Need a new truck

[crowinghen]

Ended up buying a 2016 Ford -150 extended cab with 40k miles. It does not have the heated tail gate hope I don't ever have to push i!!
thanks everyone!

[Alchase]

Ok, I must be missing something, what purpose does a heated tailgate have?

[fowl smacker]

Ok, I must be missing something, what purpose does a heated tailgate have?

It allows you to keep your hands warm when you have to push your Ford home. 😂

[Alchase]

Ok, I must be missing something, what purpose does a heated tailgate have?

It allows you to keep your hands warm when you have to push your Ford home. 😂

They use to have a beer holder spot in the tailgate, a heater would heat up your beer

 

[crowinghen]

Ok, I must be missing something, what purpose does a heated tailgate have?

It allows you to keep your hands warm when you have to push your Ford home. 😂

They use to have a beer holder spot in the tailgate, a heater would heat up your beer

 

 

[justyhntr]

Ended up buying a 2016 Ford -150 extended cab with 40k miles. It does not have the heated tail gate hope I don't ever have to push i!!
thanks everyone!

And now the story. Crowinghen and I pull into the dealership to look at the truck we saw on-line. The salesman ask if we want to take it for drive, well of course we do. We pull out of the lot and at the first stop light the truck dies, great, a lemon, wife asks "are we out of gas?", no, we're good there. I restart the truck and we're off, the next light the truck dies again. At this point I just want to get this POS back to the lot. I baby it back, putting it nuetral at every light so it won't die. As we make our way back we decide our 96 Cherokee was just fine and we did not need a truck. Pulling into the lot the salesman comes out all smiles and asks how did it go? I reply, "you better take this POS back to the service department because it dies at every light". After a second he says,"I forgot to tell you, it's suppose to do that". Crowinghen and I think he is just screwing with us,  just trying to make a sale. I ask him WhyTH would I want a truck that shuts down whenever I stop. He explains the feature and what it's for, of course I'm skeptical, but he did say I could shut it off if I wanted to. I then ask him, " can't I just buy a normal truck without all these gadgets on it"? He inform me that this is a "normal truck" and compared to most it didn't have that many gadgets. We did go back out for a less stress full drive, this time he went with us to make sure us rednecks didn't have anymore issues.

[BDildine]

emissions controls/less idle time, makes sense now but reading your story i was rolling for a minute Lol

[Alchase]

Ended up buying a 2016 Ford -150 extended cab with 40k miles. It does not have the heated tail gate hope I don't ever have to push i!!
thanks everyone!

And now the story. Crowinghen and I pull into the dealership to look at the truck we saw on-line. The salesman ask if we want to take it for drive, well of course we do. We pull out of the lot and at the first stop light the truck dies, great, a lemon, wife asks "are we out of gas?", no, we're good there. I restart the truck and we're off, the next light the truck dies again. At this point I just want to get this POS back to the lot. I baby it back, putting it nuetral at every light so it won't die. As we make our way back we decide our 96 Cherokee was just fine and we did not need a truck. Pulling into the lot the salesman comes out all smiles and asks how did it go? I reply, "you better take this POS back to the service department because it dies at every light". After a second he says,"I forgot to tell you, it's suppose to do that". Crowinghen and I think he is just screwing with us,  just trying to make a sale. I ask him WhyTH would I want a truck that shuts down whenever I stop. He explains the feature and what it's for, of course I'm skeptical, but he did say I could shut it off if I wanted to. I then ask him, " can't I just buy a normal truck without all these gadgets on it"? He inform me that this is a "normal truck" and compared to most it didn't have that many gadgets. We did go back out for a less stress full drive, this time he went with us to make sure us rednecks didn't have anymore issues.

He should have said it is the new Anti-theft feature 

[Matth]

Ended up buying a 2016 Ford -150 extended cab with 40k miles. It does not have the heated tail gate hope I don't ever have to push i!!
thanks everyone!

And now the story. Crowinghen and I pull into the dealership to look at the truck we saw on-line. The salesman ask if we want to take it for drive, well of course we do. We pull out of the lot and at the first stop light the truck dies, great, a lemon, wife asks "are we out of gas?", no, we're good there. I restart the truck and we're off, the next light the truck dies again. At this point I just want to get this POS back to the lot. I baby it back, putting it nuetral at every light so it won't die. As we make our way back we decide our 96 Cherokee was just fine and we did not need a truck. Pulling into the lot the salesman comes out all smiles and asks how did it go? I reply, "you better take this POS back to the service department because it dies at every light". After a second he says,"I forgot to tell you, it's suppose to do that". Crowinghen and I think he is just screwing with us,  just trying to make a sale. I ask him WhyTH would I want a truck that shuts down whenever I stop. He explains the feature and what it's for, of course I'm skeptical, but he did say I could shut it off if I wanted to. I then ask him, " can't I just buy a normal truck without all these gadgets on it"? He inform me that this is a "normal truck" and compared to most it didn't have that many gadgets. We did go back out for a less stress full drive, this time he went with us to make sure us rednecks didn't have anymore issues.

He should have said it is the new Anti-theft feature 

That was awesome. the wife's new ride does the same thing, it bugs the crap out of me. i turn it off every time i get in it.

[7mmfan]

I picked up a rental car in Oklahoma City and drove 200 miles east to a stone quarry for a meeting the next morning. Didn't stop until I hit a random intersection in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, and the car died. WTF. Started it up and made it to the next town. Did the same thing to me. I randomly pushed the gas as I was sitting there steaming and it fired up and took off. I realized what was happening at that point but it made for a few tense moments! Dang rental car company didn't say a word about it.

[Gobble Doc]

I'm a Toyota guy, but since you're already thinking Ford, I won't even try.  Good luck!

Toyota here too. 2003 Tacoma now at 441K miles with original engine and tranny.  Starting to think myself what to do for a new truck when it’s time.


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[steeleywhopper]

Who the hell wants a rig that shuts off every time you stop? If you get into a oh $heet
Moment when stopped wouldn’t want to haul arse outta there?

[deerhunter_98520]

I'm a Toyota guy, but since you're already thinking Ford, I won't even try.  Good luck!

Toyota here too. 2003 Tacoma now at 441K miles with original engine and tranny.  Starting to think myself what to do for a new truck when it’s time.


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New Toyota duh 

[Sandberm]

So on these vehicles that shut off and restart at stop lights....do you have to replace the starter and battery every other month?

[LDennis24]

I could just see myself flipping out about the damn car dying at the intersection, not knowing that is was supposed to do that. I hear the engines that shut down extra cylinders are starting to burn up those cylinders and oil pressure is getting wacky because they pressurize the crankcase and it's wreacking havoc on the cylinders pushing oil into them. Don't know enough about how they work, just passing it along