Most definitely. We also did the New Salem village, a reconstruction of the log cabins on the site where he spent 6 years before moving to Springfield. Very interesting. It's about 20 miles from Springfield.

 

break-in vs not-break-in, up to you.

 

The owners manual isn’t exactly correct. The “driveline” doesn’t require any break in the “drivetrain” does. There is a difference

 

There seems to be many members who refer to their other vehicle as a Subaru. We have had many Super Duty and Subaru cars over the years. Just appears to be an odd combination but practical.

 

I hand calc'd mine enough times to know it's close enough for me.
This past week I drove 745 miles and the dash was showing 19.3 mpg ( yes this was empty, daily driving, work, home depot, grocery store, doctors appointment etc)
Truck took 39.102 gallons to fill up. And I squeezed in the extra fuel to round out the fill up to $120.00 ( Not when the pump pop'd off)
Which calculates to 19.0 mpg. I attribute the small variance to just how much extra I squeeze into the neck of the tank. If I had stopped at 118.36 or what ever the pop off was, I'd been right at 19.3 mpg.




Of course towing 13,000 lbs is 11.5 mpg and if I get really lucky and have a long downhill it's 38 mpg. But we all know it only takes a couple red lights, stop signs, and a couple freeway on ramps to ruin that number.



I've also used Forescan to change my tire TPMS. I've set them a 55 psi and I typically keep them about 60 psi. Truck rides better when I don't tow at the lighter psi.

As far as the OP getting the "Keep hands on the steering wheel" message. After a few drives you will learn to "Twitch" you hand every so often to let the truck know you really do have your hands on the steering wheel. It's become almost subconscious to me now 25,000 miles later. and I almost never see that message any more. It really doesn't take much of movement to let the truck know you are still there.

 

I tracked my 23 for 8000 miles, half of which was towing, and the LOM said 15.5 and hand calculated 15.1, 97% accurate, not bad. I also dropped my rear tires to 60 psi and it rides much nicer, probably just a good as my old F150. This truck tows my trailer like a dream and uses DEF at about 330 mpg towing. I will never go back to a 1/2 ton.

 

Right, because you know more than the manufacturer...

 

FWIW, Ford monitors hands being on the wheel with a torque sensor in the column. As Painted Horse described, you just need apply a touch of pressure in either direction to let the system know you're there or to make the warning message go away.

 

Some folks will come back in a year of ownership and write a review. I did.

See you next year?