Is it the sport explorer or the regular, the sport has the bigger Eco. We have the regular with the Eco (bought it before the sport came out). The regular Explorer Eco is only a 4cyl, the Sport has the 6 cyl. But anyways, back to my point. If you were to drive both cars 200,000 miles and he always got 3 mpg better, then he drove 1,588 miles more per the same price that you did. Nobody's twisting your arm to go buy one.

considering 10 years ago it was well within performance standars of that time...how many of those are gona still be on the road in 10 yrs???....my guess not as many as the mid 2000 GM SUVs..of course this is comparing a MID sized vehicle with a FULL sized vehicle....I just would have thought there would be more of a MPG difference..thats my point

I sure wouldn't buy one for fuel mileage but I would expect a bunch of ecoboosts to be around in 10 year. They've already sold 600,000 3.5l ecoboost engines as of April 2013.

I've heard all kinds of complaining from my brother in-law about his eco-boost and gas mileage. I have the exact same truck but mine is a 4x4 with the 5.0. Just took it on a 620 mile round trip empty going and towing a 29ft travel trailer back. 20.1 mpg at 70-75 going and 9mpg at 60-65 towing. Both mpg are beating his eco-boost mpg.

Again, without being same person under same conditions, not sure what that's worth????

And if a frog had wings!!

I know a guy who gets 20mpg out his 7.3L. I got 14. I know a guy who got 20mpg out of his 6.0L. I got 15. I know a guy who got 20mpg out of his 5.9L. I got 17. I know a guy who got 20mpg out of his 5.3L. I get 18. And I also know a guy that claims the same mileage as me out of his 5.0L with a similar commute. We ALL know a guy.

Don't forget guys. The fuel economy idea is to allow better mpg while empty.
Ford doesn't say when pulling. "Fuel economy of a v6- when empty, power of a v8 when towing." Don't expect 19-20 when towing.
It is meant to allow a little of both worlds.
Hard to beat the turbo towing power when snatching up a 21 bass boat to merge onto hwy.
And use at least mid grade fuel in anything to optimize mpg.

Man sure is a lot of well my truck is better on here lol!! I drive a 2011 f-250 everyday for work its has power but stays in shop so they got me a 2013 f250 gas its gutless but does not leak or break down, I had a 2012 chevy with the 5.3 it was gutless and thats being nice so traded to the eco (yes I have had the 5.4 plugs strip out and all ) and man this pulls my zx225 like a dream I only get 11 mph but thats ok I drive them hard, To the guy saying its ford broke back mountain and you own all these cool trucks if you get out at the ramp driving a h3 trust me your getting made fun of lol

I wish they made a v-8 with a turbo, I had a eco boost and the 5.0 Eco is faster empty, I like the 5.0 better for towing with the eco boost the turbos always have to kick in to pull anything I just dont like it. Fuel mpg was about the same in both for me 15 empty and 9 towing boat. I do drive fast

Must have been that 2010 model.

http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/truck/1202_2012_truck_of_the_year_ford_f_150/viewall.html
Eco: 6.4 sec 0-60, 15.1 sec 1/4 mile
5.0: 7.1 sec 0-60, 15.5 sec 1/4 mile

Don't know how long I can keep it up but decided to drive like grandpa on this tank of gas. Filled up Sunday so only two days worth, but the lie-o-meter is on 16.6mpg, all city bumper to bumper red light on every corner driving. Eat your heart out V-8's! I seriously love this engine.

But sooner or later I'll be tempted to punch it or the wife will take it for a spin and I'll be back in the 15's...well 13's if she drives it.

Something to think about. 2 months ago I traded in a 2006 Duramax on a 2012 Cummins. Duramax was Crewcab, 4x4, good cond.160k miles. I got $18500 trade. Could have prob got $21k if I had wanted to wait. I paid $25k for it 5 years and 85000 mi earlier. Fact is, a good, clean, used, low mileage <100k mi, diesel is a good investment. The duramax would get 15-16 towing at 70-75 mph. My new Ram gets the same with a couple mods. My partner has a eco-boost and gets 9-10 towing. I don't think there will be much left of that hopped up little motor after 100k miles, so trade-in and resale will reflect that. Yes its got a lot of power for a gas...but for how long? The newer Hemis have better towing mpg than other half-tons. My .02

No more than most people tow, I don't think 1-2 mpg matters that much. Plus the Eco should hold gears better than the hemi because it has better low end power. That low end is nice to have in the hill country.

I've done good to get 15-16mpg unloaded with every diesel I've ever driven. And I sure never got 16+mpg city which is what I've done on my last two tanks with the eco.

Also, you speak of mods. Simple tune on the eco bumps it to over 500ft lbs of torque. Try that with your hemi.

Exactly what did you tow 70-75 mph and get 15-16 mpgs with? I have a lot of miles towing on a duramax, solid 200 mile runs with a load and no empty driving. I don't tow 70, 60-65 is more like it and I cant touch 15-16 with a load. A modest load on a 16-foot flatbed 3-4k lbs produces 13 mpg at 65.

People need to start calculating their fuel mileage.