The Lariat was great! Very comfortable seating for 10+ hour driving days. I put 3 peaks tires on it to comply with I70 traction rules (in effect on the way back). The range with the little gas tank can be stressful when cruise is set to 85 with the camper (and Toyo Open Country AT IIIs). I'll...
I've also been annoyed at having to refuel every 300-ish miles (out west there can be unnerving distances between gas stations). I do lust after an extended range tank option. 30gal would be nice...
As a Ridgeline owner and recipient of unibody disdain, I'd clarify that the Ridgeline combines frame rails and unibody in a single structure. It's really a "unibody-on-frame" with integrated frame rails.
I love adaptive cruise control, but don't like the active lane-keeping assist. It keeps making squirrely little adjustments, like it only looks at the lines for a very short distance in front of the truck. It also wants me to keep both hands on the wheel. When I'm cruising along on the...
I had a 131 in the '70s, and had a 128 loaner when it went in for service. Both were that same green, although I recall it looking a little more garrish. The 131 was sort of a poor man's BMW. I had a lot of fun in the snow with my RWD BMW 1600, too...
...well... I just ordered AT Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF)-rated 225/65R17 Toyo Open Country A/T III tires on 17x7.5 Black Enkei Performance Adventurer wheels to share my 2025 Lariat AWD hybrid with the OEM wheels/tires. I wanted off-road AT tires that are 3PMSF-rated (required for...
Just picked up 2 Aldi bottles
Snug and perfect...
...and it took me a minute to figure out that you have to flip the lever the whole way over to open the seal to let water out of it to drink. And the lip in the top intended for sticking your mouth on is a bit small, at least for my mouth, but...
An "authorized driver" is someone with the Ford app who the owner of the truck (the one who initially paired the app with the truck) has authorized to operate the truck. They can then start the truck and drive it without a fob-key.
I hadn't known about the short/long press. Thanks! I was wondering why I sometimes got "Ford" and sometimes got "Gemini".
Gemini models are different, with different capabilities, depending on the context (and using a Google work account, what has been enabled by the Workspace administrator)...
I watched this thread with some interest before deciding that Lariat was a no-brainer over the XLT/Lux package (hybrid/4K tow) I'd been planning to buy. The Lariat MSRP was only marginally (smallish) more. I paid sticker for the inbound Carbonized Gray when it landed, mostly because I'd been...
Ah... so that's why this thread went stale. I just put a deposit on a Lariat/Hybrid/AWD/4K, and am digging into what lifting options/suspension upgrades are available. New CV shafts certainly seem to be a prereq.
I'm not ready to pick up the torch, but will support the torch-bearer...
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As other have said, is it worth it compared to what else you can get for the same money today?
I think the answer to that is "yes". I just put a deposit on an incoming '25 Lariat AWD Hybrid with 4K tow. It's replacing a 2008 Honda Ridgeline. I actually looked at the 2025 Ridgeline, and love the...