TechnoGranola
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Anyone been truck shopping recently and want to suggest some must sees or stuff to stay away from?
My criteria are:
* must seat 5 and have real doors for the rear (super crew, etc)
* reasonably fuel efficient as far as trucks go
* must allow a tongue weight of 700-800# when towing with 5 people in the vehicle
* must tow at least 7000# with 5 people in vehicle and crap in the truck bed
* one rear facing seat and one booster which could be backless if necessary
Currently looking at the 2014 F-150 with EcoBoost engine. Gas mileage has a slightly better rating than my current mid size SUV. Ford has "employee pricing" on the 2014s right now since the 2015 is redesigned and coming out late this year, so pricing is great.
I'm also open to SUVs that can tow but the ones out there that can tow enough I don't like (Armada) or are way out of my price range (like 80K and up). I thought the Touareg might be it until I found out the max tongue weight in the manual is 616#.
I'm looking new so all should have adjustable headrests for the rear seats.
Was looking at 5.5' boxes but doing some reading and some people think they are too short and to go for the 6.5'? Any opinions? Might be cool to carry a 2 person Jetski or whatever the generic term is for those, on a rack in the bed at some point so would need 6.5' box to even think about doing that?
My criteria are:
* must seat 5 and have real doors for the rear (super crew, etc)
* reasonably fuel efficient as far as trucks go
* must allow a tongue weight of 700-800# when towing with 5 people in the vehicle
* must tow at least 7000# with 5 people in vehicle and crap in the truck bed
* one rear facing seat and one booster which could be backless if necessary
Currently looking at the 2014 F-150 with EcoBoost engine. Gas mileage has a slightly better rating than my current mid size SUV. Ford has "employee pricing" on the 2014s right now since the 2015 is redesigned and coming out late this year, so pricing is great.
I'm also open to SUVs that can tow but the ones out there that can tow enough I don't like (Armada) or are way out of my price range (like 80K and up). I thought the Touareg might be it until I found out the max tongue weight in the manual is 616#.
I'm looking new so all should have adjustable headrests for the rear seats.
Was looking at 5.5' boxes but doing some reading and some people think they are too short and to go for the 6.5'? Any opinions? Might be cool to carry a 2 person Jetski or whatever the generic term is for those, on a rack in the bed at some point so would need 6.5' box to even think about doing that?