RJF's Red Cummins
12-08-2006, 11:00 PM
My grandpa finally decided to get a new pickup since his '95 F250 PSD is getting a little rough at 336K.:D
He bought a 2007 F250 4x4 super crew LB. 6.0 PSD/Torque shift. It has the XLT package and is pretty basic.
Anyway.... I drove it for a while around town and out inthe country in our area. Things I liked and disliked...
Interior:
The guage panel kind of sucks, it seems small and wheres the volt meter guage? The boost guage is nice but basically not needed on a stock truck.
Seats seemed to be fairly comfortable, but they were cloth so I obviously am not familiar with their leather seats (what I would order).
I HATE the throttle pedal. It seems like I have to shove it way down to get it to actually read. Any movement of the pedal downward on a Dodge pedal and the engine is gaining RPM's. The Ford had way too much "free play."
The dash layout seems a little on the bland side IMHO.
Exterior:
I like the mirrors as they have decent visibility, but was wishing they were a little wider when in heavy traffic.
I LOVE that new front clip, that big chrome grille and new headlight design is really nice.
Suspension:
Nice tight suspension, rides like a truck should with a firm yet rigid strait axle feel...perfect IMHO. Nice ride heigth too, no one has to ask if it's a 4x4 (yes GM guys, that was a poke at you...:D )
The weather was a slight drizzle....the posi rear works just fine...:popcorn:
Good handling, the steering felt very tight and feels good going down a windy road.
Good brakes!
Engine/trans: (the good stuff!)
Very dissapointed. I have driven a 6.0 back in 2004, but it had an 80HP chip in it. This '07 stocker feels like a dying dog to me. NO low end torque at all. Seemed like it had to rev to 2,500-3KRPM's before it really started to get some decent movement, as in average heavy traffic merging. I wasn't impressed with the variable vein turbo, my little HY35 on my ISB spools almost as fast.
The motor sounded good at 3,500RPM's or so, but the power just didn't really seem to be there. But it's the clear lack of low end 1,800RPM torque that bums me.
I can't say I was real impressed with the Torqueshift accelerating either. Shifts seemed a little sluggish and the converter felt offly sloppy (sloppy feeling could maybe be more from the lack of low end torque?). I also don't like the fact that there is no O/D button. I prefer to lock out overdrive in town. There is no "4" in the shifter pattern, just O/D and strait to "3".
Deaccelerating was different. In tow/haul mode I really liked the way it downshifted, pretty cool!
All in all I wasn't real impressed with the truck. It would be my third choice if I was going to buy a new truck.
He bought a 2007 F250 4x4 super crew LB. 6.0 PSD/Torque shift. It has the XLT package and is pretty basic.
Anyway.... I drove it for a while around town and out inthe country in our area. Things I liked and disliked...
Interior:
The guage panel kind of sucks, it seems small and wheres the volt meter guage? The boost guage is nice but basically not needed on a stock truck.
Seats seemed to be fairly comfortable, but they were cloth so I obviously am not familiar with their leather seats (what I would order).
I HATE the throttle pedal. It seems like I have to shove it way down to get it to actually read. Any movement of the pedal downward on a Dodge pedal and the engine is gaining RPM's. The Ford had way too much "free play."
The dash layout seems a little on the bland side IMHO.
Exterior:
I like the mirrors as they have decent visibility, but was wishing they were a little wider when in heavy traffic.
I LOVE that new front clip, that big chrome grille and new headlight design is really nice.
Suspension:
Nice tight suspension, rides like a truck should with a firm yet rigid strait axle feel...perfect IMHO. Nice ride heigth too, no one has to ask if it's a 4x4 (yes GM guys, that was a poke at you...:D )
The weather was a slight drizzle....the posi rear works just fine...:popcorn:
Good handling, the steering felt very tight and feels good going down a windy road.
Good brakes!
Engine/trans: (the good stuff!)
Very dissapointed. I have driven a 6.0 back in 2004, but it had an 80HP chip in it. This '07 stocker feels like a dying dog to me. NO low end torque at all. Seemed like it had to rev to 2,500-3KRPM's before it really started to get some decent movement, as in average heavy traffic merging. I wasn't impressed with the variable vein turbo, my little HY35 on my ISB spools almost as fast.
The motor sounded good at 3,500RPM's or so, but the power just didn't really seem to be there. But it's the clear lack of low end 1,800RPM torque that bums me.
I can't say I was real impressed with the Torqueshift accelerating either. Shifts seemed a little sluggish and the converter felt offly sloppy (sloppy feeling could maybe be more from the lack of low end torque?). I also don't like the fact that there is no O/D button. I prefer to lock out overdrive in town. There is no "4" in the shifter pattern, just O/D and strait to "3".
Deaccelerating was different. In tow/haul mode I really liked the way it downshifted, pretty cool!
All in all I wasn't real impressed with the truck. It would be my third choice if I was going to buy a new truck.