Hi guys i am new to the forum and been reading alot. You guys are very helpful. I have a 2005 ford f150 lariat supercrew that i am trading in on a new left over 2008 f250 crew cab fx4 black on black leather. But i am having trouble deciding if i want the crew cab or go with the supercab? I know the crew is only like 15 inches longer than my f150 but do you think it is alot bigger to drive?? I am buying this truck because i want a powerstroke bad!! :rofl: Any input is helpful. thanks
Dont know about being a whole lot bigger to drive, but I guarantee with a good tune on it it will make you feel bigger than you really are. :rofl: Buy it. Then put up pictures so we can look at it.:rofl:
I drove an 06 extended cab yesterday, and I after having a Crew Cab I will never go back. I dont do construction so I dont need a huge bed, my next truck is going to be a shortbed Crew Cab, longbed is fine in Texas, but in New York, a CC LB is just too long of a truck to enjoy driving it in and out of parking lots.
Fill your camera with pics of everything when you first get it home, its the cleanest it will ever be in its life....
male compensation or not, there is something special about a diesel and turbo, that a plain ol gasser.
Another vote for the crew cab. The extra space is awesome, and your rear seat passengers won't complain about their knees hitting the seat, no matter how big they are :thumb:
It is the 156 wheelbase short bed cre cab. it is just bigger and wider than my truck. just nervous going from the f150 that i love but i need a powerstroke with a tune :rofl:
I just move from an 06 F150 CC 4x4, lariat to a 08 F250 Lariat CC, short bed 4x4. It is a bigger but not much different then driving my F150 size wise.
Still getting used to the 6.4L but so far I'm loving the truck and looking a future mods like a tuner and leveling lift, tires/wheels. There goes more money :hehe:
Oh well last time I checked caskets don't have money pockets.
Start reading as there is tons to learn. I know that I had to do some serious reading when I jumped ship from GMC.. So take some time do some reading and learning and I think you will be able to find the answers to most of your questions on here..
:ORG welcome: I ONLY HAVE AN 02' TRADED AN 03 SILVERADO AND THE 02' FORD SUPERCAB IS ABOUT 8" SHORTER. IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER I WOULD HAVE HELD OUT FOR THE 4 DOOR SUPERCREW SHORTBED. THE SUPERCAB IS REALLY CRAMPED FOR JUST ABOUT ANYONE
CREW CAB HANDS DOWN!!!! i just went from a subaru STi to an 08 crew cab short box fx4 f250. i am also only 19 but after about a week i was fine driving it everyday thru rush hour traffic in los angeles.
When I bought my 08 crew cab I was trading in an 04 extended cab...I couldn't be happier with the crew cab. A touch different when parking due to the slightly longer wheel base, but not really an issue. There is so much more room with a crew cab it is rediculous....get the 4 door....
I went from a 2000 F150 Extended to a 2008 F250 CC.
Holy smokes!!! The thing is HUGE!! I love to drive the beast, but around town I hate it, so I bought a cheap Accord for my every day vehicle. With my F150 I was fine with it as my every day vehicle.
I don't regret a F250 CC, it is something I needed with a family and lots of camping trips. If I didn't have a family I would get an extended cab.
I went from an '07 Sport Trac to an '08 F250 Crew Cab Lariat! Best purchase I have ever made. I loved the 'Trac, but it just wasn't pulling my RV very well. I bought this truck about 3 weeks ago and haven't looked back! I just haven't had a chance to post any pics yet. There's NOTHING like having a Big 'ol Truck!!
crew cab!!!! i dont have kids, very few friends that ride places with me, but hell the CC is the best option hands down. i have a TV and an ice chest, and some golf clubs back there right now, do that with an Ex cab. plus the cc long beds look amazing!
I drive a 4 door fat bottom. I went from a std cab LWB 2000 F-150. Its like 3 times the size, but aint that big of a deal to learn to drive it. I just had to watch out for my "wide body kit" installed from the factory. hehe
CC hands down. I dont have kids, and I dont use the backseat that much, but I will never go with an ex cab now that i know how nice a CC is.
Ya know, it used to only be for workers back in the 80s that had CCs. now I'd say 60% of newer truck owners, esp the 3/4 ton and ups are CCs. Work vehicles or play vehicles. times really have changed.
Everytime i look at my truck i wish it was a crew cab, i wish they wouldnt even make the ext. cab, the only time ive ever benefited from it is the fact the seat folds to a flat bed, great on long trip by myself, i put the truk at idle and put a dvd in my pioneer and save money on a hotel room.
Go Crew!! I had a SuperCab F150 and I had people in the back enough to know that would probably continue. So when I started dropping hints to the Mrs that I was ready to move up, I knew I wanted a CC! I also knew that I was going to be upgrading to 5th Wheel trailer. So...for me it was CC/LB. My 150 was SuperCab/SB. The SuperDuty is longer (22ft). Yes....it takes more real estate to park / turn especially in parking lots. But I've gotten used to it. I've figured out how to compensate. We have some friends that we RV with. The husband is 6' 2". In my F150, he had to sit in the front while our wives sat in the back on bench. Now he sits in the back seat with his wife. He can cross his legs and not be hitting the seatback. That's my story.....
You obviously have to make your own decision. You know what you'll use your truck for.
Normally I don't post messages but here's some food for thought. My first new vehicle was a 94 Ranger it was a great little rig. Bought a house and switched to a 97 F150 standard cab, along came the kids and moved up to a 02 F350 extended cab. Once the kids got big enough to constantly kick the back of the seats & a 95lbs hound came along it went bye-bye for a 04 crewcab shortbed. Now the kids are a little older and a 5th wheel camper has come into are life it got traded for a 08 F350 CC longbed. That's 14yrs of truck payments and more like 20yrs by the time I'm done. Although it was nice to get a different vehicle every couple of years it does add up over time and mods get expensive. So think about where you want to be in 2, 5, 10 years and what vehicle you may need. Although 20 years ago I did say I'd NEVER get married. The funny part is my house will be paid off before this truck is and every superduty was supposed to be my last truck. Go figure.
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