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Hello, I'm Dave.

I purchased a used 2016 F150 Lariat last week. I have always lived in the Northeast US and have watched every vehicle I have ever had get the rust disease. They just flake away. The salt, and now saline solution, are brutal but necessary here. I thought the aluminum F150 might fare better. In looking at the vehicles history, it is well traveled. It was made in Kansas City, was sold in Canada as a one year lease vehicle and now has come to it's new home in Upstate NY. This vehicle is the one I put the most planning and research into. I thought I wanted a Platinum, but I decided on the Lariat. It is a bit more understated, which I prefer.

About the truck. It has the 3.5l turbo, blue jeans metallic, black leather, moonroof, 36 gallon tank, 5.5' bed, tow package and navigation. I like the led lights. I plan to make all the lights led. So far as I can tell that would be the license plate lights and the fog lights. I don't drive a lot at night, but when I do, I want it to be bright. I drive to camp in the Adirondacks and will value the extra light. The spotlights on the mirror will be a great help when getting to camp at night.

I put an OEM bed linder on top of the factory spray in liner. I plan to top it off with the Peragon tonneau top.

I had occasion to compare mine to a 2016 F150 Platinum in the work parking lot. Except for the technology package, which he had, mine had everything else seemingly. I even liked my rims better than his. Mine has Hancook tires.

A bit about me. I like old trucks. My previous truck was a 2003 Dodge 1500. It was a similar blue, but two tone. I found it hard to mount a CB radio in, but did. I had a soft tonneau on that one. It had the 4.7l v8. It got low teens mostly, getting mid teens for mileage on the trip to camp and back. I retired ten years ago, worked part time, and went back to work full time last year. I still kept the part time job. I'm trying to kill time waiting for the fiance to retire. We will get a place closer to camp. I'd like to raise a garden, chickens and as much cane as possible before I can't. The F150 is part of that plan.

As for the CB, I have enjoyed a CB in my vehicle since the 80's. I am wondering how and where one will go on this aluminum body. I don't like to drill holes.

I hope to get to camp soon. I want to kick the turbos and see what they will do. I'm gaining plenty of knowledge here. Thank you all for sharing it.