Ford:

Been driving a 2004 (NBS) Ford F-150 Crew cab Lariet for the past few days.

Don't worry, it's a loaner since my truck is back in Florida. My overall opinion is that it's a damn nice truck. Now this one is LOADED right down to the power adjustable pedals to the back-up distance sensor. It rides very smooth and handle nicely. Very comfortable also. Every thing is easy to use,see and access. VERY ROOMY for a family of 4.

Only two things I don't care for.
1. 5.4 is not enough power for that big of truck. Needs a little more kick in the passing gear.
2. The running boards make it tricky to get out of.

Bottom line: I'm still a Chevy guy and a Chevy will be my next truck. If Chevy didn't make a quality product, I would buy this truck.

1-10:
overall value - 8
ride and comfort - 8
performance and hadling - 6.5



Dodge:

My Brother just bought a 2005 Dodge Hemi.

Reg cab stipper. And I mean stripper!!!!! It's a truck with sheetmetal and a motor.

It has great accelaration. It will probably run a high 13 as it sits. I could see it in the mid to lows with a handful of bolt-ons.

Get this, it was only 17k NEW!!! no demo.

I don't care for the MUSHY tranny on this tuck though. For what it is, it makes great power and handles well.

Bottom line: Mustang GT killer and will give any 5.3 reg cab Chevy a run for the money part for part. 5.4 Ford....no chance!

1-10:
overall value - 8
ride and comfort - 7.5
performance and handling - 7.5



This is just my honest opinion guys.

 

Did you mean high 14's?

That's good info. I drove a 2002 Dodge Ram as a loaner while my z71 was in the shop. It was nice, but it didn't have nothing on my truck (before all the mods).

I also drove a f-150 for a loaner. Unbiased opinion ... it was still a piece of crap. It didn't handle well at all (could have been the tires helping that one), had no acceleration, and had a horrible ride.

Between the 2, I would have gotten the Dodge hands down, but like you ... I'm a Chevy man all the way.

 

yes did you mean 14's or 13's there is another post going on that you might be able to settle the argument in about the 13 second thing

 

Nice comparison Greg. I sure as hell hope you meant high 14's. High 13's would smoke all stock GM trucks.

 

My seat-o-meter is callibrated for mid to low 15's. So I could be off a bit. But I bet it's a low 14 for sure. Remember, I'm talking about the 5.7 Hemi in a REG CAB STRIPPER. No power anything, 'cept cruise and am/fm cassette, NOT even the big wheels and tires(it had steel 17's). My last run in my truck was a 15.4 dressed out, heavy wheels etc... and this one pulled a hell of a lot harder. I'll run him at Xmas and get you the results.

 

I've only heard of them running high 14's at best.

 

there are only a couple of guys(2 that I know of) that are running the stipped version.
and both are hitting low 14's and hitting 13.90's as well. but they have s few mods to get there.
all stock the best it's gonna do is a mid to high 14. if that, and more likely run a 15 flat.
the Hemi's practically die in second gear from what they are saying over on their web site.

 

My truck pulls pretty good in 1st and 2nd gear, where it falls off at is in 3rd.
Jim

 

I have a stripper Dodge..........14.67 bone stock.

 

lol j/k with ya roger see ya at the track