ND, is there an aftermarket package with that safety gear that doesn't utterly negate the savings of buying a less fancy truck?
Not really. Ford is the first to market with some of this gear in a full size truck. Things like the towing payload gear really needs to be done from the factory for it to be done right.
The other manufacturers are playing catch up right now. It was one thing when I had parking assist in my little Ford Focus, but it would really be worth it with a crew cab, long bed pickup truck. I'm fine driving it most of the time, but some of my employees really don't like to drive something that big and are unsure of themselves.
Proximity cats are lovely. Though I'm really happy to have a couple now who prefer to be on or against me. It's warmer! Oh, here comes Pumpkin! (Loki's already sprawled half on my lap.)
Aw, kitties.
Safety does seem like a worthy thing to spend more money on, ND, but I know spending more money is hardly ever easy.
Woo, tommyrot!
I might be done with being productive today. Tired and hungry and all of the food I have needs to be prepared and i really don't feel doing that. Maybe some miso soup will perk me up, that's easy.
sj - there's a case to be made for your whitefont, but, for one thing,
Lucious dismisses all his sons one way or another.
I don't think it's a very strong parallel.
Would the extra safety features maybe save you some in insurance?
Would the extra safety features maybe save you some in insurance?
From the little bit of research I've done it might save a bit, but part of that will be offset by the fact that the truck is 3 years newer than the current one. I also have to carry a commercial policy on this vehicle with $1,000,000 per incident coverage so insurance is always crazy. Part of the reason I switched to a maxed out half ton class pickup instead of a 3/4 ton for towing is because of the reduced insurance cost.
Everyone remembers about setting the clocks forward, right?
I'm so used to the laptop/phone/DVD player automatically doing it for me, I'm slightly affronted by the wall clocks/alarm clocks that need me to set them forward manually. What is this, the DARK AGES???
Proper cooking pitfall: grating your own cheese makes snarfing on all the freshly grated cheese much less satisfying. Because you have to grate up more yourself to make up for the amount you snarfed, and it's a vicious circle.
Everyone remembers about setting the clocks forward, right?
Ugh, I'm so angry about that! It's already light well past 5pm, which is PLENTY LATE ENOUGH. I don't want to get up in the dark again.
And also I should go to bed now.
