Blacksheep

I would be more inclined to believe their global warming models if someone could consistantly and accurately tell me what the weather is going to be 5 days from now...

I do not know about the rest of the country but in NC there is a 50 cent excise tax on a gge of natural gas, I believe there was some form of a tax credit on it that has recently expired. To account for how much gas is used to fuel CNG cars, the local Natural Gas companies are installing a separate meter at homes for their fueling stations so the amount to be taxed can be accurately calculated. The US also has different color diesel fuels for on-road and off-road applications. The green dyed on-road diesel and is taxed and the red dyed off-road diesel is not taxed and can be used in farm equipment, construction equipment, generators, etc. The fuels are the same and both can be burned an any diesel engine but the fines are pretty steep if the DOT catches you driving your truck on off-road.

LNG is not really even viable in pipelines, most Natural Gas is transported in gaseous form around the country then transformed to LNG for storage purposes by local distribution companies. From what I have read, LNG has some viability in trucking but not necessarily for individual vehicles. I do believe, however, that over the next several years there will be an increase in the use of CNG vehicles, especially in fleets where the vehicles return to the same location every day.

Not really misconceptions, just a piss poor job of explaining what I ment and upon review a bad example for what we are discussing. My first point was ment to clear up the post before about transporting CNG which cannot be done in pipelines. The second part was from a discussion I had with a friend that works for the local gas company. After reading your post I discussed it with him again and he mentioned that it was probably not the best example for this discussion as there were other factors in consideration such as the capacity of the distribution system at the location, hence the slow fill only option. I probably shouldn't have included that example as the basis my post. The point I ment to make, which I obviously did not, was that I think CNG is a great idea when it comes to municipalities or fleets and I think we will see alot more of this use as these companys or municipality can absorb the cost of the compressors, ect. for the CNG station. I do not, however, see it as being viable for regular vehicles anytime soon. The only acception to that would be if Ford or some other company can make a push in Dual Fuel cars to make it economically viable for some company to invest in CNG equipment at gas stations or some other publicly available facility

And herein lies one of the largest problems with CNG. For compressed natural gas to work in a car or truck it must be compessed to approx. 4,000 PSIG. It is impossible to transport Natural Gas in a pipeline at this pressure. With the current technology being used, CNG is going to suffer from the same problems that Electric cars are suffering from, the inability to quickly refuel the vehicles. It makes sense for things such as garbage trucks or city utility companies to use CNG because they can "slow fill" overnight when they are parked. The only way to overcome the slow fill time limitations is through volume storage and CNG tanks of the size needed to operate something like a gas station are highly regulated by the gov't. Edit: And there is no such thing as uncompressed Natural Gas, all Natural Gas has some pressure. It just happens to be a much lower pressure when it is distributed to homes than when it is transported cross-country, which is also much lower than CNG applications.

You might want to look up the word sarcasm, I believe that is what he was getting at.

I have ordered a new 2010 Lariet that will be here in a couple of weeks and I need some opinions before I start ordering accessories for it. I hope someone here can give me some incite. First, does anyone know the pros/cons of In-Channel vent visors vs stick on vent visors for the side windows? What brand bug deflector have you seen that looks good on the new F-150's? I am planning on getting some of the Husky Liner floor mats but the only ones I have been able to find are the Weatherbeaters, does anybody have these and if so do you like them? Has anyone seen a low profile toolboxes on the new trucks and do they look good or is it better to get one that sits in the bed? Has anyone seen any grille guards that look good on the new trucks? I have a go rhino on my 99 Ranger but I am not sure that the rhino style will look good on the new trucks. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks,

Need to remember that the flex is AWD so there should be some mpg savings from moving from AWD to RWD.

That is part of the reason I just ordered a 2010, it is still a good ways off before you can possibly get one with the new engine's set up the way you want. Besides, if I drive this one for 3-5 years hopefully the new engines will have proven themselves and it gives Ford time to work out any bugs that might come up in their production.

I wouldn't be suprised to see the 5.0 tuned for more torque and less horsepower in the trucks just so it doesn't infringe on 6.2 territory

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/ That should have all of the promotional video's you are looking for at the bottom of the screen.

I would tend to agree with RJ and Dean on this one. Right now it is a truck with no competition and from how tightly lipped Ford has been lately I would bet that the other's have been caught with their pants down. Even if they started now it would be several years before they could bring anything to market, by which time hopefully Ford can just one up them again. Becides I doubt either Toyota or Chevy have the resources to devote to development, GM has no money (at least for vehicles that go against its owner's "Green" image) and the Tundra probably doesn't even break even on Toyota's investment into it.

Thanks alot for the info, I always appreciate hearing from someone with practical experience before I make my decision. Just placed the order for my new Ingot Silver 2010 Lariet supercrew 4x4 with the heated and cooled captains chairs and just about every option but navigation this morning. Thanks,

On the Ford Vehicles website when you build and price an F150 it prompts you to choose Leather Trimmed 40-20-40, Leather Trimmed Captain's Chairs, Chaparral Leather Captain's Chairs, or Unique Leather-Trimmed Captain's Chairs. I know there is a difference between the regular Leather Trimmed seats and the Chaparral Leather seats but I didn't know if there was some quality difference between Unique Leather-trimmed seats and the regular Leather Trimmed seats of if it is just a stiching pattern or something. As for conditioning the leather seats, that makes perfect sense. I have no idea why I didn't consider that as the reason for my brother's seats, he is not known for being easy on trucks. Thanks,

I have a question I am hoping one of you can answer about the new F-150's. I am in the process of buying one but the salesmen that I have talked to have not been able to give me a satisfactory answer. Is there a difference in quality between the different types of Leather seats available in the Lariet? The seats in my brothers 03 are starting to crack and I would like to avoid that if it is possible. Thanks,