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Aug 20, 2020 | 08:02 AM

#16

Delta Echo

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Originally Posted by CJM8515

I had a GM truck, no thank you-never again unless its a 3/4 ton (and i drove them extensively and found them fine). My 1/2 ton GM truck drove like a old buick, incredibly poor handling, tons of body roll. very soft suspension, poor steering feel and response (its insanely over sensitive) and was very disappointing in power delivery and shifting. But ill admit it was soft riding-rode like a caddy. But boat like handling. The F150 handles way better imho, handles a load better (250lbs in the bed made the GMC sag BAD and I had the towing and offroad packages), drives better and the build quality is better imho. Now, this was a 13 GMC sierra fully loaded may I add. I fixed about 80% of the issues by changing the shocks, swaybars, tuner, pedal commander and a host of other upgrades to make it finally be able to handle truck stuff.

People want a truck that drives like a car, F150 aint the truck for them. Fords never ride soft, owned and driven plenty.

You can't compare today's trucks with 7 year old models. They all ride and handle quite differently. GM has made the most improvement, IMO. A friend of mine has a newer 3/4 ton Silverado that rides better (empty) than my F150 does, yet still tows a 10k trailer like a champ. But Dodge is the clear leader in ride quality. An F150 handles a bit more car-like than the Dodge or Chevy, but it's not a huge difference now, and a lot of that handling difference is simply from lighter weight.

The main reason I went with a Ford is that I despise cylinder deactivation, and both Chevy and Dodge are using it. But judging by Ram's growing market share, a lot of people don't seem to mind it. They might change their mind when it starts burning oil and/or has a catastrophic engine failure.

Aug 20, 2020 | 03:40 PM

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CJM8515

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friend has a 16 GM truck, it rides ok. still not as nice as a ford and still very boat and car like in handling

i wish way back when i bought a 3/4 ton. there is something to driving a vehicle with a real steering box and not a rack that i just prefer. ford comes close however