Hello all! I am Dustin and I just joined the forums in order to get a better idea of what I want when I go truck shopping in a few months. I used to be on the Ford Truck World forums for years (10+) as "BADD5.0", but after I got a Mustang I sold the F150 so I never got on. Now it appears FTW is about belly-up.

But anyway, I test drove a 2012 F150 SCrew FX4 last week and I LOVED IT! I'm going to do some forum searching later to try and research as much as I can about these trucks in order to make a more informed decision... But if anyone has any advice to share upfront I'll welcome that too!

Just thought I would introduce myself and hopefully I can contribute here like I used to on the other site and make some friends along the way. Take it easy!

 

As I am sure you have noticed, a lot has changed in the Ford truck world since you left. These new machines are awesome. Good luck with your upcoming purchase. BTW, what was the truck you test drove? 5.0? Ecoboost?

 

Welcome, and yes, we have a lot of FTW people coming over, things do not go well over there. We had a bunch come over after Carlisle a couple of years ago.

 

As for the truck I test drove it was the 5.0 L. I like the Ecoboost but honestly I have to have that V8 sound. The way I see it is the mileage is going to suck anyway, why not have fun doing it? But the Ecoboost is impressive as far as stats go.

And as for FTW, what in the world happened? I actually like the format of these forums better than FTW but I was just surprised to see it so abandoned. There were some good folks over there.

 

Oh and BTW, what games do you play on Xbox? If you want to hit up some MW3 I'm always down.

 

As far as I hear, it was the new owners that ran it into the ground. Some of us feared the same when IB bought FTE, but they have been good to us.

I havent actually turned my xbox on all that much lately. Summer is not usally a good gaming season for me... Too busy with the house list. Honestly haveent played MW3 at all yet, I'm an old PC COD amd Moh:aa guy from way back The last battle game I played I think was BF2. I got sucked into Oblivion and Fable(s), and now Skyrim...

 

Welcome to FTE and welcome back to the truck world. Do your home work, ask questions and give as much info as possible and you'll do fine.

FTE is a great place to be. Some pretty awesome folks here who speak from the heart and their Ford passions bleed through every day. I'm proud to be a member here.

 

X2!!!!


There are a lot of helpful people here on the forum and although lots of questions have been asked by others...try to use the search function as much as you can...but also don't be afraid to ask if you can't find anything! I also test drove the Ecoboost and the 5.0 liter and although I like the sound of the 5.0...I personally will want the towing abilities of the Ecoboost.

 

^^^ What Tim said! Welcome aboard

 

Welcome to FTE and good luck with your decision.