…but it sure makes for one awesome-looking snow sculpture.
While scrolling through the F-150 section on Reddit, we came across the picture above of a newer Ford F-150completely coated in ice. It turns out that the owner spent four hours driving through a blizzard and while the truck performed well, the gadgets which require on the sensors mounted up front quickly stopped working. Ultimately, while this post allowed the Redditor to show off a pretty cool picture, the post was really more of a complaint about the gadgets failing in poor weather conditions.
F-150 versus the Blizzard
When RR50 first shared his picture on Reddit, he provided the following basic information.
“Four hours in a blizzard…my adaptive cruise control stopped working from ice about 20 miles in.”
We aren’t surprised, considering that the entire front end of the F-150 was encased in ice and snow. This is probably one of the reasons why most people recommend against using cruise control in very poor weather conditions.
“I was always told to not use cruse when it’s shitty out like that anyway.”
FriedLasagne had his own issues one time while driving in the snow.
“Was driving my 94 in a storm once and it just quit running. The intake was clogged with snow”
MunkPunt was curious which engine is in this F-150, and if it was an EcoBoost truck, he wondered whether there were any issues with ice on the intercooler.
“You have an eco boost or 5.0? Was wondering if eco boost if the inner cooler was affected.”
To which the OP replied with the following.
“Eco boost…..couldn’t tell any difference in driving.”
That doesn’t come as much of a surprise, as the intercooler
Which Headlights are Best in Snow?
During this initial discussion, Odd-6 pointed out that older Halogen headlights are better in the snow.
“One benefit to halogen lights is they are less prone to freezing over. That looks sketchy”
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