diesel engine and you'd think the big 6.7 Powerstroke would be noisey but its a world away from those old bangy/clangy 7.3 Diesels.... refined is almost the word I'd use to describe it.... Almost, it's still unmistakable as a diesel. Did I mention the POWER? It'll light the tires up effortlessly at WOT with the traction control off. The ride is truck like for sure but not much worse than the 1500 Sierra z71 was. My 03 Avalanche 4x4 was a big comfy couch by comparison to the Sierra and the F350 is just a touch stiffer again. It drives straight and effortless. Seemingly the turning radius is better than the Sierra despite it being way bigger. Coming from the Avalanche, I never got good at parking the Sierra but so far I can park this new F350 with minimal effort. Build quality seems good but it's hard to mess up the cheapest interior stuff like a big rubber floor mat and cloth seats, (which are comfy). The paint is immaculate... no orange peel slick as glass which is impressive considering the body is aluminium on the Fords.... the panel fit is utilitarian at best. Gaps are even but there is a lot of bow in the aluminium panels and they all stick out at the back. I'll be using it to pull my race car of course. Looking at an enclosed trailer for these multiday races we have been attending this year. Need to be able to lock the car up overnight and carry more tools/stuff which you can't do with an open trailer. I had towed my car in a buddies 24ft enclosed trailer a few times with the Sierra and it wasn't terrible but you could tell it was overloaded. After using my brothers Dodge 3500 to tow it in his 32ft enclosed, there was no comparison.... it was much like towing my 18ft open trailer behind my old 1500. After that experience, I was never going to use my 1500 to pull an enclosed trailer again. So the search began and here it is. |
