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Bought a new daily driver
It's not a Mercedes and it has twin turbos. It's also brand new and gets over 23 MPG on the highway on RUG. Any guesses on what it is
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Ford F150 with the 2.7 Ecoboost - which I would run on at least mid-premium.
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Runs fine, or is the engine retarding the ignition at the expense of performance/mpg?
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Ok. I'm a little paranoid about turbo engines under load and their octane requirements, and run my 3.5 Ecoboost on 93 octane, which is maybe a little more than a bit of overkill.
Beautiful truck! Does it have the 2.7 heavy duty package? |
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Nice! Great color too. I would totally get one of these if I was in the market for a truck again.
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There is some performance advantage available running on premium fuel, but it's not substantial. I think that you may increase horsepower on the Ecoboosts by high single-digits.
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The 2.7 is a very good performer. It's almost amazing that such a large truck can perform well with a powerplant offering less displacement than the base engine on a 1960 Falcon.
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is this the Body by Alcoa version?
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I sold the 400E so the 300TE and 240D are now going to be garage queens. |
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The father of a friend of mine recently got one of these, and boy, is it nice! Quiet, comfy, and nice and high off the road... I really loved it. So much more refined than our Corolla .
Does the aluminum bodt mean no rusty tailgates or cab corners? I'm really excited about the prospect one of one of these 10-15 years from now...
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Really nice truck, congrats.
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Bought a new daily driver
Very nice truck. Congratulations.
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Nice truck. I would probably run at least 89 octane or at least give it an occasional treat of a few gallons of premium.
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