Looked at an 09 F150 this morning...

[Hatterasguy]

Hattie wants bad! Dark blue like the SDL was, chrome bumpers, light gray interior with actualy pretty decent vinyl seats, although I still would prefer cloth. I like Ford's new interior, almost as nice as my dads old 1994. I like the retro looking guage layout, much nicer than the sparten look of the previous model. I like the new tail lights and tailgate, it has kind of a built in spoiler look to it, with Lincoln ish tail lights.



It had the 3 valve 4.6L V8 with the 6speed auto, and 3.55 posi rear, so the drive line to get.

What it didn't have which I want is the towing package. The dealer is dumb not to order the trucks with it, its only $350 and you get a bigger radiator, transmission cooler, and a hitch wired in with a plug. For $350 I want the larger radiator and trans cooler!

The dark blue with light gray is a dumb combo to, blue shows everything. Good choice for an S class but horrible for a truck. I want silver, or gray.

$21k and some change, but Ford knocks $3k off right away, and I can get the $500 college discount. So its really about $18k before negotations begin. Plus supposidly the trade in value of the POS VW is $1,300. I need to save some more, I really don't want a loan but its so damn tempting...if I put $10k down it wouldn't be so bad...

Hattie wants a new truck bad, that new truck smell is like crack. Made getting back into the little tin can VW so hard, so much more room and power. Plus I can throw my friends ATV in the back with a bunch of guns and beer for some camping fun.