I question the 5.0 getting almost as good fuel mileage as the PowerBoost.

Driven very conservatively at 60 mph on a flat surface, I was able to get 31 mpg according to the computer on my well-optioned PowerBoost 4x4 with 6.5' bed. I don't know how accurate it is but will find out when I fill it up again.

My previous 5.0 4x4 on the 2016, it usually got 27 then I added the shell thinking it'd improve the aerodynamics, but it dropped to 22.

 

The 5.0 will be slightly better on the highway, but the PB will destroy it in the city. I easily can get 22-23 mpg combined in the Powerboost, where it was closer to 18 in the 5.0. Both are great engines, but fuel mileage is not an advantage of the 5.0 over the PB- and 20% better mileage isn’t minor.

 

Do you have a shell on yours? If you don't have one, just don't. I learned the hard way it was a huge mileage killer. Everything else was the same, including tires.

Once in a while, the Powerboost kicks in when I am driving at 45 mph due to traffic congestion so mileage is great if I'm moving slowly in Los Angeles or San Diego, but not when I am going 75 in the desert.

 

i have a cover, but no shell. And you’re right, on the highway at 75 mph, my Powerboost barely gets 19 mpg. I think the 5.0 has a definite advantage in that scenario.

 

There's cylinder deactivation so at times it's a 4-cylinder, the 3.5 EB and PB does not do that. My Chevrolet Cheyenne with V8 got fantastic gas mileage, about the same as my current 3.5 PB, but overall, it was worse because.. hills.. why did we put streets on hills...

 

Well the PB isn't about fuel mileage, so if that's your only concern then maybe not? But the mileage improvement in the city blows away the 5.0, easily seeing 24-29 MPG city in the summer driving around town in the 45-50 MPH range. The highway mileage is similar enough, with comparisons coming down to variables (wind, elevation, etc).

But the PB has significantly more power, can continue to run A/C even when the engine is off, and in general is just such a smooth powertrain.

The generator comparison is laughable. There are not many 7kW+ Inverter generators out there for under $1k. A quick check and I found one on sale right at the $1k mark, but now you have an 118lb generator you have to fuel and maintain and store. Or it can just be part of the truck, usable at home or work or on the road.

With the rebates Ford has on the PB, the cost isn't even much of a concern. A friend of mine just got his '23 PowerBoost, wasn't even looking to get it, but Ford had rebates on the PB specifically that made it the same price as if he ordered another 2.7L EB (which he has had in two F-150s so far and intended to just keep getting). So while rebates are variable, there isn't a guarantee that you even pay more for the PB.

In almost every metric the PB beats the 5.0, especially when taken as a total ownership average (average overall fuel economy and all that, not just focusing on micro-differences based on variables mentioned earlier). The only place the 5.0 beats it is you are likely to get a higher payload on a like-for-like F-150 between a 5.0 and PB. But if you are doing something that is pushing payload limits with the F-150 anyway, you should get the 3.5L, not the 5.0. Because in that case you are likely towing and the 3.5L is just going to be better at towing in nearly every scenario.

I know it's just my opinion, but the only reason the 5.0 has reason to exist is for those that just want the sound or for that very narrow cross section of people that frequently tow 3000-5000lbs where the 5.0 is still plenty of engine for the tow, but will often get better fuel mileage than almost any other engine. If you are doing that basically every day or at least most weekends, I can see that fuel savings adding up big time. But otherwise, the 5.0 is only interesting where it started, in a Mustang.

 

To sum up all the comments, no...it isn't worth it. And you certainly don't recover any 'additional' money when you sell it...it's actually a liability in many cases.

 

U R bad at summing things up.
I hope u don’t work at a bank.

 

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