New Guy Here!!! 2nd EcoBoost

[Cbramsey5898]

Morning all!!!

In August of 2014, I spotted this beauty sitting at my local Ford dealer and it was in need of a good home. 

This is Ruby II, a 2013 F-150 Lariat in Ruby Red Metallic.  She came with the 3.5L V6 EcoBoost. 

She replaced Ruby I which was a 2014 Ford Escape Titanium with the 2.0L EcoBoost.  Mileage started out fantastic with highway mileage over 21 mpg.  Now it has settled down in the 18 - 20 mpg range.

Really liked the Escape until I lived in it for 3 weeks while on vacation.  By the end of the vacation which covered 22 US states and 2 Canadian provinces (Alberta and British Columbia), my wife and I felt claustrophobic in the Escape and we needed something bigger.

 

[SHOdded]

Welcome, welcome, welcome!  Glad to have you here.  Great looking ride. How do you like the 3.5EB so far?

 

[mval]

welcome & i am a 2 eco family as well . got my wife to eventually see the light & say no to the kia she wanted & got an '13 escape 2.0L as well. on a long trip sure she's no explorer, but we just did a 400 mile round trip & my wife was well pleased. & got around 28mph mainly road driving. the thing that i find interesting is ford is getting rid of the 2.0. a quick little engine with reasonable around town mph & lots of torque & no real engine issues like the 1.6. the only issue i have with it is that they hid the coolant add too deep & have to remove a big plastic piece or do what i did, borrow one of my wife's long spout flower waterers to add coolant.

 

[Cbramsey5898]

I am pleased with the power of the 3.5L. She gets quite thirsty driving at above 70 as I discovered on I 95 in northern Maine (speed limit above Bangor is 75). Have 21k on her now. No issues yet.


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[wasinger3000]

I am pleased with the power of the 3.5L. She gets quite thirsty driving at above 70 as I discovered on I 95 in northern Maine (speed limit above Bangor is 75). Have 21k on her now. No issues yet.


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My 15 f150 3.5 curenrly gets 15 mpg at 79.  It's at 4k miles now but when it was new I was getting about 13 hah. Defently do not get the claimed mpg unless you are going 65.

 

[Cbramsey5898]

My 15 f150 3.5 curenrly gets 15 mpg at 79.  It's at 4k miles now but when it was new I was getting about 13 hah. Defently do not get the claimed mpg unless you are going 65.

True dat!!!


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[r1crusher]

Seems we have a lot of 2 EB owners. We are ones as well.   I put the wife into a new silver '13 F150 EB w/ off road and max tow (for our 26' toy hauler) and I picked up a ruby red '13 SHO non PP that was CPO. Both vehicles are Unleashed tuned also.

Our 150 only gets about 17.2 highway at 70+ mph mainly due to the 3.73 rearend that comes with the max tow package.