For those of you who already are lucky enough to own a 2009 F150, is there an option that you didn't get when you bought the truck that you now wish you had?

 

I just picked up my 09 XLT today. To me the stock rims are pretty blah and it came with General tires. Not too familiar with them and would have preferred Goodyear. Options that I didn't get that I will miss I haven't found yet. My 08 Chevy had lights in the visor mirrors this one doesn't but I never used them so no big deal. The same with the rear window defroster. I'm probably looking at it more that my 08 had it so I felt in some areas the new truck is lacking in comparable options.

 

man step and cargo box side steps

 

Don't have the sunroof...and don't want it (purposely sought a truck w/o sunroof).
Don't have the nav....and don't want it.

Have the adjustable pedals.....wished I didn't have it (never use it).
Have the rear sliding glass window....wished I didn't have it (auto climate control works well - would rather have the solid glass with defroster).
Have the skid plates...wished I didn't have it (truck came that way, sitting on dealer's lot).

There isn't a missing option on my KR I wished I had.

 

Rear view camera, and tbc. Both are on the way though.

 

Cruise, which I finally got installed. I was really torn I didn't go for the 4x4 model. That's not exactly something you can do aftermarket.

 

My truck had everything I wanted but also had the "man step" After a weekend of camping, I am glad I have it. Until you use it, you don't know how great it is, especially for this 40 something body I have.

I would have like to the Nav, but still not worth the 2K for me.

 

Nav...i've been kicking myself for two years on the nav system on my 07....

 

Nav/Sony audio... but I can't have a floor shift, which means I'm limited to an XLT, which means no nav/Sony audio.

 

OEM Dvd system

you can go cheaper with aftermarket, but nothing works as well as OEM, or is so well integrated with other systems

 

Back up camera. I have the man step and side steps and love them both (after seeing the man step on the old super duty, it was a must have option, and like a previous poster said you don't know how nice it is till you have to use it.) Wish I could have gotten leather seats but I bought a XLT and you can only get leather in a Lariat and above. My truck came with Sync which I normally wouldn’t have ordered, but glad it’s there because it is really a nice option, and I do use it a lot, so something to consider when buying.

 

Remote start. Thought of this one last night. Old truck had it. This one didn't come with it. Only used it in the winter and it was handy.

 

Options I wish my truck had:

1. Trailer brake controller. The factory one looks a lot cleaner than aftermarket, and there's not a great place to install one if you have the console. Truck didn't come with it, and the aftermarket one from my old truck works fine, so I couldn't see spending the cash to buy another one from Ford.

2. Big_ole_truck's skid plates (since you don't want them). All of my trucks either already had them, or I installed them. It may be a good thing that I don't have them, because so far it has kept me from doing any serious off-roading. That's what the 4-wheeler is for anyway.



Options that I didn't think my truck needed, but I now couldn't see myself living without:

1. Nav system: I've amazed myself at how much I actually use this. One of my favorite things about it is that if you have Nav, the backup camera comes up on the big nav screen instead of the tiny image on the mirror. These 2 together make hooking up a trailer 100% easier. Never would have ordered it but love it now that I have it.

2. Man step: I never thought this thing would be worth the money as an option, but boy was I wrong. It's one of those things that until you use it, you don't fully appreciate how nice it is.

 

The one option i have that i really am glad i have is 4x4 as i have been a few places where 2wd just couldnt cut it. I was at the lake house again this weekend and i needed to move some stuff from the top of the garden. 2wd couldnt even get me 10ft up the lower part of the slope but 4wd got me all the way to the top with zero wheel spin and this was with wet grass. I didnt expect the tires to work very well on wet grass but they were great. A few weeks before i had to pull my trailer up the same grade but it was dry and it worked just as good then also. Trailer weights 6k+ and def didnt expect it to do that so easy.

Here's the slope

 

Nah, it was an option that I could have lived without. But since it's on the truck, I'm too lazy to take it off. The only time I offroad is when the right side tires go past the rumble strips on the side of the road.