Nothing like a good long road trip to get to know your new vehicle. Drove to Texas to visit family and put 2800 miles on my 2018 King Ranch (picked up in late October). Coming from a 2015 King Ranch I didn’t expect much of a difference other than Sync 3, but I was surprised at how much better the lane keeping system was. It took me about 300 miles of freeway driving before I realized the truck never got pushed around when passing semis. Same thing for crosswind. Didn’t realize there was one until we stopped and I opened the door and almost got pulled from the truck by a tsunami of arctic air in Minnesota. On my 2015 lane keeping was mostly a rattle the steering wheel warning while the 2018 is actually doing a subtle and helpful assist when needed. Most of the time I don’t even notice it is assisting. It always put me back into the center of the lane and when a larger correction is needed it does so accurately and swiftly. I was very impressed with how much this had improved. It’s not autonomous (and it’s not supposed to be), but it really made for a much less fatiguing driving experience. Gave me a new sense of calm in situations with a semi on one side and a concrete barrier on the other. It really surprised me at how much it improved the driving experience.

Modern engines don’t knock or hesitate on 87. But you will get better performance out of 93 octane . The engine an simply use more timing under load which translates into more power.