Why H"8"TR'S Hate the Ecoboost
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HunterSmitty (01-19-2013)
#42
Senior Member
I enjoy the posters that comment on the replacement cost and durability of turbos.
Then you see some of them get all happy about the possibility of a TT 5.0!
Thing is, I enjoy reading about the other engines but some seem to spew a lot of bad info about the Eco. That's when the thread goes to crap.
And then they blame it on us :-(
Then you see some of them get all happy about the possibility of a TT 5.0!
Thing is, I enjoy reading about the other engines but some seem to spew a lot of bad info about the Eco. That's when the thread goes to crap.
And then they blame it on us :-(
#43
Senior Member
I don't like mine when I hook an aluminum two quad trailer behind it loaded and it gets 10-12mpg. Thought this truck would do better on fuel with only 1500 lbs behind it, but such is life. It is a HELL of a lot nicer inside than my Dodge 2500 was, and I only got an XLT. I figure the 3.31 gears and 17's doesn't help when towing, but overall I like the truck a lot. May trade it soon for a new '13 EB with the 3.73's and FX4 package.
#44
Senior Member
I don't like mine when I hook an aluminum two quad trailer behind it loaded and it gets 10-12mpg. Thought this truck would do better on fuel with only 1500 lbs behind it, but such is life. It is a HELL of a lot nicer inside than my Dodge 2500 was, and I only got an XLT. I figure the 3.31 gears and 17's doesn't help when towing, but overall I like the truck a lot. May trade it soon for a new '13 EB with the 3.73's and FX4 package.
#45
I don't like mine when I hook an aluminum two quad trailer behind it loaded and it gets 10-12mpg. Thought this truck would do better on fuel with only 1500 lbs behind it, but such is life. It is a HELL of a lot nicer inside than my Dodge 2500 was, and I only got an XLT. I figure the 3.31 gears and 17's doesn't help when towing, but overall I like the truck a lot. May trade it soon for a new '13 EB with the 3.73's and FX4 package.
#46
Senior Member
I don't like mine when I hook an aluminum two quad trailer behind it loaded and it gets 10-12mpg. Thought this truck would do better on fuel with only 1500 lbs behind it, but such is life. It is a HELL of a lot nicer inside than my Dodge 2500 was, and I only got an XLT. I figure the 3.31 gears and 17's doesn't help when towing, but overall I like the truck a lot. May trade it soon for a new '13 EB with the 3.73's and FX4 package.
Last edited by EcoboostKev; 01-21-2013 at 07:34 PM.
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11screw50 (01-21-2013)
#49
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It is not about you making me feel warm n fuzzy inside......its about people's choices. Choices that we make.
So i was fexting with the wife(fight + text) over some petty things....browsing the forums. Looking through some threads....some people politely telling everyone else that their "choice" was the right choice....anything else is just sh*t.
Starting browsings through some Detroit auto show facebook comments from some magazine articles......what do you know...some stiff calling the ecoboost weak sauce...like really....he test drove the v8 and commented the gas mileage little motor is for pansies.
Well by this time my panties are bunchin abit.
So off i go to google some 2010 truck stuff.....come across tundratalk, and there take on the ecoboost. So much miss information it was makin me sick......gas mileage, maintenace costs....overall premium ontop of the base 5oh motor....and that by the time you hit 120,000 miles it will cost you $2200 for two new turbos.......so go for the v8, it is a better motor....like really?
By this time (wife text yelling at me) guys knocking my choice of engine i choose in my truck, sh*t come to a head. So i started this little thread.
I like the choice's i made for my truck, and what it will do for me, and hopefully continue to be a good choice in the future.
And not once that i can think of i have ever sh*t rained on someone else's choice of engine....
So i was fexting with the wife(fight + text) over some petty things....browsing the forums. Looking through some threads....some people politely telling everyone else that their "choice" was the right choice....anything else is just sh*t.
Starting browsings through some Detroit auto show facebook comments from some magazine articles......what do you know...some stiff calling the ecoboost weak sauce...like really....he test drove the v8 and commented the gas mileage little motor is for pansies.
Well by this time my panties are bunchin abit.
So off i go to google some 2010 truck stuff.....come across tundratalk, and there take on the ecoboost. So much miss information it was makin me sick......gas mileage, maintenace costs....overall premium ontop of the base 5oh motor....and that by the time you hit 120,000 miles it will cost you $2200 for two new turbos.......so go for the v8, it is a better motor....like really?
By this time (wife text yelling at me) guys knocking my choice of engine i choose in my truck, sh*t come to a head. So i started this little thread.
I like the choice's i made for my truck, and what it will do for me, and hopefully continue to be a good choice in the future.
And not once that i can think of i have ever sh*t rained on someone else's choice of engine....
#50
Senior Member
I enjoy the posters that comment on the replacement cost and durability of turbos.
Then you see some of them get all happy about the possibility of a TT 5.0!
Thing is, I enjoy reading about the other engines but some seem to spew a lot of bad info about the Eco. That's when the thread goes to crap.
And then they blame it on us :-(
Then you see some of them get all happy about the possibility of a TT 5.0!
Thing is, I enjoy reading about the other engines but some seem to spew a lot of bad info about the Eco. That's when the thread goes to crap.
And then they blame it on us :-(
If anything, we all drive Fords. Spreading hate and discontent amongst ourselves just makes us all look bad whenever anyone doing research on what truck to buy lands here.