When I leave my home, I must decide among 100 gravel roads or one two-lane paved road that only goes north/south. I also live in the north, in snow country. And I'm a widow. I need, thus, a great vehicle with high clearance that is reliable and that does not balk at anything back country: dirt roads, hills of wheat fields, gravel, mud, lots of snow, wind, dust, you name it. I love my F150. I feel like I have the arms of a strong man wrapped around me as I wind my way through empty back roads. At 140K miles, he has never broken down on me. I've done regular maintenance.

This was my first car I got in high school, and it has served me very well ever since then. I have driven it for over 95,000 miles. It has run pretty much perfectly since I bought it in 2009. I drive it frequently across a mountain pass, and it never has any problems. I love driving a truck, and this car definitely makes it fun to drive. The hauling capacity is very nice, I have loaded up the bed of my truck with everything from a couple cubic yards of dirt to a bunch of college football players, and the suspension and everything have handled it great. A back-up sensor is a big help for a vehicle as large as this one. One of the few negatives is a poor turn radius that can make U-turns and some parking maneuvers hard to pull off. It also doesn't have the best gas mileage, but it is a large pick-up truck, so that is to be expected somewhat. I would definitely recommend this truck to anyone looking for an older, probably somewhat cheaper now, pick-up truck.