What do you have and also, what do I need to know when helping her look?

She is 16 and she is interested in an F-150, super crew, no older than 2017 and preferably with less than 100,000 miles. 4x4, Lariat trim at least, and a full short bed if she can find it. We use our trucks for work and life around the ranch and the full short bed is handy. It is not a deal breaker though. Her color preference is "not white". As you know, I do nearly 100% of all of our repairs and maintenance, and I am quite versed in 6.0 diesel, 7.3 diesel, 2002 5.4 and 2013 5.4, and old 351's.. I am NOT versed or knowledgably in newer vehicles. My gut says to avoid anything with eco in the name and get a 5.0 and be happy. But there are a lot of options if the 3.5 is thrown into the possibilities.

She is going to pay for it herself, cash most likely, but that puts a lot of pressure on me to make sure she finds something that's not a steaming piece of junk that takes a dump the second she brings it home. I hate dealing with salesman or these sideshow car dealerships because everything is 'a deal'.

What do I need to know about 2017 or newer Eco Boosts? What about the 5.0? What do I need to check for? Is 100,000 miles too much on one of these?

Asking because I don't know. What is:

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a full short bed

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Ford offered a really short bed truck in 4 door models that had something like 5.5' bed AND a more traditional short bed (6' nominal length) that's something like 6.5'. I am sure those lengths vary with body styles in recent years - but that's the jest of it. There are different length short beds.

2017 F150 is what you're looking for, no 10 speed issues. 2018-2020 5.0 commonly has oil consumption issues

The short bed (5.5) is going to be much easier to find then a long bed (6.5). If you go with an Eco boost 2017-2019 ask if the cam phasers have been fixed. If you have any questions I'm happy to help, contact in profile or reach out to 1ags.

My first truck was a maroon 1996 Chevrolet.

https://texags.com/forums/50/topics/3506447

Raise that girl right and buy my 89 F150, inline 6 4x4 manual. She'll be the envy of her friends.

Spoony Love said:

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Raise that girl right and buy my 89 F150, inline 6 4x4 manual. She'll be the envy of her friends.

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She won't be down for a bricknose.

But...I am not my daughter, you got pics? I had an '85 F150, one gen older than yours, with an I6 4.9. It was a pig but I wish I still had it.

My first truck was a red '85 F-150, single cab, long bed. It was given to me by my great-grandfather. Good times in that thing.

My truck that I just recently listed for sale here meets all of your criteria except for the mileage. Even has the 6.5ft bed! Take a look and I would love to talk to you more if you're interested.


https://texags.com/forums/50/topics/3506215

Good luck with the search, but I'm only curious how a 16 year old can pay $20K cash for a vehicle. Amazing yard care business? Successful gambler? Prize winnings?

Onlyfans, duh

Seriously though, also genuinely curious.

Most of us only dreamed of being able to do that when we were 16.

Complete Idiot said:

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Good luck with the search, but I'm only curious how a 16 year old can pay $20K cash for a vehicle. Amazing yard care business? Successful gambler? Prize winnings?

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Fortunately, they learned a lot about how to work from an early age and how to save and invest. We live a rural lifestyle and they have been working since they were able to be useful. Buying/selling cattle, livestock, making home goods, odd jobs whenever and however they could be managed, etc, etc. They have their fingers in a lot of things.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Complete Idiot said:

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Good luck with the search, but I'm only curious how a 16 year old can pay $20K cash for a vehicle. Amazing yard care business? Successful gambler? Prize winnings?

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Fortunately, they learned a lot about how to work from an early age and how to save and invest. We live a rural lifestyle and they have been working since they were able to be useful. Buying/selling cattle, livestock, making home goods, odd jobs whenever and however they could be managed, etc, etc. They have their fingers in a lot of things.

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Nice, impressive. I did yard work and babysitting starting age 10, started working in restaurants age 13 (for cash, illegally - not sure that would fly today). I had nowhere near the equivalent of $20K cash (sadly, just $8k back in the late 80's) even after that. Probably due to having a tropical fish hobby when young, then baseball cards, and later a girlfriend.

Rather than having her put all that hard earned money into a depreciating asset, did yall consider helping her get the lowest rate loan you can find and encouraging her to put some into a S&P 500 index, or something similar? Or maybe buying something cheaper, but reliable, with cash and putting the rest into an investment account? Maybe she has $50K or more socked away and this is just half or less of the egg, and Dave Ramsey always insists to buy cars with cash so I know there are other viewpoints.