Quote:Glad to hear that because I had actually considered the Ecoboost to replace my 5.3 l GM. 

 

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Don't get me wrong, the Ecoboost is a nice engine and I do like my F150.  Unloaded I'm getting around 24 mpg on the highway and about 21 mpg in the city.  Unloaded it has plenty of pep and torque.  However, when you load it down or tow something with some weight fuel economy goes way down (as expected) and the engine does struggle a bit.  I tow a boat sometimes and wonder how my truck is going to perform when I head up to Tennessee or NC to do some fishing where there are actual hills this summer.

 

One other thing I'm not particularly fond of, and glad that my truck doesn't have that "feature".  I bought my truck new last year right at a a year ago.  It's a 2015 model.  A woman that I work with also bought one shortly after I got mine, but she got a 2016 model.  Evidently from 2016 on they made them where they shut off when you are at a stop light.  When you release the brake they automatically start back up.  I'm willing to bet that she'll be getting a starter and/or a battery replaced far sooner than I will.  This method may save a few drops of fuel and may be "greener", but in the long run it causes more unnecessary wear and tear and needless expense.

 

I generally don't buy vehicles very often (I owned my last truck for 12 years), but I may trade this one in depending on how it does this summer.  My other option is to do some modifications to it (tuning and such), but I hate doing something like that while it's under warranty.

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