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Interesting thread. I leased a 08' 350 CC last July so I'm closing in on a year into my lease. I fully intended to buy the truck at lease end for $32,000. I'm now considering holding of on purchasing it due to the gas mpg/price concerns. I only bought it to pull my 5th wheel 5-7 times a year which it does marvelously!.
It's tuff to justify a $50,000 truck for 6 trips a year. SO, considering turning it in next year and looking for a used 7.3 Unless Ford comes up with a MPG fix either for the 08's or the new 2010's, I'll be looking used in 12 mos.
It's not the extra $100 a month in fuel costs, it's the extra $500 plus on everything else from the trickle down effect that's killing me.
It's pretty insulting that all the brainiacs at Ford, GM, and Chrysler haven't been able to improve gas mileage in 40 years. If things don't change soon, any American made vehicle will become a collectors item. This problem is much bigger than people complaining about 10 mpg and excessive regen cycles.
From what I've been reading in this forum seems to show that most buy these trucks because they are realy nice trucks and they add lift kits and big tires and chips etc.... They are luxury items meaning they can be done without. Those that own em for necessity won't maintain Ford's marketplace or GM or Chrysler. It'll be interesting when the price per gallon of gas exceeds the price of a share in Ford stock. Be cheaper to own part of the company than drive one of their products.
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08' F350 FX4 Black over Gray Crew Cab Diesel with 8' bed.
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