Ford is slowly downgrading their trucks. In 2018 we lost the my colour ability and the lighted gear indicator on the counsel. This year a couple more things. Wonder what’s in store for 2020?

 

Tires and wheels will be an option that will cost more.

 

Is that the antenna that also used for Sirius? If so, not only cheap plastic they don't receive anywhere as good as my little magnetic one I have used on several cars. My Pacifica and the 2019 XLT break up in areas where the magnet one works.

 

It seems to me that...

F150's get less content/niceness every year
Chevy's get uglier every year
Rams get nicer and nicer every year

 

Yes, its the big Shark Fin on the passengers side of the roof.

 

GM is also excellent at de-contenting their vehicles as the life cycle goes on. I'll give FCA credit, they might be unreliable POSs, but they do seem to actually add things to them instead of taking away.

 

looking at Rams, researching on various forums, there’s consensus customer satisfaction and absence of common and catastrophic failures w their Hemi.

The trucks overall seem to be superior in almost every category. Pricing to value included.

Damn shame cause I’ve been a Ford loyalist and recently purchased the Explorer w 3.5 v6 regular aspirated for my wife and it has been perfect for over 40k mi.

My next truck will be a Ram. Ford lost me on the next purchase.

ive owned my 2000 Exp 5.4 2v for 14 years and have 191,xxx flawless miles. They just don’t build like this anymore.

 

https://www.ramforum.com/