Ford F-150

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Ford has always made cars that their customers want, F-150 for instance, for an unbroken streak of nearly 50 years

Jan 2026 · comment

What hackers pick instead

• Toyota HiluxRecommended for reliability, toughness and fuel economy as a practical pickup used worldwide. One critic says the current model is much like a Tacoma.27recommend
• Ford MaverickPeople recommend it as a useful compact truck with good hybrid mileage and 4000 lb towing. Common caveat: small bed and rear seat, and dealers marked prices above MSRP.25recommend
• Toyota TacomaRecommended for durability, towing and a long-lasting reputation; critics say it has grown large and gets poor mileage.22recommend
• Ford RangerA compact pickup people praise for its manageable size, usable bed and value used, though critics cite weaker safety features, a high cab and age.19recommend
• Toyota TundraPeople recommend it for long life and reliability, especially older V8 models; the common caveat is poor gas mileage.13recommend

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The 40 most detailed of 106 comments. Each links to the original.

1. One is highly reliable, built to capture the core value of a Utility vehicle, as cheaply, and as numerously as possible.

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Strap Rail”

2. f150 power boost is superior, has all the features you mention but you can use gasoline to keep your generator going

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “I Want to Live Like Costco People”

3. The F-150 is valued because it is utilitarian and the platform is engineered for a pretty abusive duty cycle.

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

4. It has the best fold up seats of any truck - entire back cabin floor is flat which is great for my dogs.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

5. F150 wins by a mile by the sheer amount of space you have in that thing for both passengers and cargo

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why”

6. the overall experience has been so solid at high mileage, that it sets a bar for any future trucks

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

7. Having a 7.2kW (240V even!) generator in your truck sounds way more useful than an EV truck

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Ford Considers Scrapping Electric Version of F-150 Truck”

8. I have the powerboost hybrid F-150. It does all this, can power a house with the generator

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

9. all the engines are reliable, but the I6 is starting to have a cult following online

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Why every automaker is quietly bringing back the inline-six engine”

10. even my old clapped out F-150 on it's SUV tires would manage just fine

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Tesla Roadster”

11. Something like an F150/250/350 is absolutely built for utility.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

12. it can be my primary family vehicle that replaces a minivan.

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “How do you design a $30k electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks”

13. It has a proven reputation as a blue collar workhorse.

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

14. there's loads of F150s that have lasted forever

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free”

15. the oil filter was directly above the control arm. So they put in a deflector over that to keep it from just running onto the arm itself. Still really messy and inconvenient.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles”

16. I really don’t see how something like an F-150 is more practical for ‘hauling stuff’ than something like a Mercedes Sprinter.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15”

17. Workmanship and materials are poor, things that should be made for the life of the car break well before they should.

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

18. the front is so huge I need to step on the front grill guard to reach anything inside the engine compartment

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15”

19. utterly idiotic to carry around the weight and size of the F150 when you don't need the loading space

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15”

20. The most common F-150 variant I see in my area's hood goes up to my shoulder and I'm 2 meters tall.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15”

21. these large SUVs and trucks with huge hoods and no rear visibility are getting quite problematic

    Criticizes · Jun 2026 · in “75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why”

22. one does not need a F150 with a front end that reaches my chest and has gas mileage to prove it

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

23. In a ford f-150, the driver probably needs to be at least a dozen feet away to see my kids

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Toyotas and Terrorists: "Why are ISIS's trucks better than ours?"”

24. A modern F150 doesn't have "max utility". It's for site foremen and driving to Walmart.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

25. Ford had to put really big tanks on even the F150 to make up for the horrid mileage.

    Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “The First Sodium-Ion Battery EV Is a Winter Range Monster”

26. Every mile you drive in an f150 steals fuel that should be going to American planes

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly”

27. a 80k f150 platinum is a long way away from a white 2 door long bed which can make the spend not make sense business wise

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

28. Ford has always made cars that their customers want, F-150 for instance, for an unbroken streak of nearly 50 years

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal”

29. That was perfect for me, I knew what I was getting, but even the gasser short-beds are pretty useless as trucks.

    Mixed · May 2026 · in “I Want to Live Like Costco People”

30. investing in EVs is just not worth it at this point when a F150 XLT or XL + Honda generator suffices

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

31. that leaves only the bigger 1500 class trucks as options for me, and why I'm going with an F150

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15”

32. the ICE F150 with a 6.5' bed at least lets you have flat sheet goods with the tail gate down.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

33. pulling my 5000 pound boat 500 miles to north Idaho is super easy, with a single refuel

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

34. a hybrid is more complex, it adds the possible EV problems atop possible ICE problems

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Ford kills the All-Electric F-150”

35. My state also charges a lot less yearly registration for a hybrid compared to an EV.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

36. They could have been selling pickup trucks at F-150-like volume and profitability.

    Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance”

37. A F-150 from the previous century is much utilitarian than today's F-150's.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales”

38. The passenger door would fly open on left turns unless it was locked.

    Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “How to buy a good car for $1000”

39. The F150 was actually pretty impressive, for all the shit Ford gets

    Recommends · May 2026 · in “Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off”

40. This and the 95 or so Ford F-150 are _the_ canonical trucks to me.

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Slate EV truck starts at $24,950”