lemansz20

Ive called a few dealers that have good trucks and they wont ship or do the deal without me seeing the vehicle which is very tough to do.

BadFish523

I wouldn't look at it as you lost those trucks. Look at it as some sucker paid too much for those trucks. LOL there are literally MILLIONS of trucks out there to look at. Sounds like you've been doing your research so keep it up and don't get frustrated. If you don't mind sharing whats your zip code?

04BenFX4

Hands down the 09. Good looking and will save you money now and in the future when it comes time for repairs.

lemansz20

Whats funny is I was sure you guys would pick the 05 lol.

Moremoney

Given the chance again...I bought my 07 5.4 over a 09 4.6....Id be interested in the 09

lemansz20

But do you think its more b/c of the look of the truck? B/c I mean you got the 5.4 which everywhere says is the better motor anyways.

connorfx4

I, myself have the 5.4. I will be the first to tell you that I think the 4.6 is a better motor.

Most people with the 5.4 will tell you all day long that with proper maintenance they'll last forever, which may be true. But they still have problems. The timing system is a huge problem with them. If I would of know what I know now when I bought mine, I would of got a 4.6 instead. The spark plug issue is another thing with them.

People are always complaining that their 5.4 has some kind of mis-fire or lack or power, which could be a huge amount of different things.

Whatever you may get, good luck!

BadFish523

I may be wrong but didn't the 4.6 go to 3v with the same timing issues in 09?

connorfx4

They had both the 2v and 3v. The XL and STX had the 4.6 2V with the 4 speed. The other trim levels had the 4.6 3v or the 5.4 with the 6 speed.

He said the 2009 is a base model so I imagine either an XL or STX.

BadFish523

Ok thanks. The listing is unreliable. It says super cab and it's clearly not it also says 5.4