Curmudgeon

Since I went to the PDX drive event just to kick tires and inspect the vehicle's fit, finish, and materials, perhaps you can use my none-driving experience in exchange for Ford bring an event to your city.

LSchicago

Yep, I got the same. After driving the 2.7 & 3.5 Ecoboosts, I'm glad I have the 5.0. The 2.7 felt pretty good for a 6, but definitely sounded like a 6! 2.7 was an XLT, 3.5 was a king ranch. The 3.5 sounded better, thanks to the sound/stereo program, but still didn't have the power of my 13 5.0. The King Ranch interior was really nice. It pulled the trailer to the event, so I'm sure it is broken in. Forgot to check the mileage. My truck only has 10K on it. Both testers were crew cab 4X4's. I don't think I'd want to tow over 3K# in the 2.7, as I think it would always be under boost. The 2.7 was averaging 18.4 on the test drives. No 5.0 trucks at the event. In all fairness, mine is a 2WD RCSB, and 100% stock. All weigh about the same. The 15's have a lot of nice features. I think I'll hold out for the 10 speed trans with the 5.0. I think by that time, the trucks should be pretty bug free.

Aquapools

How was the performance of the 3.5 ? Did you experience any turbo lag and the did the 3.5 have allot more performance to the 2.7?

steevr

Have my test drive tomorrow morning. I will report back with photos. Can't wait!!

StonedGreen

Good stuff Steevr!! Hopefully they have a 5.0L with the 3.73's like we ordered

countrysquire

See if you can get a good shot of the wood trim in the King Ranch, if you don't mind.

David Key

Ditto on that. There is a good shot of the wood trim on the lariat in the motor trend article. It's sweet

unreal!

Aquapools

David is that the color of the dash on the King Ranch???
By the way I got good news today my truck is being built the first week of December 14049 VIN,

countrysquire

Great news! You're 1100 in front of mine.

Misterwlm

Oser51 said in a previous post that the they're going to hold the first 20,000 trucks. By that, pretty much everyone on this forum who has a VIN (think the highest sequence is about 15000) is going to get their truck fairly close to the same time. The early VIN's (like mine) are just going to sit longer in a lot.

Glad you received info on your truck Aquapools!