I figure over the life time of my truck I have spent $60,000 in fuel. If I got 4mpg less that would be another $20,000. So yeah, I give a [censored] about mpg in my truck.

Yep. That's like saying you spent $300k on a new house and you don't care what your electric bill is.

I averaged over 17mpg combined in my first gen 3.5l and I can easily get 20mpg out of the 2.7l at 75mpg and combined. You aren't saving much, if anything, with the 5.0l, so spare me the bull@#$#.

As mentioned, the 2.7l gets better mileage, the 3.5l has better performance...if you want a reliable workhorse, should have gone with HD truck with a cast iron block. If you want economy, I suggest a Chevy Volt.

It's like the guy with the Toyota crowing about resale value after its cost him 3 times that or more putting gas in the lowest mpg truck out there.

200,000 miles at 20 mpg x $2.75 gallon = $27,500. Get 15mpg and it's $36,666. Just numbers as a comparison. With the F150 over 4 trucks I started with 15mpg average and the one I have now with the ecobo averages right at 21mpg.

It's kind of like paying more in income tax and then crowing about the size of your return. I would just rather keep my money.

You know the fastest way to kill a thread is post common sense and basic math

Well, since I got in on this thread last year, and one of the TFFers insisted that the Ecoboost is the only way to go, I thought I'd offer an update. tmd11111, since, in spite of my correction, you kept insisting that I was getting my advice from an Emergency Vehicle Equipment salesman, this is for you:

Those Ecoboosts are killing us financially. It costs almost as much to keep those Ecoboosts on the road as it did the Chargers, which doubled our vehicle maintenance budget. The Exploders are breaking us! The pickups we bought with the 5.0s have given us decent service except for one, which had a bad ECU that Ford refused to acknowledge. One of those independent dealers got it diagnosed and fixed; Ford was clueless (and naturally, they refused to warranty it). Additionally, the Ford dealership we are forced to use through our vehicle grant has sent out of spec vehicles in almost every case, and refused to take them back, insisting that we ordered what they sent.

Anyway, we have a new administration as of the first of the year, and we have gone back to Chevys. At last, we now have some reliable vehicles, and some dealer and factory backup. Thanks, tmd11111, for your insight and advice. You are truly brilliant! Ecoboost forever!!!!!!!!

Glad I could be of assistance. Best of luck to ya.

Ecoboost is the only way to go!


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Always good to get real-world feedback on recommendations.

Thanks.

Love my 5.0.

5.0 will be more trouble free especially if you keep a truck a long time.
J D

or tow much, eco looses a lot of mpg when towing compared to my 5.0 I want the rotating mass of a v8.

+1, Ford screwed me after 30 years of owning them.

I would rather stay away from the dealer and repair shops