rngtrtl

so someone can afford to own a new(ish) truck, yet cant afford to put gas in it?

RobTx

There was one in Dallas last year, for a few days. Mainly because the hurricane hit Houston and trucks could not get out, people panic'd and ran every darn station out of gas in the DFW area! Work even sent us home to try to get gas if we could, then said work from home the next several days. It was a little comical.

Option I don't regret getting, BLIS. I'm blind in my right eye, so it really helps when changing lanes or looking to the right when backing out of a spot, although I usually back in to park 95% of the time.

mikeinatlanta

Some hate BLIS so not really an everyone likes option. Guys lower tall trucks and raise low ones. Guys with soft suspensions want them stiff and those with stiff want a better ride. Some buy a bottom dollar truck and then spend huge adding options. Guys change exhaust to every conceivable option and any engine choice is hotly debated. Some hate electric parking brakes and some can't stand remote start or adaptive cruise

I do note, however, that we NEVER have a thread about:

Going from 3.73 to a taller gear
Going from 36 gallon tank to a smaller
Replacing OE tow mirrors with anything
Removing the factory tailgate step.

rngtrtl

im pretty sure that ive not seen a thread where someone wanted to remove remote start or adaptive cruise...

mikeinatlanta

Agree, but we have seen several comments that people specifically avoided a Lariat or higher due to them.

rngtrtl

agreed, but thats not the topic here.

RubyFX4

GreenandGold831

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Old Grey Mule

Tow Mirrors !

rngtrtl

basing your fuel strategy off an event that happened 30 years ago is kind of ridiculous. Tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, etc happen all over the US fairly often and the fuel supply is rarely affected for and even if it is, its for a very short time. a 1/4 tank of gas will get you 180ish miles if you have to drive during a natural disaster. After the real fuel crisis in '73 protocols were put into place with the national oil reserves to prevent something like that from happening again. There may be minor disruptions here and there, but a repeat of a fuel crisis is remote at best.