I'm one of those "grocery getting" truck owners. Honestly, I treat my truck like a car 90% of the time. I don't think I've hauled anything heavy in the bed in over a year. That being said, I do use the towing capability, and that's the reason I own a truck. If I didn't tow a travel trailer, I'd be driving a station wagon, or at least a much smaller SUV.

I'd prefer an expedition, but the tow ratings are worse, and the initial cost is higher. Plus, the back seat isn't as large, and it doesn't have a flat floor in the rear seat, which I really like for cargo. Seems like a bad deal to me.

For my day-to-day driving, I could be well served by a Focus or something, but I don't have the means or parking space to add another vehicle to the fleet.

 

Speaking of which, the wife and I made a grocery run last night in the 250! A tad bit of overkill I'm sure! With the back seats folded up, you can put a lot of "stuff" back there.
But, as I said earlier, I have gotten accustomed to having cab space. Crew cabs, to me, are the best of both worlds, higher towing capacity and payload that most SUV' s, ( not including the Excursions!) And you can still haul the family in reasonable comfort. Same story with my wife, she has driven a SUV of some sort since '98, you can't make her drive a car now, and its basically just she and I, for all intent and purposes, our kids have gone, but she doesn't want anything to do with a car.

 

I don't see how having more cab space makes a truck less of a truck.

I don't own one of these new trucks(maybe in a couple years). But my old F350 is a crew cab, and whenever it's driven, it's used as a truck. There are legitimate work purposes for having a crew cab. If you are working with a team, carrying goods/tools that you don't want to leave in the bed, etc....a crew cab is a lifesaver. Sometimes I've pulled over on the road and taken a nap in the backseat.

There was also a time where it didn't make sense financially for me to license and insure 2 vehicles, so the truck also saw family transport duty in addition to work.

 

That's the great thing about trucks, is that you can get them in so many varieties. Personally I would opt for the SCrew with the 6.5' box so I can still pull my 5th wheel camper on the weekends. I don't think the F150's with the 5.5' box will work for 5th wheel towing but I don't really need a 3/4 ton for my camper. If I didn't have kids, then I would probably stick with the SCab. I prefer the rear opening doors when it's just me because it's a lot easier access to the stuff in the back seat, but with two kids, the SCrew is what I really need.

 

Today pushing through over 10 inches of heavy wet snow plus drifts and piles left behind plows, I'd say my truck is as much of a truck as my dad's old 1976 F-150 and then some.

 

These old trucks seem to do ok in the snow.

 

Beautiful rigs, beastly in deed.

 

Initially, I bought a supercab as a way to do two jobs, haul my kids around and to haul/tow. Now that the kids are older, They don't need me to drive them, but They need me to get their cars out of snow drifts. But I like the extra space in the cab to keep items that need to be secured and/or dry. I would get another supercab or crew cab whenever I get a newer truck.

 

I've been looking at the 2015 XLT 4x4 with Supercab and 6' box. Good prices, suitable for some dry storage and capable of a load of wet red oak or ash. The problem is my garage can't handle 240" of length and I garage my primary vehicles. My 92 Ranger XLT 3.0 5 sp manual fits. It doesn't have an extended cab but will haul oak and ash (best for my stove). Mileage is great on the 2.7l but GVWR not that much more nor is the mileage. I'm having to look at Tacoma and Colorado and I hate that. I want a usable daily driver that fits in the garage.

 

I've said it over and over a crew cab F150 is the ultimate SUV. ......what doesn't it do......comfortably transport 5-6 people. .....tow or haul significant amounts of weight......and do it all in style. .....let's not talk about how it's a truck and holds its value better than a car......F150 it just makes sense ....there that can be their new slogan

 

An F150 Supercab with 6.5' box is actually "only" 231.9" long. I recently measured my garage to see just what I can fit in there. FYI an F250 SuperCab with 6.8' box is 232.4" long. Both of which will fit in my garage if I rearrange some storage shelves, and then only with a few inches to spare. I am considering the purchase of either an F150 or F250, and am finding that the F250 is not that much bigger, and is actually pretty much the same price as the F150 in the XL SuperCab trim with similar options (around 39k before any discount). Sorry if this is getting off-topic.

 

With a 430 rear end it could be a racer to the next light. yeh i know

 

yep glorified station wagons for the modern city dwelling soccer dads, will not ever own a truck I can't haul a full sheet of plywood/drywall in. I'll get heat for it but w/e

 

Love my crew cab long bed except when I'm trying to find a place to park. The dogs refuse to ride in the bed when its 20 below so I had to get a crew cab so they could ride in the back seat.

 

I guess I'm kind of with the OP on this. I've never had a truck before my 14 that wasn't a base model. But While my Truck isn't loaded, it's really well equipped and I'm kind of learning to love the way it does about anything you could want it to do. With a usable backseat, it is the Swiss Army knife of vehicles.