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I can help others visualize your "big fella".....just catching the right end
Probably doesn't even FIT into your garage, eh
The F350 does not fit in the garage in Scottsdale - it's about an inch too tall. It does however fit in the garage in Payson, but just barely
I am so lucky - I have two three car garages.
Some of you may have seen garages around small airports where you can park your plane in your garage. Last year I was driving past a subdivision where all the houses have garages where you can park a plane. It was Saturday morning and one guy had his garage door open. Instead of a plane, he had 6 cars - 3 at ground level and 3 on lifts. They were all vintage Chevys. I recognized a 57 Belair, a 58, a 59, an early Corvette - maybe a 54, he also had a C4 Corvette, and he had a Nomad (some 50's vintage).
I can help others visualize your "big fella".....just catching the right end
Probably doesn't even FIT into your garage, eh
The Ford sedan in the picture is my company car. It is a Ford 500 (now Taurus). As far as company cars go, it's not bad.
I had a Dodge Intrepid for awhile - I used to call it the undercar. It was UNDERpowered, had tire grinding UNDERsteer, and the brakes were so bad that if you had to stop suddenly, you had to go home to change your UNDERwear.
I also have had several of the previous generation of Taurus. I found that car to be the most uncomfortable car I have ever had to drive for any length of time. I could never get the seats in the right position. If I had to drive that car for any length of time, it would take me 30 minutes before I could stand straight after I got out of the car, and after an hour in the car, my knees would hurt from the pedal/seat position.
The best company car I have had was a Nissan Maxima SE with a 6 speed manual. I don't know how I snuck that through the approval process, but I did. I liked it so much I kept it for 6 years (we are only supposed to have company cars for 3 years). They finally told me I had to turn the car in (for a Taurus - life is so unfair).
Originally Posted by silvershadow,Nov 1 2008, 09:25 AM
Interestingly enough, I get about 19 mpg with the F 350 and only about 22 mpg with the Element. I wouldn't drive the F350 in town because of parking space limitations and it has a horrible turning radius.
However, on the highway, the F350 is hands down more comfortable and relaxing to drive than any of the other cars we own. And by the time you factor in chiropractor visits so I can walk upright again (if we drive the Element), the cost per mile is about equivalent
I talked to an Element owner this afternoon. He loved his. Said he gets 30 mpg too. You got a lead foot?
That's the smaller of the Ford trucks....the F250 and F350 would be the behemoths. But, there are still people who need those trucks. The carpenter who built our deck has an F350. In the winter he uses it to plow snow.
I completely agree that some of these truck are a business necessity. However, when I see that half the parking lot at work is F-150's. -250's and other makes (not to mention those with the H-D emblems and 20-22" wheels) indicates that an awful number are just for personal use.
Plow snow? Now, who needs that? Why, where I live the municipal governments don't even plow snow!
I've got a 1980 VW camper van that gets about 19 mpg but its only used when the weather is really bad around here or when I need to pick up something big like the 46" HDTV I bought last month.
Most of the time I'm riding a motorcycle and I have 4 to choose from.
Said he gets 30 mpg too. You got a lead foot? 
