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A slightly different one for you!
I'm hopefully heading over to Canada for 3 months of snow based fun in January. I'm looking at a town in BC called Nelson and I'll need to buy a truck for when I'm over there. Well, not NEED to buy a truck, but I want to buy a full-size truck! My thoughts / requirements:
I'll be driving about an hour a day to and from the slopes with the occasional longer trek.
I'll have £10k / $16k Canadian to play with.
I'll be buying in Calgary because my wife has family there to help us insure / register / sell it.
Probably needs full-time 4x4 as I'll be driving lots of snowy / icy roads. Also need an extended or crew-cab as we'll have family and friends staying.
So the options I've been looking at are:
Ford F-150 06-08 - I love the over the top King Ranch interiors on these and this is what I'm leaning towards at the moment. 4 speed auto seems like it might get a bit boring though, especially going up hills which I plan on doing a lot of.
Dodge Ram 06-08 - Hemi engine and 5 speed transmission certainly have their draws, but the interiors are seriously cheap looking.
Silverado / Sierra 07-09 - I know these are a much newer design so might be better? Again, 4 speed autos or do they go to a 6 speed at some point?
So what do the assembled Yank-Tank brains trust think?
Thanks!
I'm hopefully heading over to Canada for 3 months of snow based fun in January. I'm looking at a town in BC called Nelson and I'll need to buy a truck for when I'm over there. Well, not NEED to buy a truck, but I want to buy a full-size truck! My thoughts / requirements:
I'll be driving about an hour a day to and from the slopes with the occasional longer trek.
I'll have £10k / $16k Canadian to play with.
I'll be buying in Calgary because my wife has family there to help us insure / register / sell it.
Probably needs full-time 4x4 as I'll be driving lots of snowy / icy roads. Also need an extended or crew-cab as we'll have family and friends staying.
So the options I've been looking at are:
Ford F-150 06-08 - I love the over the top King Ranch interiors on these and this is what I'm leaning towards at the moment. 4 speed auto seems like it might get a bit boring though, especially going up hills which I plan on doing a lot of.
Dodge Ram 06-08 - Hemi engine and 5 speed transmission certainly have their draws, but the interiors are seriously cheap looking.
Silverado / Sierra 07-09 - I know these are a much newer design so might be better? Again, 4 speed autos or do they go to a 6 speed at some point?
So what do the assembled Yank-Tank brains trust think?
Thanks!
Personal opinion.
The 5.4 Ford lump feels underpowered compared to the 5.7 Hemi although, as you say, the interior in the Ford is better. Not a big fan of the King Ranch though.
I used to have Sierra 2500 with 6.0 Vortec in it. It went like a scalded cat but struggled to get more than 12mpg (UK).
The price/age you're looking at they're going to have done a bit of mileage so it might just come down to finding one that looks like it's been looked after.
The 5.4 Ford lump feels underpowered compared to the 5.7 Hemi although, as you say, the interior in the Ford is better. Not a big fan of the King Ranch though.
I used to have Sierra 2500 with 6.0 Vortec in it. It went like a scalded cat but struggled to get more than 12mpg (UK).
The price/age you're looking at they're going to have done a bit of mileage so it might just come down to finding one that looks like it's been looked after.
I'm going to say that if you are looking at bog standard trucks to do bog standard things (rather than something a bit more specialist like an SRT-10 or Lightning) then the offerings from the big 3 are all much the same.
Choose your budget and then pick the best condition, service historied, looked after truck and you will be fine.
Choose your budget and then pick the best condition, service historied, looked after truck and you will be fine.
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